This report is only one of the many contributions that civil society has produced to address the Millennium Review Summit themes. Please see the following resources for further information on each of these areas. This listing is not meant to be exhaustive, but merely indicative of the wealth of expertise, concerns and constituencies represented by civil society.[1]
Millennium +5 NGO Network Email Listserv. The Millennium+5 email listserv enables the members of the network to stay in touch with each and receive updates on various Millennium+5 developments. To join the Millennium + 5 Network listserv send an email to millenniumplus5ngonetwork-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
“Millennium NGO Forum Declaration and Agenda for Action: Strengthening the United Nations for the 21st Century” NGO statement from Millennium NGO Forum, May 2000. See http://www.un.org/millennium/declaration.htm.
Asian Civil Society Forum, Conference and Report. The first Asian Civil Society Forum was held in Bangkok, Thailand in December 2002 and again in November 2004. The ACSF dealt with a wide range of issues pertaining to Asian civil society, from the Millennium Development Goals to human rights and UN reform. Sponsored by CONGO. Go to http://www.acsf.info to download the report and get more information.
“Benchmark for the Five-year Review of the Millennium Summit,” Report, 2005. Sponsored by Social Watch, March 2005. See http://www.socialwatch.org.
“CONGO Committee
for
Social Development Comments on the Report of the Secretary General, ‘In
Larger
Freedom: Towards Development, Security and Human Rights for All,’” Statement, April 2005. Download
the statement at
http://www.un-ngls.org/UNreform/Sistersofnotredame.doc.
“Connecting the Global to the Local to Reach the Millennium Development Goals,” Paper, 2004. Sponsored by CONGO. Download the paper at CONGOandMDGs.pdf.
“CSO Perspectives on the Millennium Development Goals,” Report, 2005. A compilation of viewpoints from Martin Khor of Third World Network, Sunita Narain of Center for Science and Environment, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz of Tebtebba Foundation and Carol Barton of Women's International Coalition for Economic Justice. To download the report, go to http://www.undp.org/cso.
“Indigenous Peoples and the Millennium Development Goals,” Discussion Paper for UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. By Victoria Tauli-Corpuz. Download the complete paper at http://www.tebtebba.org/tebtebba_files/ipr/mdg.html.
Latin American Consultation on the Millennium Development Goals, Conference and Report. This report highlights the results of a regional conference on the MDGs and UN reform held in Santiago, Chile in June 2004. Sponsored by CONGO. See ngomeet/LAC04.
MDG Global Watch, NGO. MDG Global Watch is a non-profit organization focusing on the assurance that every country on the globe meets the U.N. Millennium Development Goals. See http://www.mdg-globalwatch.org
“Millennium Development Campaigning Toolkit,” Publication. Prepared by CIVICUS. Download the full kit at http://www.civicus.org/mdg/title.htm.
“The Millennium Development Goals and the Eradication of Extreme Poverty and Hunger,” Discussion Paper for the Asia Pacific Civil Society Forum, Bangkok, Thailand, October 2003. Download the complete paper at http://www.unescap.org/pdd/CPR/CPR2003/PDD_CPR_INF2.pdf.
“The Millennium Development Goals: a Comparative Performance of Six EU Member States and the EC Aid Programme,” Report, May 2004. Sponsored by Alliance 2015. To download the report go to http://www.welthungerhilfe.de/WHHEN.
NGO Responses to “In Larger Freedom,” Website. Compilation by the UN Non-governmental Liaison Service of NGO views on the UN Secretary-General’s Report “In Larger Freedom.” See http://www.un-ngls.org/sg-report-NGOs-comment.htm.
“Owning the Loan – Poor Countries and the MDGs,” Report, April 2004. Sponsored by Christian Aid and AFRODAD. Report on how national ownership of the loan process can help poor countries reach the Millennium Development Goals. Download the report at http://www.afrodad.org/archive/owningtheloan1.pdf.
“Seeking Accountability on Women's Rights: Women Debate the Millennium Development Goals,” Report, 2004. Sponsored by the Women's International Coalition for Economic Justice. See http://www.wicej.addr.com/mdg.
“West African Civil Society Statement on the Millennium Development Goals and their Implementation,” Final statement of the West Africa Civil Society Forum on MDGs, Held in Dakar, February 2003. Sponsored by UNDP. See http://www.undp.org/surf-wa/mdgforum/cso.htm.
“We the Peoples,” Civil Society Survey. Produced by the World Federation of United Nations Associations and the North-South Institute. The report highlights the results of a global online survey of civil society organizations in more than 100 countries and documents how they are engaging with the Millennium Declaration and the MDGs. To order the report go to http://www.wfuna.org.
