A busy and demanding agenda will keep delegates engaged at the Twenty-Eighth General Assembly of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO), which is scheduled to take place both in New York and online from Monday, October 27, to Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
Delegates will hear a keynote address from the former President of Chile, H. E. Michele Bachelet. The Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations in New York, H. E. Paula Narvaez, will be in attendance to deliver the message.
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The Twenty-Eighth General Assembly of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations will receive a different kind of presidential report from its president, Liberato Bautista. The report will feature conversations around the three-part theme of the assembly: Defining the Present, Securing a Shared Future, Asserting Civil Society Participation at the United Nations.
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During a gathering of NGO leaders worldwide, Nikhil Seth concurred with their views, stating in a keynote speech that “Multilateralism—the very foundation of the United Nations and the international system—stands at a crossroads…We meet today to reaffirm a simple but powerful truth: Multilateralism cannot survive—let alone thrive—without civil society.”
As the 28th General Assembly of CoNGO approaches (October 27–29, 2025, New York and online), a new initiative is asking members to help shape the organization’s future impact on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
TruMerit, formerly CGFNS International and a proud CoNGO member, has developed an SDG Survey designed to…
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.
