Palliative Care dialogue with WHO Director-General
Joint meeting of NGO CSW/Vienna and NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/Vienna
Dear colleagues,
The members of the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/Vienna and the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Vienna are looking forward to seeing you on Thursday, Dec. 15th!
The NGO CSW Vienna meeting will begin at 3pm.
The joint meeting of the CSW and the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/Vienna will begin at 4pm.
The meetings will be both in-person (VIC Room C0237) and via Zoom (see link below). This will be our first hybrid meeting, so some technical glitches might occur.
Topic: NGO CSW Vienna’s Zoom Meeting
Time: Dec 15, 2022 03:00 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86567349768?pwd=UVA4Q21TV3pKcnE2c0xTc3dmZ0VDQT09
Meeting ID: 865 6734 9768
Passcode: 601882
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CoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/Vienna is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations. Likewise, for more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Vienna, please visit ngocswvienna.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/NY, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Geneva, please visit ngocsw-geneva.ch. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/NY, please visit ngocsw.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Financing for Development, please visit ngosonffd.org.
Joint meeting of NGO CSW/Vienna and NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/Vienna
Dear colleagues,
The members of the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/Vienna and the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Vienna are looking forward to seeing you on Thursday, Dec. 15th!
The NGO CSW Vienna meeting will begin at 3pm.
The joint meeting of the CSW and the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/Vienna will begin at 4pm.
The meetings will be both in-person (VIC Room C0237) and via Zoom (see link below). This will be our first hybrid meeting, so some technical glitches might occur.
Topic: NGO CSW Vienna’s Zoom Meeting
Time: Dec 15, 2022 03:00 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86567349768?pwd=UVA4Q21TV3pKcnE2c0xTc3dmZ0VDQT09
Meeting ID: 865 6734 9768
Passcode: 601882
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
CoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/Vienna is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations. Likewise, for more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Vienna, please visit ngocswvienna.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/NY, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Geneva, please visit ngocsw-geneva.ch. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/NY, please visit ngocsw.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Financing for Development, please visit ngosonffd.org.
The New UN Forum on People of African descent: realising the promises of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action?
The United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum of People of African Descent will hold its very first session from 5 to 8 December 2022 at the Palais des Nations of the UN Office in Geneva, Switzerland.
Tuesday 29 November 2022, from 1 to 3 PM CET (Zurich time)
(7:00 AM in New York City, USA / 9:30 AM in Curitiba, Brazil / 1 PM Yaoundé, Cameroon / 7 PM in Bangkok, Thailand)
Ahead of this historic session, the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) offers a virtual side event entitled The New UN Forum for People of African descent: realising the promises of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA)?
Register here!
Some of the issues which will be raised include:
- What are the lessons learnt since the 2001 Durban World Conference Against Racism? What kind of progress have we witnessed at the UN and other regional fora?
- What can we hope from this new body? How can churches contribute to its work?
- Policy efforts to combat systemic racism and racial discrimination
- Structural racism as the legacy of slavery and colonialism: communities of African descent across the globe live in structural discrimination and structural invisibility, and are scarred by poverty, underdevelopment, marginalization, social exclusion and economic disparities.
Moderator: Rev. Jennifer S. Leath, WCC Central Committee member, African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)
Panellists:
- Rev. Dr Iva Carruthers, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference
- Dr. Sushi Raj, member of UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
- Ms Marilia A. Schüller, Methodist Church of Brazil
- Rev. Dr Angelique Walker-Smith, WCC President from North America
- Rev. Emmanuel Wayi, Cameroon Network for Alternative Solutions (CAMNAS)
- Rev. Lamont Wells, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development, please visit ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, please visit un-ngocrip.net.
The New UN Forum on People of African descent: realising the promises of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action?
The United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum of People of African Descent will hold its very first session from 5 to 8 December 2022 at the Palais des Nations of the UN Office in Geneva, Switzerland.
Tuesday 29 November 2022, from 1 to 3 PM CET (Zurich time)
(7:00 AM in New York City, USA / 9:30 AM in Curitiba, Brazil / 1 PM Yaoundé, Cameroon / 7 PM in Bangkok, Thailand)
Ahead of this historic session, the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) offers a virtual side event entitled The New UN Forum for People of African descent: realising the promises of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA)?
