| Louise
Frechette Responds to CONGO Inquiries
Louise
Frechette, UN Deputy Secretary-General, sent responses to two letters
from CONGO on the High Level Panel, the
first directed to Ms. Renata Bloem and the
second to Anselmo Lee.
NGLS
Unveils New Website on CS-UN Relations
The
United Nations Non-Governmental
Liaison Service (NGLS) has launched a new
section of its website that will provide up-to-date information
on UN reform with a special focus on UN – Civil Society Relations.
The new section also showcases background information on the reform
process, including reports issued by the Secretary-General and the
Secretary-General's Panel of Eminent Persons on UN Civil Society
Relations, statements by Member States, perspectives from the NGO
community, background papers and more. Please visit: www.un-ngls.org/UNreform.
General
Assembly Debates Secretary General Proposals on UN-Civil Society
Relations
The
UN General Assembly considered today (4 October 2004) the
report of the UN Secretary General on UN-Civil Society relations
under item 54 of the GA's agenda. Notes from this meeting
are available here.
NGO
Paper Clarifies Issues Related to UN-Civil Society Relations Report
An
NGO paper in response to the UN Secretary General's recommendations
on the High Level Panel on UN-Civil Society Relations has been produced
entitled "Towards a
consensus in shaping the future of United Nations - NGO relations."
It addresses some misunderstandings and concerns of governments
and NGOs related to the Panel's report. The report can be downloaded
here (Word document).
UNSG
Report on the Recommendations of the Panel on Civil Society Available
UN Secretary
General Kofi Annan has released an advance, unedited version of
his report on
the recommendations of the Panel
of Eminent Persons on UN-Civil Society Relations. The advance
report can be downloaded at http://www.un.org/reform/report17.pdf
.
CONGO
Board Drafts Letter to Secretary General on Panel Report
The
board of CONGO at its 27 August 2004 meeting approved a letter
to the UN Secretary-General on the report of the High Level Panel
on Relations with Civil Society. Click here
for the complete text.
Consultation
on High Level Panel Report 26 July
CONGO
and NGLS are sponsoring a consultation on the Report of the Secretary-General's
High Level Panel on UN-Civil Society Relations which will take place
on Monday, 26 July 2004, 2-5:30pm in Room IX of
the Palais des Nations.
OFFICIAL
LAUNCH OF HIGH LEVEL PANEL REPORT
21
June 2004: Official launch of the Report of the Secretary-General's
High Level Panel on Relations with Civil Society, New York,
10am. Simultaneous launch of the Report in Geneva with a video-link
to the New York launch. Geneva Launch in Room III of the Palais
des Nations at 4pm Monday 21 June.
The
text of the report is now available in Arabic,
Chinese,
English,
French,
Russian
and Spanish.
PANEL
MEETINGS:
First
Panel Meeting (2-3 June 2003), New York
2nd Panel Meeting (mid-December 2003 in Geneva) - Download
the Invitation
3rd Panel Meeting (mid February 2004)
Official Document System
(ODS)
Interim
statement by President Cardoso, Chair of the Panel of Eminent Persons
on UN-Civil Society Relations, about Civil Society Access to the
Official Documents System
Recognition
of the CONGO Board that free and open worldwide access to the United
Nations Official Documents System (ODS), the digital record of UN
documents in all official languages, is technically feasible via
the web
Link
to the official High Level Panel Website
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