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For briefing information please call the DPI/NGO Information Line at +1-212-963-7232, or e-mail dpingo@un.org. To receive the briefing information electronically and to be added to our e-mailing list, please e-mail dpingo@un.org. You can also visit the DPI/NGO Section web site at www.un.org/dpi/ngosection, where an archived web cast of the briefings may also be available. Should you require a guest pass to attend an NGO briefing, please fax your name and affiliation to +1-212-963-2819 no later than two days before a briefing. All guest passes should be picked up at the Pass & ID Office on the morning of the briefing, which is located on the corner of First Avenue and 45th Street at the ground level.
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| Mon - Mar 01 to Fri - Mar 12 |
| Commission on Status of Women Theme - co-responsibility between men and women including care giving |
| Sun - Mar 14 |
| Culture of Peace Workshop in Essex follow-up to Platform, January 17 |
| Tue - Mar 16 to Wed - Mar 17 |
| Dialogue on FfD March 16-17 High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development UN Headquarters (This year’s Dialogue will focus on the overall theme “The Monterrey Consensus and Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: status of implementation and tasks ahead”. The first day of the Dialogue will consist of plenary meetings chaired by the President of the General Assembly, at which ministers and high-level officials will be able to make formal statements. The second day will be devoted to three interactive multi-stakeholder round tables followed by an informal interactive dialogue with the participation of all relevant stakeholders. |
| Mon - Mar 22 to Wed - Mar 24 |
| Assembly of State Parties Calendar items, 2010: ASP – March 22-25, NYC – Review Conference Preparations for Meet, May-June, 2010, Kumpala Issues: Article 123, Crimes of Aggression, deferral of Prosecution of Al-Beshahir, use of nuclear weapons an automatic crime |
Member News
Collective Consciousness and Action
Dr. Kurt Johnson of the National Service Conference will have an article on Collective Consciousness and Action in the spring issue of Kosmos, one of the leading magazines about world change. Kosmos, founded by Nancy Roof a co- founder of the Values and Spiritual caucuses at the UN. The article will also run on the Kosmos website www.kosmosjournal.org.
Week of Spirituality
Martha Gallahue, AEU Leader, will serve as Program Coordinator during the 3d Annual Week of Spirituality, October 25-30th at the United Nations. The title for the 5 day series of events at the UN and throughout the world is The Spirit of the UN: Global Peace through Reconciliation. www.csvgc-ny.org.The United Religious Initiative at the UN hosted a Side Event called "Reconciliation as a Key to Sustainability" developed by Martha, May 4th in Conference Room 6, 1:15-2:45pm. Go to: www.uri.org.
Articles "From the UN"
Phyllis (NSC President) and Sylvain Ehrenfeld (IHEU Rep for AEU) offer columns on current UN issues called From the UN. They may be found on our tab From the UN above. Their latest topics are "Population and the Status of Women", April 10th, and "World Day of Social Justice and the Economic Crisis", March 16.
Committee for the Ageing
Dr. Jacqueline Pope works on the CONGO Committee for the Ageing and Intergenerational working group at the UN. Go to: www.globalaging.org
Racism & Human Rights
Lyndon Wilberg, former VP of NSC and Representative at the UN, co-founded a sub-committee against racism and all forms of discrimination within the CONGO Committee on Human Rights upon his return from the first World Conference Against Racism held in Durban South Africa, in 2001
Global Projects
Also supported by the National Service Conference:
Fonkoze (Haiti) www.fonkoze.org
Dentists for Rwanda
Groots International, Empowerment for Women (Kenya) www.GROOTS.org
Camp Linden (USA) www.phillyethics.net