Celebrating 28 Years of Connecting NGOs Associated w/UN DGC *
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
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All of us have experienced difficult times these 100+days, but my word today is GRATITUDE. Why gratitude? Because it gives us the courage to face difficult situations with a determination that we can overcome adversities if we just work together. The most important thing we have all learned is that we need each other.
Gratitude gives us the ability to make changes that we thought were impossible to make. Gratitude creates a new way of living that harnesses our energy to reach out to others in the acceptance of differences. At a time when daily statistics about COVID 19 were most frightening ,all of us did our part to make a tremendous difference in New York City as the cases and deaths declined. It was Gratitude for our community and neighbors that fortified us to change the impact of COVID19.
The Preamble of the United Nations states "We the Peoples," not we the government, but "We the Peoples." We now have an opportunity to improve life for peoples throughout the world, thanks for our own Gratitude for life defined in these difficult days. Since I live in New York City, I am eternally grateful to Governor Cuomo for his daily briefing on COVID19 in the State and the City, and for the facts he gave us that provided guidance on how we should respond to stay safe.
With special Gratitude to all front-line workers in every part of the globe.
Blessing to everyone,
Fannie Munlin
President, Global NGO Executive Committee
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ANNOUNCING THE NEW 2020-21
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
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The Elections were certified on June 10, 2020 at 10:54 EST;
For the position of Secretary, the runoff election was certified on June 22, 2020 at 11:21 EST.
RESULTS
Secretary:
Debra Boudreaux
Treasurer:
Dr. Kevin Merges
New Directors:
Alexandra Abrams
Dr. Sandra Timmerman Bonham
Dasse Diarra
Dakota Silver
Desiree Akhavan
(For a complete list, please see the Masthead, right)
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A COVID MESSAGE FROM
SECRETARY GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES
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VERIFIED INFO * A SHORT SURVEY * CSO RESPONSES
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A new UN initiative aims to push back against the tide of lies and hate that has risen in tandem with the COVID-19 pandemic, by empowering people worldwide to share accurate information to help save lives and promote global solidarity.
Now available in other UN languages.
The United Nations System is working hard to raise awareness and tackle misinformation about the novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, and we are asking for your help.
Complete the short survey HERE
Share what your civil society organization is doing
to help your community responding to COVID-19 pandemic
HERE
#UNwithCivilSociety #COVID19 #coronavirus
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WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP IN PROMOTING
GLOBAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
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GNEC 1st Vice President and medical author Padmini Murthy wrote a useful article in the 28/3 Edition regarding: Tips on COVID-19. Her latest work is featured in the
UN Chronicle. You can find it in full there:
Introduction
Women have stood at the helm of leadership, both formally and informally, and across disciplines, in improving the health status of their families and communities around the world. Unfortunately, women often face discrimination and have not been given the opportunity to reach their full potential for promoting global good. Today, as we approach the end of the second decade of the twenty-first century and the global community works to achieve universal health coverage, it is of paramount importance that women's political leadership in global health is strengthened in order to advance Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3, to
"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages," and SDG 5, to "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls".
About the author
Padmini Murthy
Beyond GNEC 1st Vice President, Dr. Murthy is Professor and Global Health Director at the School of Health Sciences and Practice at New York Medical College. She is also Secretary-General of the Medical Women's International Association and Chair-Elect of the International Health Section at the American Public Health Association.
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UNITED NATIONS WORLD OCEANS DAY 2020 VIRTUAL EVENT
INNOVATION FOR OUR OCEAN
MONDAY, 8TH JUNE, 2020
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HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE UN?
TRIVIA!
Do you have what it takes
to keep up?
Let's put your knowledge
to the test!
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UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN A COVID19 WORLD
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Even before COVID19, the world was struggling to sustain its focus on the seventeen global goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015. COVID19 is crushing global employment, breaking national healthcare systems, and leveling fiscal balance sheets of households, corporations and governments. The SDGs called for accelerating global partnerships to tackle a wide range of global goals that include climate action targets designed to limit global temperature increases to 1.5 - 2.0
°C and ending extreme poverty. Today we need those partnerships more than ever.
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research estimates that COVID19 has the potential
to increase global poverty for the first time in thirty years. UNCTAD, the UN trade and development body, issued an appeal for
a $2.5 trillion rescue package for the world's six billion people living in developing countries.
Oxfam International has called for an equally expansive 'Economic Rescue Plan for All' to rebuild a more equal world. Together 1st has issued a new
Stepping Stones report as part of its UN75 consultation and calls for the UN to appoint a new high-level champion for civil society, create a UN youth council, create accountability for state violations of planetary boundaries, a ban on nuclear weapons, an integrated approach to climate and security within the UN, and people-centered peacekeeping, among its ten recommendations. And at the recent UN75 "People's Forum for the UN We Need," NGOs from around the world have signed onto a new "
UN75 People's Declaration & Plan for Global Action," which calls for a "system-wide review of stakeholder participation in UN processes" and a "mandated post-2020 follow-up mechanism to enhance global governance" to advance the Paris Climate agreement, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, human rights, and other critical UN projects.
