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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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| Economists Launch Blog on “Triple Crises” in Finance, Development, and Environment On February 1, new voices joined the policy debate on the global crises in finance, development, and the environment. The “TripleCrisisBlog,” with an initial roster of economic analysts from nine countries, was launched by the Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE) at Tufts University (USA), India’s Economic Research Foundation (ERF), and the Heinrich Boell Foundation-U.S. The initiative is chaired by GDAE’s Kevin P. Gallagher and ERF’s Jayati Ghosh. “Crises are not new to the world economy, nor to developing countries,” Gallagher and Ghosh write in their introductory post. “Indeed, our current predicament is a convergence of at least three crises: in global finance, development, and environment. These areas are seemingly disparate but actually interact with each other in forceful ways to reflect major structural imbalances between finance and the real economy; between the higher income and developing economies; between the human economic system and the earth’s ecosystems. This blog seeks to contribute to a more open and global dialogue around these three crises: about how they interact, and how they can collectively be solved.” The TripleCrisisBlog starts with an unprecedented diversity of analysts from the global North and South. In addition to Gallagher and Ghosh, the roster includes: Jeff Madrick, Sanjay Reddy, Mehdi Shefaeddin, Charles Abugre, Martin Khor, Alejandro Nadal, Matias Vernengo, Adil Najam, CP Chandrasekhar, Jim Boyce, Ilene Graebel, Gerhard Schick, Timothy A. Wise, Lyuba Zarsky, and Frank Ackerman. Ghosh and Gallagher will co-chair the project, with Wise serving as "managing editor." “While there are a number of commendable blogs on various aspects of these three crises,” note Gallagher and Ghosh, “this blog will examine all three crises and from a global perspective not often found in mainstream media outlets.” Visit the TripleCrisisBlog. Read more on GDAE’s Globalization and Sustainable Development Program. Follow GDAE's Globalization Program on Facebook. Get notified of new posts on Twitter, Facebook, or RSS. |
| Wed - Feb 03 to Thu - Feb 11 |
| Commission on Social Development Priority Theme - Social Integration |
| Wed - Feb 03 |
| United Religions Initiative Council Meeting Planning with Deborah and Monica 3:00pm planning |
| Thu - Feb 18 |
| Spiritual Caucus Meeting 1:15-2:45 pm |
| Tue - Feb 23 |
| NSC Executive Committee meeting 11:30am 165 West 95th St. |
| Wed - Feb 24 to Sat - Feb 27 |
| NLC Meeting in Murray Grove |
| Thu - Feb 25 |
| General Meeting of CSVGC-NY special program COfP |
Member News
Collective Consciousness and Action
Dr. Kurt Johnson of the National Ethical Service 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 (NES 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 NES 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 Ethical Service:
Fonkoze (Haiti) www.fonkoze.org
Dentists for Rwanda
Groots International, Empowerment for Women (Kenya) www.GROOTS.org
Camp Linden (USA) www.phillyethics.net