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CONGO e-Update . 4 june 2008
The
CONGO e-update is produced by staff in New York, Geneva and Vienna,
with contributions from members and affiliated partners.
In
this issue:
DPI/NGO
Conference 2008
Human
Rights Council
Climate
Change
HIV/AIDS
CONGO
Committees
Campaign
and Initiatives
NGO
Resources
and
much more.
61st
DPI/NGO Conference - Deadline for workshop proposals: 9 June 2008
The
61st
DPI/NGO Conference
on the theme "Reaffirming Human Rights For All: The Universal
Declaration at 60" will be held 3-5 September at UNESCO in Paris,
France. NGOs should submit workshop proposals before 9 June 2008,
based on the following workshop
criteria and guidelines.
Read
here more on
line.
8th
regular session of the Human Rights Council, 2-18 June, Geneva
The
8th regular session of the Human Rights Council will
be marked by the adoption by the Council of the outcome of the Universal
Periodic Review of 32 countries and by the consideration of the
reports of a number of Special Procedures. The 8th regular
session will be followed on 19 and 20 June by the first organizational
meeting of the 3rd cycle of the Council. The provisional
draft program of work
and an information
note for NGOs
are available at the OHCHR
website.
.
An advanced calendar of side events, including complementary
information on panellists, is available on the NGOIC
Calendar.
Send the flyers of your side events to ngoic@ngoic.org.
.
6 June, 14.00-15.00, Room XXII, Palais des Nations: "NGO
orientation session on the 8th HRC session", organised
by the Human Rights Council Secretariat, in cooperation with the
Conference of NGOs (CONGO) and the International Service for Human
Rights (ISHR).
.
10 and 17 June, 13.00-14.00, Room TBA, Palais des Nations: "An
introduction on the HRC and its mechanisms
(for newcomers and everyone else)" - An encounter with experienced
human rights practitioners on how the UN human rights system functions
(or not), to help NGO representatives to better approach and use
the Council and its mechanisms, organised by the Special Committee
of NGOs on Human Rights.
.
13 June, 13.00-15.00, Room TBA, Palais des Nations: "Lessons
learned on civil society involvement in the Universal Periodic Review
process", in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
This event will look at the first two sessions of the UPR working
group and contribute to identifying recommendations for NGOs from
countries to be reviewed in the next rounds of UPR.
.
Universal Periodic Review: Reminder - The deadline for
NGO submissions for the initial information on which the review
would be based for countries to be examined by the 3rd
HRC Working Group on UPR in December
2008 is
14 July 2008. NGO contributions should be sent to
UPRsubmissions@ohchr.org.
General
Assembly meeting on investment and climate change, 9 June, New York
The
General Assembly will hold a follow-up meeting to its High-level
Thematic Debate (11-13 February) focusing on investment and climate
change, on 9 June 2008 at 10:00 am in the Trusteeship Council Chamber.
This event is intended to provide investors and Member States an
opportunity to exchange views and raise awareness about the scale
of impact transnational flows of capital have on climate change
and vice-versa. NGO representatives with a valid United Nations
pass are welcome to attend. A program and background paper will
be available shortly on the GA
President website.
High-level
Meeting on HIV/AIDS, 10-11 June 2008
The General Assembly will convene
a high-level meeting on a comprehensive review of the progress achieved
in implementing the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the
Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, taking place on 10 and 11 June.
More information, including the list of invited NGOs and civil society
entities, is available on the GA
President website.
ECOSOC
Substantive Session, 30 June - 24 July 2008, New York
The ECOSOC High Level Segment will
include the first Development
Cooperation Forum, on 30
June and 1 July, and the Annual
Ministerial Review on 2-3 July focusing on "Implementing
the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable
development". Those two new mechanisms are mandated to step
up implementation of the United Nations development agenda. More
information is available on the ECOSOC
website.
CONGO
Committees: Committee on Freedom of Religion and Belief - 5 June,
Geneva
The next meeting of the Committee
will take place on 5 June from 13.30 to 14.45 at the NGO Resource
Centre (Palais des Nations). The Committee will complete its election
process and look at the incidence of freedom of religion or belief
issues on the UPR.
Special
evening honouring the outgoing bureau of the NGO Committee on the
Status of Women - 9 June, Geneva
The
Geneva Committee on the Status of Women invites Geneva CONGO members
to a special evening taking place on 9 June from 17.30 to 19.30
at WILPF Offices, Rue de Varembé 1.
CONGO Committees:
Meeting on the setting up of an NGO Outer Space Committee - 13 June,
Vienna
NGOs interested in the setting up
of the NGO Outer Space Committee are invited to a meeting on 13
June 2008 at the Vienna International Centre. The future role of
the new committee will be defined on that occasion.
Campaigns
and Initiatives
Campaign towards
October 17th, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
www.oct17.org
Decent Work Decent
Life Campaign
www.decentwork.org
Global Campaign
against Poverty
www.whiteband.org
NGO
Resource
UN-NGO-IRENE Best Practices Network
http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/irene
NGLS
2007 Yearly Review of Civil Society
http://www.un-ngls.org/site/article.php3?id_article=462
Other
events
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May - 6 June: Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, resumed
session
http://esango.un.org/paperless/Web?page=static&content=committee
28
May - 13 June: 97th International Labour Conference, Geneva
http://www.ilo.org
3-13
June: 32nd Session of ECLAC, Santo Domingo
www.eclac.org
17-19
June 2008: Regional Conference for Latin America and Caribbean Preparatory
to the Durban Review Conference, Brasilia, Brazil
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/DurbanReview/regional.htm
18
June 2008: Preparatory Hearings of Civil Society and the Business
Sector for the International Conference on Financing for Development
http://www.un-ngls.org/ffd/en/
16-27
June 2008: Executive Board of UNDP / UNFPA
http://www.undp.org/execbrd/
30
June - 4 July 2008: 2nd session of the Working group
to follow up the work of the PrepCom for the Durban Review Conference,
Geneva
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/DurbanReview/sessions.htm
17-23
August 2008: World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.worldwaterweek.org
4-5
September 2008: UN Forum on Minority Issues
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/minority/forum.htm
08-17
October 2008: 4th session of the Conference of the Parties
to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/treaties/CTOC/CTOC-COP-session4.html
8-15
November 2008: VIII International Human Rights Colloquium, Sao Paulo,
Brazil
Application
open until 30 June 2008
http://www.conectas.org/coloquio/
29
November - 2 December 2008: International Conference to Review the
Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, Doha, Qatar
http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/
30
June - 25 July 2008: Economic and Social Council, substantive session,
New York
http://www.un.org/ecosoc
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