Register here!
Some of the issues which will be raised include:
- What are the lessons learnt since the 2001 Durban World Conference Against Racism? What kind of progress have we witnessed at the UN and other regional fora?
- What can we hope from this new body? How can churches contribute to its work?
- Policy efforts to combat systemic racism and racial discrimination
- Structural racism as the legacy of slavery and colonialism: communities of African descent across the globe live in structural discrimination and structural invisibility, and are scarred by poverty, underdevelopment, marginalization, social exclusion and economic disparities.
Moderator: Rev. Jennifer S. Leath, WCC Central Committee member, African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)
Panellists:
- Rev. Dr Iva Carruthers, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference
- Dr. Sushi Raj, member of UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
- Ms Marilia A. Schüller, Methodist Church of Brazil
- Rev. Dr Angelique Walker-Smith, WCC President from North America
- Rev. Emmanuel Wayi, Cameroon Network for Alternative Solutions (CAMNAS)
- Rev. Lamont Wells, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development, please visit ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, please visit un-ngocrip.net.
Interfaith Prayer Service: The impact of HIV among the marginalized within the marginalized
Dear colleagues,
You are kindly invited to an Interfaith Prayer Service for World AIDS Day on December 1, 2022, under the theme “The impact of HIV among the marginalized within the marginalized.”
The service will be held in Tillman Chapel at 777 United Nations Plaza, NY, New York 10017, and will begin at 1:00pm EST.
For those unable to attend in person, the event will be live-streamed at both youtube.com/@hivfaith and facebook.com/ushivfaith.
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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values, and Global Concerns/NY, please visit csvgc-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights, please email the co-chairs at bobbinassar@yahoo.com or bknotts@uua.org. For more information on the NGO Committee for Rare Diseases, please visit ngocommitteerarediseases.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development, please visit ngosocdev.org.
Interfaith Prayer Service: The impact of HIV among the marginalized within the marginalized
Dear colleagues,
You are kindly invited to an Interfaith Prayer Service for World AIDS Day on December 1, 2022, under the theme “The impact of HIV among the marginalized within the marginalized.”
The service will be held in Tillman Chapel at 777 United Nations Plaza, NY, New York 10017, and will begin at 1:00pm EST.
For those unable to attend in person, the event will be live-streamed at both youtube.com/@hivfaith and facebook.com/ushivfaith.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
CoNGO Notes: For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values, and Global Concerns/NY, please visit csvgc-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights, please email the co-chairs at bobbinassar@yahoo.com or bknotts@uua.org. For more information on the NGO Committee for Rare Diseases, please visit ngocommitteerarediseases.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development, please visit ngosocdev.org.
Civic Responsibility: What Your Children Need to Know
The NGO Committee on the Family invites you to join us at our event in which we will hear from Paul Carrese and Tammy Waller about providing civic education to children.
Date: Thursday, November 17th, 2022
Time: 1:15-2:30 PM
Register and join here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIld-igqjkvEtwDUpowORfaBCPxfQoJyTHJ
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CoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on the Family/NY is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations. Likewise, for more information on the NGO Committee on the Family/Vienna, please visit viennafamilycommittee.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development, please visit ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity, please email the chair at susanneseperson@gmail.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Education, Learning, and Literacy, please visit facebook.com/NGOCELLatUN.
Civic Responsibility: What Your Children Need to Know
The NGO Committee on the Family invites you to join us at our event in which we will hear from Paul Carrese and Tammy Waller about providing civic education to children.
Date: Thursday, November 17th, 2022
Time: 1:15-2:30 PM
Register and join here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIld-igqjkvEtwDUpowORfaBCPxfQoJyTHJ
_________________________________________________________________________________________
CoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on the Family/NY is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations. Likewise, for more information on the NGO Committee on the Family/Vienna, please visit viennafamilycommittee.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development, please visit ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity, please email the chair at susanneseperson@gmail.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Education, Learning, and Literacy, please visit facebook.com/NGOCELLatUN.
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