COVID19 has crystalized for the world that poverty is a global vulnerability. Poverty impairs health, the economy, education, human rights, and the environment and increases violence. Human rights are not just for those with power; human rights for all can only be realistically achieved if we reduce economic inequality and empower workers and communities. The new potential for such an historic shift could easily be lost amid the fear generated by this public health and economic crisis. Ultimately, the potential for change rests with us: "We the Peoples." The COVID19 crisis gives us an important opportunity to create more legal accountability and structural reform in governments and the United Nations, such as those outlined above.
Scott Carlin, Ph.D.
2nd Vice President, Global NGO Executive Committee
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Sergio - Released April 2020 * Biography, Drama, History
So, what is there to say about yet another indie docudrama, on an endless Netflix list? Plenty.
Sergio is, in many ways, the embodiment of all the passionate, compelling, and driven spirits one encounters at the United Nations and in the field, on the many missions they undertake. For nearly two hours, it was hard to look away, even for an instant.
The film not only entertains but in a more insidiously great way, it educates us along the side lines of recent history. Co-author and former US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power helps illuminate a UN standing alongside warring nations and regional disputes ... in order to articulate a third way. As the character of the late Sergio Vieira De Mello, passionately recreated by Wagner Moura, demonstrates: even for The World's Mr. Fixit, sometimes peace building works ... at other times, it may end in unmitigated disaster.
Read the rest of the review and see the thrilling trailer
HERE
A Review By
Patrick Sciarratta
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LEARNING MORE ABOUT YOU
An Occasional Series
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We are pleased to highlight the work of our friends and constituents. Are you associated with UN DGC? Please send us an article, no more than 600 words, about your UN related work and especially highlighting upcoming, online events worldwide. We'd love to hear from you.
Here's the first in
An Occasional Series
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
In March 2003, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. ("DST", "Delta", or "The Sorority") received Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council at the United Nations (UN). As the second African American organization and first Black Greek Letter Organization to gain this status, DST was welcomed to the UN by then Assistant Secretary-General for External Affairs, Gillian Sorensen, who charged Delta to, "use your NGO status to monitor the status of women and children in the world and bind together with other NGOs to ensure that the UN honors its commitments."
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Founded in 1913 and headquartered in Washington, DC, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
is an organization of college educated women committed to public service, with a primary focus on the Black community. The Sorority is a private, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world. Since our founding
, more than 300,000 women have joined the organization. The Sorority
has over 1,000 collegiate and alumnae chapters located in the United States,
the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada
, Germany, Jamaica, Japan (Okinawa and Tokyo), and the Republic of Korea.
(Read and Learn much more about
DSTS
HERE)
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BREAKING: Turkish diplomat elected President of
historic 75th UN General Assembly, And More ...
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Turkish diplomat Volkan Bozkir was elected President of the forthcoming session of the
UN General Assembly in a vote held on Wednesday that was emblematic of its time..
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Turkish diplomat Volkan Bozkir was elected President of the forthcoming session of the
UN General Assembly in a vote held on Wednesday that was emblematic of its time.
Wearing face-masks and practicing physical distancing, ambassadors from 192 UN Member States filed into the iconic but empty General Assembly Hall to cast their ballots during pre-determined time slots: an added layer of protection in the
COVID-19
era.
"Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have all had to work under extraordinary conditions to overcome the myriad of challenges facing us," the current General Assembly President,
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, said ahead of the elections.
"Indeed," he added, "(they) represent our common commitment to ensuring the uninterrupted continuation of the important work of the United Nations, in accordance with the values and principles of the United Nations Charter."
New faces in the Security Council, ECOSOC
Mr. Bozkir, a veteran diplomat and parliamentarian, will preside over the landmark 75th session of the UN General Assembly, which opens in September. He was the sole candidate for the post.
Ambassadors also voted for five new countries to join the
UN Security Council
as non-permanent members.
The Council comprises five permanent members - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States - and 10 non-permanent members, who serve for two-year periods.
While three countries vied for two seats allocated to African and Asia-Pacific States, only India was confirmed. Djibouti and Kenya face a second round of voting to be held on Thursday.
A similar race occurred for the Western European and other States group, where Canada did not secure the required two-thirds majority, or 128 votes.
Norway and Ireland will begin their terms starting in January, as will Mexico, representative for the Latin America and Caribbean region.
