NGO information and coordination for the Commission on Human Rights / Human Rights Council 2006
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: January 22, 2006
NGO information and coordination for
the
Commission
on Human Rights / Human Rights Council 2006
Background
During 2006, the United
Nations Commission for Human Rights will meet for the last time, and will be
replaced by the new Human Rights Council. Coordination among non-governmental
organizations is always desirable in the interests of increasing the
effectiveness of their advocacy, but in this complex transitional moment
enhanced NGO coordination may prove to be especially necessary.
An
NGO information and coordination (NGOIC) mechanism has been established through
the joint efforts of the under-mentioned organizations, and is offered as a free
service to NGOs planning to participate in the 62nd session of the
Commission and/or in the first session of the Human Rights Council when it is
established.
Participation
in this mechanism is voluntary, and it does not replace the official
accreditation process that all NGOs wishing to attend the Commission/Council
sessions will still have to complete.
NGOs
interested in taking advantage of this service are invited to
respond
E-Mail:
ngoic2006@gmail.com
FAX
: +41
22 3012000
with
the information requested below as soon as possible, and at the latest by 13 February 2006.
Based
upon responses received by that date, web-based ‘virtual interest groups’ will
be established to facilitate information-sharing and coordination among NGOs
having similar interests/priorities in the context of the Commission/Council
sessions, particularly with regard to (i) joint statements, (ii) joint parallel
events, (iii) lobbying strategies, and (iv) follow-up on those shared
interests/priorities.
A
further information note on modalities for using this mechanism will be issued
also by 13 February 2006, and the
‘virtual interest groups’, and associated email list serves, will be established
by 20 February 2006. In the meantime, we encourage you to respond with the
requested information by the indicated deadline.
NGOIC steering
group
January
2006
The
NGOIC steering
group consists
of the following members:
Amnesty
International (Ms Patrizia Scanella);
Franciscans International (Ms Alessandra
Aula); International Service for Human Rights (Mr Chris Sidoti); Pax Romana (Mr Budi Tjahjono); Special Committee of
NGOs on Human Rights/Lutheran World Federation (Mr Peter N.
Prove).
The
following additional organizations endorse and support
NGOIC:
Organisation
Mondiale Contre la Torture; Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva; Women’s
International League for Peace and Freedom; World Vision
International.
NGOIC
is hosted by the Conference of NGOs in consultative relations with the United
Nations (CONGO).
NGO information and coordination for
the
Commission
on Human Rights / Human Rights Council 2006
Response form
Please
reply to ngoic2006@gmail.com or fax number +41 22 3012000 by 13 February
2006
The information provided will
be used only for the purposes of putting NGOs with similar interests/priorities
in communication with each other, and will NOT be shared with governmental or UN
Secretariat representatives.
Organization
details
NGO with general consultative status
NGO with special consultative status
NGO on the Roster
Email address for contact person:
We
will be represented at the
62nd session of the Commission on Human Rights and/or
the
first session of the new Human Rights Council
We
will be focusing on the following issues during the Commission/Council
sessions:
We
have submitted or plan to submit written statements on the following
topics:
We
expect to make, or would be interested in contributing to, oral statements on
the following topics:
We anticipate organizing
parallel events on the following topics:
The other UN languages in which
our representatives can function are:
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