- 23 - 25 February 2009, Pathumthani, Thailand
(12 December 2008) Dear all, Please note the new dates for the postponed meeting of the CONGO Board of Directors scheduled for December 2008. It will now be held on 23 - 25 February 2009 at the same place as originally planned--the Asian Institute of Technology some 40 kilometers outside of Bangkok. This meeting will include an agenda item on the final formation of the CONGO Asia Regional Committee, and its launching in the morning of February 25. There will also be an academic colloquium on the Millennium Development Goals, in the afternoon of 25 February, jointly sponsored by CONGO and AIT. This announcement also serves as official notification for CONGO members and other NGOs, especially those based in the Asia Pacific region, to join the meeting and be part of the launching of CONGO's first regional committee. Please help in inviting and encouraging these NGOs to join us in Thailand. Thank you for your cooperation and kind understanding. Sincerely, Levi Bautista, CONGO President Following CONGO's Civil Society Development Forum (CSDF) 2008 New York Component (27-29 June 2008), the CSDF 2008 Geneva Component is now scheduled to take place on 27 and 28 October 2008. - Download the CSDF 2008 Outcome Document
The New York component of CONGO's Civil Society Development Forum 2008 (CSDF 2008) - "A Platform for Development: Countdown to 2015 - Implementing the internationally agreed development goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development" was held 27-29 June 2008. The Outcome Document of the CSDF 2008 is now available online. CONGO also organised midday NGO briefings in collaboration with the UN NGO Section, UNDESA throughout the week of the High-Level Segment of ECOSOC's Substantive Session. - A Commentary on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Liberato C. Bautista, President of CoNGO
Freed from fear, human rights defenders can focus more on having peoples and communities freed from want. - 1 - 11 December 2008, Geneva
The Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) and Geneva for Human Rights - Global Training (GHR) are organizing a Geneva Course for human rights defenders from the regions attending the 3rd session of the Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). - 8 - 26 September 2008, Palais des Nations, Geneva
The 9th session of the Human Rights Council will take place at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva, from 8 to 26 September 2008. Meetings of the HRC President and Bureau with NGOs are scheduled for every Tuesday from 2 to 3 pm in room 21 at the Palais des Nations. Reports of these meetings will be available here on the CONGO website.
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CSDF 2008 - Civil Society Development Forum - 27-28 October 2008, Geneva Component