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ASSISTS
a great variety of nongovernmental organizations in consultative
status to promote their common aim of supporting the United
Nations Charter
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WORKS
on behalf of nongovernmental organizations in consultative
status to develop that status and improve their relationship
and cooperation with the United Nations and its various
organs
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PROVIDES
a forum for nongovernmental organizations with common
interests to come together to study, plan, support, and
act in relation to the principles and programmes of the
United Nations
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CONGO's
mandate is to:
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Safeguard
the rights of NGOs to speak, and have their voices heard
at the UN
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Assist
its members with access and participation at UN legislative
processes
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Facilitate
dialogue between the UN and NGOs
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Inform
CONGO members of UN and NGO activities and initiatives
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Disseminate
information on CONGO members' activities
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Strengthen
NGO activities through the presence of CONGO NGO Committees
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Create
NGO partnerships and networks in and among regions
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For over 50
years, CONGO (The Conference of NGOs in consultative relationship
with the United Nations), has been actively promoting the involvement
of NGOs in the working of the United Nations. Today, we are reaching
out to NGOs around the world, in particular from developing countries,
both to be strengthened ourselves by their presence at the United
Nations, and to facilitate and strengthen their efforts to relate
more effectively to the important matters treated in United Nations
forums. We hope to be able to strengthen national NGO voices at
both global and regional levels, to help build a stronger civil
society, in support of the consensus that emerged from world conferences
of the past decade and in many ways exemplified in the Declaration
of the Millennium Summit. These collective voices will also help
to build regional partners for CONGO, reflecting diversity of
issues, culture, ethnicity and geography, looking forward to a
21st century of social justice, equality and peace.
Following
the recommendations of the Millennium Forum Declaration and Agenda
for Action, CONGO has decided to put the spotlight on Africa,
Asia and Latin America and focus its activities on NGOs in these
regions. CONGO helped to initiate a process to have African NGOs,
in particular African women's voices heard during a series of
roundtable/panel discussions on topics such as Sustainable Development,
HIV/AIDS, Armed Conflict and Women as Peace Brokers, and racism.
The objective was to give high visibility to the work done by
African NGOs at local and regional level and to collect their
recommendations for input into UN deliberation, including into
the ECOSOC High level Segment.
For
more information about CONGO, go to Who
We Are
Join
CONGO by filling out the CONGO membership
application form for 2005 in
English
and French
Conference
of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations
11,
Avenue De La Paix, 1st Floor, 1202 Genéve, Suisse •
Post: CP 50, 1211 Genéve 20, Suisse
Tel: +41 22 301 1000 • Fax: +41 22 301 2000 • email:
congo@ngocongo.org
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