Subject: [fem-women2000 788] Finnish Government/NGO Batting for the Fifth World Conference on Women 2005
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 12:56:16 +0900 (JST)
Seq: 788
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Forwarded by lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org> ----------------------- Original Message ----------------------- From: kathy clarin <kathy@isiswomen.org> To: apwomen2000@isiswomen.org Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 11:15:09 +0800 Subject: [apwomen2000] Finnish Government/NGO Batting for the Fifth World C= onference on Women 2005 ---- Distributed by Isis International-Manila - linking women, sharing knowledge, engendering change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Finnish Government/NGO Batting for the Fifth World Conference on= =20 Women 2005 source: Hilkka Pietil=E4 <hilkka.pietila@pp.inet.fi> forwarded by: Susanna George, susanna@isiswomen.org date: 07.09.02 -------------------------------------------------------------------- >Susanna says that, "Hilkka is someone from within the UN system, I think,= =20 >and has written a book which was published by NGLS known as "Engendering= =20 >the Global Agenda: The Story of Women and the United Nations." and many=20 >articles on the Beijing process and women's involvement in UN processes". >>Dear, Susanna, >> >>Last year you forwarded the message to your e-mail list about the issue= =20 >>of the Fifth World Conference on Women in 2005 after we had promoted it= =20 >>during the Session of ECOSOC in Geneva. Now this message is just to=20 >>inform women around the world that the issue is now actively promoted by= =20 >>the government of Finland and we, the NGOs in Finland are naturally doing= =20 >>our best in order to make it to become true. >> >>We hope that you could take also this message to your list! >> >>Wishing all the success to your work. >>With Sisterhood and Peace,=20 >>Hilkka >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------------------------- >> >> From the Finnish NGO Committee for UN/WCW 2005: >> >>Subject: >> >>The Fifth UN World Conference on Women in 2005 >> >>Dear Sisters and Friends, >> >>After a long while we would like to inform you that both the Finnish=20 >>Government and the NGOs in Finland are accelerating their efforts for the= =20 >>Fifth World Conference on Women. >> >>It is well known that the Finnish NGOs have been campaigning for the=20 >>Fifth World Conference on Women in 2005 since the beginning of the=20 >>Beijing+5 process. This suggestion received broad support of the NGO=20 >>Community already in ECE Regional Conference for Beijing+5 in January=20 >>2000. Since then it has been widely supported by the NGOs during the=20 >>preparatory process for the 23rd General Assembly Special Session on=20 >>Women 2000 as well as in the Special Session itself. It has also been=20 >>discussed in innumerable NGO events and conferences in various places and= =20 >>during the CSW and ECOSOC sessions last year. >> >>The Government taking firm steps >> >>On the 31 May 2002 the Finnish Government has firmly decided to pursue an= =20 >>active policy for the Fifth UN World Conference on Women. It supports the= =20 >>efforts to develop further the substantive aims and forms of the=20 >>Conference. And it also works actively for achieving the widest possible= =20 >>support of other UN Member States to this goal, first with the particular= =20 >>emphases on the other Nordic governments and the governments of EU countr= ies. >> >> We also recall that the Governments adopted in the Special Session 2000= =20 >> a Political Declaration where they agreed to assess regularly further=20 >> implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action with a view of=20 >> bringing together all parties involved in 2005 to assess progress and=20 >> consider new initiatives, as appropriate, ten years after the adoption= =20 >> of the Beijing Platform for Action and twenty years after the adoption= =20 >> of the Nairobi forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women . >> >> A new NGO Committee in Finland >> >>The Finnish NGOs have now established a new national Committee for the=20 >>Fifth World Conference on Women 2005 under the auspices of the Finnish UN= =20 >>Association. The purpose of this Committee is to continue the NGO=20 >>Campaign for the World Conference, and cooperate and support the efforts= =20 >>of the Finnish Government for this goal. >> >>We know that also many of you have been working in various ways for the= =20 >>Fifth World Conference on Women in 2005. Now we appeal to all of you that= =20 >>we join our efforts towards making this aim to become true. A particular= =20 >>task in every country is to persuade the national government to see the= =20 >>purpose and importance of having the UN World Conference on Women in 2005= =20 >>and be prepared to support this issue when it comes to the decision table= =20 >>in the UN either in the 57th session of General Assembly this year or in= =20 >>the Commission on Status of Women next year. >> >>In the spirit of Sisterhood and Cooperation for the common aim, >> >>Helsinki, June 30, 2002. >> >>On behalf of >> >>Finnish NGO Committee for UN World Conference on Women 2005 >> >> Eila Alanko, Chair, >> >>P=E4ivi Varpasuo , Vice Chair, >> >>Hilkka Pietil=E4, Senior Advisor >> >>Eeva-Maria Vuorenmaa, Secretary of the Committee >> >>Finnish NGO Committee for UN/WCW 2005 >> >>c/o Finnish United Nations Association >> >>Unionstreet 45 B, Helsinki >> >>Tel: 358-9-135 1402; Fax: 358-9-135 2173. >> >>e-mail: Eeva-Maria.Vuorenmaa@ykliitto.fi APWOMEN2000 is a general announcement list created to facilitate information and resource sharing for the NGO review process in Asia and the Pacific for the Beijing Platform for Action. 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