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CONGO e-Update • 5 February 2008 The CONGO e-update is produced by staff in New York, Geneva and Vienna, with contributions from members and affiliated partners. CONGO Committees – New York NGO Committee Social Development, 5 February, New York The
United Nations Division of Social Policy and Development, the
NGO
Committee for Social Development and the Friederich Ebert
Foundation invite you to the Civil Society Forum: Making Copenhagen
Work - Decent Work For A Decent Life, to be held Tuesday, February
5th, 2008 10am - 6pm Conference Room 4 UN Headquarters. Read
NGO Cttee Int’l Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples: 6 February, New York The NGO Committee on the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples and the Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Cordially invite you to participate in a Side Event: "Indigenous Peoples' Knowledge and Full Employment", to be held on 6 February 2008, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM, Conference Room C, United Nations Headquarters.
NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief: 7 February, New York The Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations and The NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief NY invite you to a briefing on “Recent Important Developments in Interreligious Dialogue” to be held on 7 February, 1:15-2:45 pm a the Church Center (Boss Room). The briefing will focus on (i) GA High-level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue and Cooperation for Peace (October 2007, New York), (ii) Consultation on a Decade of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation for Peace (January 2008, Geneva) and (iii) First Alliance of Civilizations Forum (January 2008, Madrid). For more information, click here.
CONGO Committees – Geneva NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief: 28 February, Geneva The NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief invites you to join them in a meeting to held on 28 February, 14:00 -15:30 in the CONGO Office, to discuss the preparations for election/re-election of officers (and rules) and strategy for March 2008 meeting of Human Rights Council.
46th Commission on Social Development, 6-15 February, New York The
46th Session of the Commission
for Social Development will be held from 6 to 15 of February at
the United Nations in New York. The Commission will open on Wednesday,
6 February, at 10 a.m. in Conference Room 4. Read here the general
information for participants, the NGO
participation and much
Meet MA Students Int’l Studies and Diplomacy Programmes, 11 February, Geneva The Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London invites you to meet with the 90 Masters students in the International Studies and Diplomacy Programme during a reception to be held at 6.00 – 7.30 pm Monday 11th February 2008, Delegates Lounge, Palais de Nations. For more information, please contact cisd@soas.ac.uk IFUW Programme at the UN, 14 February, Geneva The
International Federation of University Women (IFUW) invite you
to a briefing
programme at the UN, meant
to familiarise IFUW and other NGOs with the programme of activities
of the UN in Geneva and the focus of advocacy by non-governmental
organisations in consultative status with the UN Economic and
Social Council and within the Human Rights Council, the International
Labour Organisation, Economic Commission for Europe and other
international organisations. The briefing
will be held on 14 February, 10:00-17:00 in Room VIII, Palais
des Nations.
SEED Call for Submissions to SEED Awards, 1 February – 16 March 2008, Geneva The
SEED Initiative - Supporting Entrepreneurs for Sustainable Development,
calls for submissions to the 2008 SEED
Awards for Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development
to be closed on 16 March 2008. Founded by IUCN, UNDP and UNEP to
deliver concrete progress towards the internationally-agreed,
aspirational goals in the UN’s Millennium Declaration and
the commitments made at the World Summit on Sustainable Development
in Johannesburg in 2002, the SEED Initiative welcomes innovative
ideas from any group in a developing country, which is working
in partnership with others to generate environmental
and social benefits in an entrepreneurial way.
The SEED Award is not a cash prize - but the services offered
have a value of US$25,000. For any information, please contact
seedawards2008@seedinit.org.
