10 December 1922 – 25 March 2025
President of CoNGO 1976-1982
Many members of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) will have learned with deep sadness of the passing of our most highly esteemed and admired former President, Edith Ballantyne, at the age of 102.
NEW YORK CITY | 7 March 2025 | CoNGO News – More than one hundred NGOs joined the Conference on Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) and Soroptimist International in issuing a statement ahead of International Women’s Day 2025.
May the new year bring peace and good health to you, yours, your communities, and the planet. The year 2023 that just passed was CoNGO’s 75th anniversary. It has been unlike any other year in our organizational life. We reached nearly 4,000 of you who participated in our four global commemorative celebrations in Vienna, Bangkok, New York, and Geneva, and the six global thematic webinars that explored various themes and topics. We ended our 75th anniversary…
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND | 18 DEC 2023 — CoNGO, the Conference of Non-Govrnmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations, is celebrating its 75th anniversary, as is the World Council of Churches—and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights itself. Among keynote speakers at the commemorative event held on December 15 at the main hall of the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva was Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata…
