Subject: [fem-women2000 782] CONGO Fact sheet (FWD)
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 02:48:26 +0900 (JST)
Seq: 782

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From:    "NGO Committee on the Status of Women" <ngo_csw_ny@hotmail.com>
To:      womenact@yahoogroups.com, ngo-csw-ny@yahoogroups.com
Date:    Mon, 15 Apr 2002 13:16:31 -0400
Subject: [womenact] CONGO Fact sheet
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For those of you who could not download this attachment, here it is again.  
I thought this was very useful website information.  Leslie


CONFERENCE OF NGOS
FACT SHEET
10 April 2002

COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN: 4-15 March 2002, NY
[http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/46sess.htm]
Resolutions and Decisions from the 46th Session can be found on CSW
website at [http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/46sess.htm#resolutions]


INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT
Monterrey, Mexico 18-22 March 2002  [http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/]
To view documents from the conference, visit:
http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/DocumentsIndex.htm


58TH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS:  18 March - 26 April
2002, Geneva [http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/2/58chr/58main.htm]
To view advanced edited versions of reports, go to:
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/2/58chr/advandocs.htm


PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT   8-19
April, Rome, Italy   [http://www.un.org/law/icc/]

UN CEREMONY marking occasion of the 60th ratification of the Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court: Thursday 11 April, UN
Headquarters New York. Information available on the Coalition for an
International Criminal Court website [http://www.iccnow.org/].


SECOND WORLD ASSEMBLY ON AGEING (WAA2) 8-12 April 2002:
[http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing/waa/]
To subscribe to the AGEING ASSEMBLY LISTSERV: e-mail
ageingassembly-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

WORLD NGO FORUM ON AGEING: 5-9 April 2002, Madrid
Information about the Forum including registration form can be found on
the official NGO Forum website [http://www.forumageing.org/index.htm].


PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE 2005 REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO
THE TREATY ON NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS: 8-19 April 2002, New
York
[http://www.un.org/Depts/dda/WMD/NPT/2005/index.html]


UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN: 8-10 May 2002, NY
[http://www.unicef.org/specialsession/]

CHILDREN担 FORUM: 5-7 May
NGO information can be found on the NGO Committee on UNICEF site
[http://www.ngosatunicef.org/].


PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES, 13-24 MAY, NY
[http://www.unhchr.ch/indigenous/main.html]
The deadline to register for the permanent forum is 15 April 2002. Forms
are available at: http://www.unhchr.ch/indigenous/forum.  Observers who
already have a valid UN pass need not register.


JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT 2002: 2-11 September 2002
[http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/]
The World Summit on Sustainable Development will be held at the Sandton
Convention Centre just outside Johannesburg.  The NGO FORUM will be held
at the Gallagher Estate near the Sandton Convention Centre
[http://www.earthsummit2002.org/default.htm]

3rd PREPARATORY COMMITTEE MEETING: 25 MARCH 5 APRIL, NY
[http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/documents/prepcom3.html]

NGOs currently in consultative status with ECOSOC need only to
pre-register to inform the Summit Secretariat that they are
participating.
[http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/major_groups/preregister_process.html]


Non-governmental actors that are not currently in consultative status
with ECOSOC (or not on the CSD List) need to apply for accreditation
with the Summit.
[http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/major_groups/accreditation_process.html]


WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY: 10-12 December 2003, Geneva and
Tunis 2005
[http://www.itu.int/wsis/]
The World Summit on the Information Society will take place in two
phases: in Geneva in December 2003, with a follow-up in Tunis in 2005.

Further information for NGOs and civil society is available at:
[http://www.geneva2003.org/]
To register for the summit, visit:
http://www.geneva2003.org/home/index01.htm

The first PrepCom will take place July 1-5 in Geneva.  Rules for the
participation of civil society will be adopted at this time.

Information on the UN ICT Task Force can be found at:
http://www.unicttaskforce.org/


More information about meetings and conferences planned for 2002 can be
found on the Conference of NGOs website at http://www.congo.org

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The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, not-for-profit 
membership association that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United 
Nations debates and decisions.  Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is 
to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments 
and United Nations agencies on issues of global concern. For more 
information see our website at www.conferenceofngos.org or email 
inquiries@congo.org



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