See
here the application
form, the eligibility
criteria and
52nd Commission on the Status of Women, 25 February – 7 March, New York The
52nd session of the Commission
on the Status of Women will be held at the United Nations
headquarters in New York from 25 February to 7 March 2008. Read
here 2008 themes, the Information
for NGO participation and
WILPF Seminar: At What Cost?: Women, Wars, Weapons and Conflict Prevention, 5-6 March, Geneva Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) invite you to the 2008 International Women's Day Seminar seminar: At What Cost? Women, Wars, Weapons and Conflict Prevention. The seminar will be held on 5 March at the International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) followed by a dialogue with NGOs to be held on 6 March at the Council Chamber of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Cosponsored by WILPF and the Geneva Forum, invited panellists include President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Mary Robinson, Wangari Mathai and Naomi Klein among others. Early registration, before 25 February, will facilitate UN badging, for those requiring a pass to enter the United Nations. Register now and check regularly the WILPF website for more information.
FIFDH & DFAE: The Role of Women in the Fight against Impunity, 8 March, Geneva The International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) and the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DFAE) jointly invite you to a seminar on The Role of Women in the Fight against Impunity. The seminar will be held on 8 March, 14:00-16:00, at the Maison des Arts du Grütli, within the framework of the 6th Film Festival on Human Rights, and will be followed by the screening of the film « La Flaca Alejandra » by Carmen Castillo. Limited seating, so please confirm your participation by 20 February to genevieve.swedor@eda.admin.ch.
WWSF Rural Women Prize, 31 March 2008 The
Women’s World Summit Foundation kindly calls for nominations
for the 13th WWSF Prize
for Women's Creativity in Rural Life, celebrating
every year the work of women and women organizations engaged in
improving the life within local rural communities. The nominations
form should reach the WWSF in Geneva no later than 31 March
2008. Read here the selection
guidelines and
Other events: 4 February – 14 March 2008: e-discussion Achieving Sustainable Development, online http://www.un.org/ecosoc/newfunct/amredis.shtml 4-8 February 2008 - 5th session of the HRC Open-ended Working Group on a optional protocol to the ICESCR http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/escr/group5.htm 11-12 February 2008: General Assembly Thematic Debate on Climate Change, New York http://www.un-ngls.org/docs/ga/ga_thematic_debate_programme.pdf 18 February 2008: UNCTAD XII - NGO Accreditation http://www.unctadxii.org/en/Civil-Society-Outreach/Accreditation 18 February 2008: Organisational meeting of the Human Rights Council http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/ 26 February 2008: First preparatory meeting of the 3rd Internet Governance Forum, Geneva 3 March 2008: UNCTAD XII - Next Preparatory Hearing, Geneva http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=news&id=10469 3-28 March 2008: 7th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/ 10-14 March 2008: 51st Session Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Vienna http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CND/session/51.html
26-28 March 2008: UNDP 6th Forum of the World Alliance of Cities against Poverty (WACAP), Athens, Greece http://mirror.undp.org/switzerland/wacap/en/forum_athens/index.htm 7-18 April 2008 & 5-16 May 2008: Human Rights Council, 1st & 2nd sessions of the WG on the Universal Periodic Review, Geneva List of the 16 Countries to be reviewed during this session 20-25 April 2008: Twelfth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Accra, Ghana 21 April – 2 May 2008: Substantive session of the Preparatory Committee on the Durban Review Conference, Geneva Download the questionnaire for accreditation of new NGOs to the Durban Review Conference and its preparatory process. http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/groups/prep_committee_durban 25-28 May 2008: Geneva Health Forum, Geneva 10-11 June 2008: UNGA High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, New York http://www.un-ngls.org/unaids/en 17-23 August 2008: World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden The CONGO e-news is a weekly email information service of the Conference of NGOs, informing members and affiliated networks of relevant upcoming events sponsored by the United Nations, CONGO, CONGO Members and its affiliated committees and task forces, and other major civil society-related initiatives. Subscription to the e-news list is generally restricted to the UN offices and headquarters of members of the Conference of NGOs. For more information or to submit an event, please send a message to adina.fulgaradi@ngocongo.org, at least three weeks prior to the event. To unsubscribe please send an email to congo@ngocongo.org. Adina
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