UN and NGOs are valued partners, said UNOG Director-General Tatiana Valovaya and CoNGO President Liberato Bautista in a virtual dialogue

Geneva, Switzerland, 15 June 2021 (CoNGO InfoNews) – In a virtual public event held on April 8, 2021, the Director General of the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG), Tatiana Valovaya, and the President of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO), Liberato Bautista, engaged in dialogue that reviewed UNOG’s work and priorities in 2020 and 2021, the UN’s global priorities, and the participation of civil society in multilateral processes, with special focus on meetings at UNOG.

This exceptionally successful event drew the interest and participation of close to 400 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) around the world. The dialogue’s success owed much to the initiative of Lidiya Grigoreva, who leads the UNOG engagement with civil society and NGOs, and who introduced the two speakers.

NGO access to and at the UN is UN’s access to the voice, expertise and support of civil society to the multilateral body, CoNGO President asserted at a meeting called by the ECOSOC President

New York City, 7 April 2021 (CoNGO InfoNews) – The United Nations and non-governmental organizations are each the poorer without the other. Grassroots, national, regional and international diplomacy have benefited from UN and NGO consultation and collaboration in addressing wide-ranging issues and problems confronted by governments, peoples, and humanity’s shared habitat.

This is the gist of the presentation by Liberato Bautista at the February 1, 2021 joint meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with the Chairs of its functional commissions and expert bodies. Bautista, the president of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO), was invited to address the meeting by the ECOSOC President, Ambassador Munir Akram.

Are women making any progress in participation in leadership and decision-making?
Three NGO leaders ask on the eve of 2021 International Women’s Day

New York City, 5 March 2021 (CoNGO InfoNews) – “Women enable a just, equitable and peaceful world,” said the presidents of Soroptimist International (Sharon Fisher), International Alliance of Women (Cheryl Hayles), and Associated Country Women of the World (Magdie de Kock) in a joint statement they issued on the occasion of the 2021 International Women’s Day on March 8.

WAAS and CoNGO invite NGOs in a survey in collaboration with UN Trust Fund for Human Security

New York City, 4 February 2021 (CoNGO InfoNews) – The World Academy of Art & Science (WAAS) and Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) are working in collaboration with the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS) to conduct a survey of Non-Governmental Organizations around the world to assess views on the UN concept of Human Security as the basis for promoting more effective policies and implementation programs to foster peace and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The same survey is being conducted among Member States of the UN. Participate in the survey. Deadline extended.

CoNGO president, and three other NGO leaders, join in a statement on the International Day of Education 2021

Education is a human right. Inclusion and equity are crucial for transformative education. Education as common public good requires public funding. Education at primary and secondary levels is universal and adult education primordial. Online education has blessings and perils. Safety and wellbeing is crucial at education venues. Education must be portable across borders. Global citizenship education is critical to multilateral collaboration. Educate to increase hope and decrease fear.

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