Eighteen countries will also occupy vacant seats in the
Economic and Social Council,
another of the six main organs of the UN. They are: Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Japan, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, Portugal, the Solomon Islands, the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.
Preparing for September
While this year's General Assembly falls during the UN's 75th anniversary, the pandemic adds to its historic significance, and the need to maintain safety measures. Plans are in motion for the annual high-level week, where Heads of State address the world from the dais in the General Assembly Hall. Mr. Muhammad-Bande, the current President, has written to Member States about a scenario that foresees his successor and UN
Secretary-General António Guterres
present in the Hall for the official opening, while world leaders will deliver their speeches via pre-recorded video statements.
Delegations have until noon on Friday to submit their feedback.
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THE GLOBAL NGO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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Publishers of the
NGO Reporter, the recently renamed Global
NGO Executive Committee was founded in 1962 to create a link between the United Nations and the Non-Governmental Organizations associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications UNDGC (formerly: Public Information). It is composed of eighteen Directors and encourages and assists NGOs, as members of civil society, to communicate their interests throughout the United Nations system and to support United Nations' goals and objectives. In partnership with the United Nations Department of Global Communication, the Global NGO Executive Committee co-
produces annual
conferences for the 1500+
accredited DGC/NGOs around the world
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USEFUL WEBSITE REFERENCES
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The Global NGO Executive Committee of Non-Governmental Organizations Associated
with the United Nations Department of Public Information
MAILING ADDRESS:
Global NGO Executive Committee
c/o Fannie Munlin
NCNW * Lower Level
777 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
Visit Global NGO Executive Committee
Here
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EDITORIAL BOARD
NGO Reporter
Editor
Patrick L. Sciarratta
World Development Foundation
Members
President, Global NGO Executive Committee
Fannie Munlin
National Council of
Negro Women
NGO Reporter Site Technician
Scott Carlin
Long Island University
Editorial Assistants
Cristina Fan
Michelle Leon
World Development Foundation
COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
Patrick L. Sciarratta (patrick@vnclm.org)
NGO/DPI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2020-21
OFFICERS
President
Fannie Munlin
National Council of
Negro Women
1st Vice-President
Dr. Padmini Murthy
Medical Women's International Association
2nd Vice-President
Scott Carlin
Long Island University
Secretary
Debra T. Boudreaux
Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation
Treasurer
Dr. Kevin Merges
Rutgers Preparatory School
BOARD MEMBERS
Alexandra Abrams
World Council of Peoples
for the United Nations
Desiree Akhavan
Mona Foundation
Barbara Burns
International Public Relations Association
Nadine Clopton
Caring and Living as Neighbors
Annie Deng
The City College
of New York
Dasse Diarra
Olof Palme International Peace Foundation
Carl Murrell
Baha'i International
Dr. C'fine Ezeanochie Okorochukwu
Center for Public Health
Uwem Robert OTU
African Youth Movement
Dr. Mubina Schroeder
Kappa Delta Pi
Patrick L. Sciarratta
World Development Foundation
Dakota Silver
International Public
Relations Association
Dr. Sandra Timmerman
International Federation
on Ageing
2020
Ebunola Shoda
African Youth Movement, Nigeria
Dr. Graciela Yanovsky
FANCV, Fundación Argentina a las Naciones, Argentina
New Logo Design
Richard Yep
American Counselling Association
DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS *
Hawa Diallo
UN DGC NGO Relations
Public Information Officer
Felipe Quiepo
UN DGC NGO Relations
Public Information Officer
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Bruce Knotts
Unitarian Universalist
UN Office
Ex-Officio, Past Chair
Liberato Bautista &
Soon-Young Yoon
Ex-Officio, CoNGO
Aaron Etra
UNA-USA
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NGO REPORTER
ARTICLE GUIDELINES
WE REQUEST THAT YOU SUBMIT YOUR UN/NGO RELATED ARTICLES FOR CONSIDERATION.
Please refer to the article submission guidelines for the
NGO Reporter, online here:
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* UN Department of Global Communications (UNDGC; previously
UN Department of Public Information, UNDPI).
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Exhaustive
investigations
demonstrate that a Volume of the NGO Reporter
, under Founder and former Editor Dorrie Weiss, was in its fifth year in 1997. Begun in 1992, then, that would make 2020 its 28th consecutive year of publication. Its free subscriber list includes NGO leaders associated with UNDGC (see above), as well as UN and other media, and all those interested in UN-related, NGO activities at UNHQ and worldwide that are created or promoted by the Global NGO Executive Committee, editor, staff.
Prior to her passing, Ms. Weiss mentored Patrick, as Editor, who later invited Dr. Lester Wilson. They became its co-editors for nearly two decades, assisted in large measure by the dearly departed Joan Levy, and former site manager Isaac Humphries. To all those volunteers, we remain eternally grateful.
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