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 CONGO e-Update . 10 April 2008 In this
issue:
The HRC Secretariat
just circulated the revised timetable
of the Interactive dialogues and adoption of the report for the
16 countries to be reviewed during the 1st session
of the HRC Working Group on UPR: the revised scheduled can be downloaded here. NGOs can attend the proceedings of the interactive
dialogue. More general information on UPR is available on the OHCHR Website and on the CONGO website
The XII Ministerial Conference
of UNCTAD will take place 20-25 April in
Substantive session of the Preparatory Committee
on the Durban Review Conference, 21 April – 2 May 2008, Geneva
The Durban Review Conference
will hold the 2nd session of its Preparatory Committee
on 21 April – 2 May 2008 and begin consideration of substantive
issues. All NGOs in Consultative Status with ECOSOC can participate
in the Durban Review Process, as well as NGOs accredited to the
Durban Conference in 2001 if they have not received any contrary
information from the PrepCom Secretariat. Other NGOs willing to
request accreditation to the Durban Review Conference process should
fill in the questionnaire for accreditation. More information on the Durban Review
Conference process is available on the OHCHR website.
The International Organization
for Migration is holding the annual IOM-NGO Consultations to take
place on 24 April from 14:30 to 17:00 in the Conference Room
at IOM Headquarters, 17 route de Morillons, Grand Saconnex. Participants
will be addressing the following agenda items: 1) Developments
in the global migration dialogue: looking to the Global Forum in
Manila; 2) IOM assistance to stranded migrants; 3) Update on IOM
activities in Libya and 4) Any other business. Please confirm participation
by Tuesday, 22 April 2008, by e-mail to erd@iom.int or telephone Lulu Shabell at +41 22 717 93 45. Make sure you
bring a photo ID for access to the building.
The 61st DPI/NGO Conference will be held 3-5 September at UNESCO in
Youth
are a powerful resource for development and are critical actors
in meeting the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. This was one
of the key messages of the World Youth Report 2007, which was presented
in
You are invited to attend
the following presentation in Conference Room 2 at the United Nations
on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 1:15pm sponsored by the NGO Committee on Disarmament: Peace and Security - A Fissile Material
(Cut-Off) Treaty and Its Verification - A Progress Report from the International Panel on Fissile Materials
(Ipfm).
Campaigns and InitiativesDecent Work Decent Life Campaign
Global Campaign against Poverty
NGLS 2007 Yearly Review
of Civil Society
WB Civil Society Fund
NGOIC Calendar and Side-Events
Flyers
Other events10-13 April 2008:
WB
& IMF Policy Dialogues for Civil Society Organizations,
10-14 March 2008: 51st Session Commission on Narcotic Drugs,
14 April 2008: Spring Meeting of ECOSOC with the BWIs, WTO
and UNCTAD, 14 April,
16-18 April: 8th Info-poverty World
Conference,
20-25 April 2008: Twelfth session of the United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development,
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.
23-24 April: Forum on Sustainable Urbanization
in the Information Age,
24 April 2008: Linguistic
Rights in the World: A Symposium to commemorate the 60th
Anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human
Rights and the 100th Anniversary of the Universal Esperanto Association
(UEA)
19-23 May 2008: 61st
World Health Assembly,
25-28 May 2008:
26-30 May 2008: 11th
session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development,
10-11 June 2008: UNGA
High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS,
17-23 August 2008: World
Water Week,
3-5 September 2008:
61st NGO/DPI Conference,
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