“Women's Empowerment, Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals,” Report, 2005. Describes the Millennium Development Goals, their connection to women's equality and strategies to insure they include a gender perspective. Sponsored by the Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO). See http://www.wedo.org/library.aspx?ResourceID=5.
“Youth and the Millennium Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation,” Report, November 2004. Sponsored by the Ad Hoc Working Group on Youth and the MDGs. Download the report at http://www.mdgyouthpaper.org.
Arab NGO Network for Development, NGO. ANND is an advocacy group that has worked extensively on strengthening and shaping the role of civil society organizations in the Arab countries. ANND has three main programs on development, democracy and globalization and trade. For more information go to http://www.annd.org.
Countdown 2015: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All, NGO campaign. Countdown 2015 is an initiative dedicated to assessing the progress and mapping the future for the key goals of the International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo in 1994. See http://www.countdown2015.org.
Global Call to Action Against Poverty, NGO network. The Global Call to Action against Poverty is a worldwide alliance committed to making world leaders live up to their promises, and to making a breakthrough on poverty in 2005. See http://www.whiteband.org.
International Movement ATD Fourth World, NGO. International Movement ATD Fourth World is an international NGO that challenges individuals and institutions to join people living in extreme poverty in their daily efforts to move out of poverty. See http://www.atd-fourthworld.org.
Jubilee Debt Campaign, NGO campaign. Calls for
the complete cancellation of all
unpayable poor countries debts.
See http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk.
Southern African Regional Poverty Network, NGO network. The purpose of SARPN is to provide a facility for raising the level and quality of public debate on poverty across the Southern African Development Community. See http://www.sarpn.org.za.
Third World Network, NGO network. The Third World Network is an independent non-profit international network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to development, the Third World and North- South issues. See http://www.twnside.org.sg.
CONGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, NGO network. For more than thirty years, the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security has provided services and facilities to hundreds of citizens' groups concerned with the peace and disarmament activities of the United Nations. See http://disarm.igc.org.
Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, NGO network. The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict is a world-wide civil society-led process to generate and build a new international consensus on peacebuilding and the prevention of violent conflict. See http://www.gppac.org.
NGO Working Group on the Security Council, NGO network. The Working Group brings together thirty major NGOs for a series of meetings with Council ambassadors. Since the Council's decisions affect nearly all NGO constituencies – in such areas as human rights, humanitarian relief, disarmament, the environment, and the concerns of women and children – the Working Group has a diverse membership. See http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/ngowkgrp.
“Focusing on Human Rights and Gender Justice: Linking the MDGs to CEDAW and the Beijing Platform,” Report, February 2005. Sponsored by WIDE Austria (Network Women In Development Europe). See http://www.oneworld.at/wide.
International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), NGO. The International Federation for Human Rights is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the world-wide defense of human rights as defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. Founded in 1922, the FIDH has 141 national affiliates in all regions. See http://www.fidh.org.
International Service for Human Rights, NGO. The International Service for Human Rights promotes the protection and promotion of human rights worldwide through the provision of information and training and monitoring, reporting on and promoting human rights discussions and debates. See http://www.ishr.ch.
NGO Coalition for the International Criminal Court, NGO Coalition. The Coalition for the International Criminal Court is a network of over 2,000 NGOs advocating for a fair, effective and independent International Criminal Court. See http://www.iccnow.org.
Global Policy Forum, website and NGO. The Global Policy Forum sponsors the website www.globalpolicy.org, which acts as a central clearinghouse on various UN reform issues, from globalization to Security Council expansion.
ReformtheUN.org, website. To monitor all developments and negotiations, ReformtheUN.org provides updated information on the member states’ positions, and the positions of parliamentarians and civil society on UN reform issues. Sponsored by the World Federalist Movement.
World Campaign for the In-depth Reform of the System of International Institutions, Campaign. Launched in 2002, the campaign is intended to promote such reform in order to equip the system of international institutions to help resolve the grave problems that face our world and it is supported by many organizations and individuals from world civil society. Sponsored by UBUNTU. See http://www.reformcampaign.net.
World Federation of United Nations Associations, is a network for people who want to become engaged with the critical global issues affecting the United Nations. WFUNA produces a monthly newsletter, UN Connections, which provides practical information about the networks shaping relations between the emerging global civil society and the UN. See http://www.wfuna.org.
[1]
We drew many
of these resources from lists assembled by the UN Non-governmental LiaiisonLiaison
Service, Choike, the Inter-press Service and others.
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