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Description: The NGO Committee on Social Development is dedicated to raising awareness and holding discussions on social development issues taken up by the United Nations (UN) System and issues in discussion by the UN Commission for Social Development. The Committee also advocates on social development issues in other forums such as the Commission for Sustainable Development, Commission on the Status of Women, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and the General Assembly. Committee members keep one another informed and deliver group statements to the UN voicing ideas and positions on key social development issues. In addition, the Committee is focused on reviewing the outcome of the World Summit on Social Development.

Officers:

Chair:
Joan F. Burke, SND-N
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Vice-Chair:
Diana Skelton
International Movement ATD Fourth World

Secretary:
Bahiyyih Chaffers
Bahá’í International Community



Treasurer:
Joseph P. Foley, C.M.
Congregation of the Mission

Members-at-Large:
Jessica Frank
AARP

Hella Hoppe
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES)

Members:

Membership:
Membership is open to representatives of organizations and any interested persons concerned about the social development issues. Voting members are those individuals who represent organizations in Consultative Status with the UN through ECOSOC; there is one vote per organization. Individuals may be members without vote.

Membership Benefits:
Members will receive notices of monthly meetings, important upcoming conferences related to social development, and meetings sponsored by the Committee on Social Development. The committee prepares joint statements voicing the opinions of NGOs concerned with social development issues. NGOs interested in voicing their opinion on an international level can contribute ideas to this statement or sign on to the agreed Committee statement. These statements are then delivered and/or distributed at appropriate meetings.

Meeting Schedules:
Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of every month, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. (Location of meetings to be determined.)

Membership Dues:
Annual membership dues are US$20 per person. Membership dues cover 1 year of membership beginning in April and ending in March.
Please make checks payable to: NGO Committee on Social Development
and send forms and check to: Joseph Foley, Treasurer.

Membership Application:
Click here to get the application , or print this page and send it to our Committee address.