CoNGO

Geneva Peace Week Session
2025-10-15
Dear all,
Just a kind reminder that tomorrow our Vice-Chair, Silvia Perel-Levin, will participate in the session “Peace Dialogue – Participation and Inclusivity in Peacebuilding: Linking Geneva and New York through Civil Society, Older Persons and Water Diplomacy,” as part of Geneva Peace Week 2025.
This event will explore the crucial contributions of civil society and older persons to inclusive and sustainable peacebuilding efforts, connecting discussions between Geneva and New York.
For full details, please visit the official programme page:
🔗 Geneva Peace Week – Peace Dialogue, Participation and Inclusivity in Peacebuilding
With best regards,
NGO Committee on Ageing (Geneva)

SPIRIT OF THE UNITED NATIONS AWARDS
2025-10-23 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
RSVP

"Towards a Fashion Revolution: Voices from a Sustainable Approach"
2025-10-23 15:30 (Europe/Paris)
“Towards a Fashion Revolution: Voices from a Sustainable Approach”, jointly organized by CSW and CSD Vienna, is taking place on Thursday 23 October 2025 at 3:30pm CET.

In person attendance:
The meeting will take place at the VIC in room C-0234. If you need a badge for the UN (only valid for the date and time of the event) please let us know as soon as possible including the following information

First Name(s) (as shown in passport / ID)
Last Name(s) (as shown in passport / ID)
Date of birth
Type of ID (Passport / National ID card)
Country of issuance / nationality
Passport / ID number
Contact email address

Online attendance:
NGO CSD-CSW Vienna is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: NGO CSD-CSW Vienna’s Zoom Meeting
Time: Oct 23, 2025 03:00 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85706372530?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID: 857 0637 2530
Passcode: [REDACTED]

UN Special Rapporteur on FoRB
2025-10-24 14:30 (America/New_York)
Dear NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief,
I’m pleased to invite you to a meeting with the UN Special Rapporteur on FoRB on Oct. 24, 2:30 pm at the Baha’i International Center. Ms. Nazila Ghana will give an overview of her thematic report to the UN and will give the committee an opportunity for dialogue.
This will be a hybrid meeting. If you can attend in person, register here by Oct. 21. We must have your name listed (as it is on your ID) for you to access the building.
If you will be attending online a zoom link will be sent before the meeting. If you are getting this email, you will get the zoom link. If this was forwarded to you please register with your email.
I hope to see many of you in person for an important conversation on a value we all want to protect and propagate! Feel free to share this invitation.
In Solidarity,
Scott
PS. If you would like to renew your membership or pay your dues, or if you are not a member, please see this form: https://forms.gle/nqZPsqZV8TzXv8JP9
—
Scott L. Stearman
President
NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief
ngoforbny@gmail.com

THE 28th GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CONFERENCE OF NGOs IN CONSULTATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED NATIONS (CoNGO)
2025-10-27 - 2025-10-29
Dear CoNGO members,
You are receiving this because you are a member of an NGO that is part of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO). If you no longer represent a CoNGO member, please forward this to the appropriate representative.
Registration for the 28th General Assembly of CoNGO is now open. Please scan the QR code or click the registration button for more details.
Registeration

UNFCC: COP30 in Belem, Brasil
2025-11-10 - 2025-11-21 | Belem, Brasil, Belem, Brazil
UN Climate Change Conference – Belém, Brasil
10 Nov – 21 Nov 2025
Information for participants.
COP30 is Brasil — From Brasil to the world!

Fifteenth UN Crime Congress
2026-04-25 - 2026-04-30
The Fifteenth Crime Congress will be held from 25 to 30 April 2026 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates under the overall theme “Accelerating crime prevention, criminal justice and the rule of law: protecting people and planet and achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the digital age”, in line with the General Assembly resolution 78/223.

World YMCA - 21st World Council
2026-07-19 - 2026-07-25
Toronto, 19-25 July 2026
Theme: “TRANSFORM”
Information: ymcainfo@ymca.int
