Subject: [fem-women2000 171] CSW44 NGO briefing Friday, March 3rd 2000 -notes
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 06:24:53 -0500
Seq: 171
CSW44 NGO briefing Friday, March 3rd 2000 -notes ------------------------------------------------ (for information only) notes from NGO briefing Wednesday, Mar 1st, 2000 .. by lalmaziwa (parts of the note may not be complete) african- 5 areas - decision making - hiv/aids - human rights - women in armed conflict - globalization and poverty want to set up inter-regional caucus to lobby G77. DAW --- Passport - goto security Caucus List = find them in Lobby and registration area. submit form for annoucement and room request conference Room B Briefing for NGOs regional Commission rm 3127 (1:30-300) church center monday ICFTU/Public service EU 4-5 pm European/Portugese presidency inviting european ngos for briefng 12:00 86 2nd avenue dag hammergjord plaza (20-35 persons) arab caucus - violence in new millenia 12:00-2:00 church center 2nd floor regional bicman hall ?? 4-6 room 22a unifem strategy/business plan (not today) neelam=inda, taskforce many resolutions made in yesterday's deliberaton. how can we access them? rebecca= congo would like to circulate them if we can get hold of them. can copy for distribution in room B but need help in getting hold of them. vaw please insert - honor killing, jordan has put in a law, it is not clear if the law is implemented or not. Regional reports now availabe E/CN/2000/PC6/add.1 - Add.5 Dorotha Githas DAW briefing --------------------------- Prepcom - concluded CSW yesterday with resolutions. now we are enetering challenging negotiations leading to June 2000. Outcome - beijing +5 sessions Question of negotiation 10:00 official opening, general debate 2nd panel will follow up on emerging issues tuesday - full speed to the negotiations. two docs will constitute outcome of the B+5 - draft political declaration there are three outstanding paragraphs - L1/Rev.1 = the 22 Feb difficult and very messy because there was proposed text by chari person perpared by devision with recommendation and ###. then comments were inserted by January. - text of chair person, ammendments suggested by different groups "action and initiative " don't have inserts which means comments will be submitted now through the regions (juscanz, G77, EU, other groups ) - in writin by countries as we go 1st - introduction 2nd - achievements and obstacles 3rd - new current challanges (inserts not complete) 4th - will discuss with the bureau how to facilitate the process, removing pragraphs, and brackets... pararell negotiations, split working groups, etc. night sessions, splitting groups, translations etc are factors that influence the modality of negotiation. Q: will ngos be able to participate? A: certain decisions will be made by the bureau. groups and negotiations decide. traditional rules apply but you have to follow the session. CONGO 212-986-8557 -- let us know if you want to participate or have suggestion on how to coordinate, how to be more effective and productive now and through the special session. list of topics Panel discussion Monday - see the agenda 1. peace conflict resolution, 2. question of 3. gender an human rights, hungary globalization and poverty experts will define the topics division is ready to provide briefing on daily basis if there is particular issue of interest, let us know in advance africa caucus 4:00- 5:00 church center subcommittee to handle the NGO briefing --------------------------------------- sudha acharya - global sara longwe - africa pam rajput - asia pacific lydia alpizar - laten america charlotte bunch - north america lenata bloem - ece leslie wright - ny -----------------------