Briefing Photos, 2005
January February
March April
May June October
November December
December
Communications
Workshop
December 8
From left to right:
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Susan Markham, Director, Strategic
Communications Division, DPI
Joan Kirby, Chair, DPI/NGO Executive Committee
Sasa Gorisek, OiC, Information Officer, DPI/NGO
Section
Minky Worden, Media Director, Human Rights Watch
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Pragati Pascale, Spokesperson,
Office of the President of the 60th Session of the General Assembly
Joan Kirby, Chair, DPI/NGO Executive Committee
Sasa Gorisek, OiC, Information Officer, DPI/NGO
Section
Minky Worden, Media Director, Human Rights Watch
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December 1
From left to right:
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Joan Kirby, Chair, NGO/DPI Executive
Committee
Raymond Sommereyns, Director, Outreach Division
Joseph Donnelly, Chair, 58th Annual DPI/NGO Conference
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Joan Kirby, Chair, NGO/DPI Executive Committee
Raymond Sommereyns, Director, Outreach Division
Joseph Donnelly, Chair, 58th Annual DPI/NGO Conference
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November
United
Nations Secretary-General's Study on Violence Against Children
November 17
From left to right:
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Joan Kirby, Chair, NGO/DPI Executive Committee
H.E. Roman Kirn, Permanent Representative of
Slovenia to the United Nations
Sasa Gorisek, Information Officer, DPI/NGO Section
Mali Nilsson, Member, the International Save
the Children Task Group on Violence Against Children
Amaya Gillespie, Director, Secretariat, United
Nations Secretary-General’s Study on Violence Against Children
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Joan Kirby, Chair, NGO/DPI Executive
Committee
H.E. Roman Kirn, Permanent Representative of
Slovenia to the United Nations
Sasa Gorisek, Information Officer, DPI/NGO Section
Amaya Gillespie, Director, Secretariat, United
Nations Secretary-General’s Study on Violence Against Children
Mali Nilsson, Member, the International Save
the Children Task Group on Violence Against Children
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November
Women,
Peace and Security: Participation, Protection and Prevention
November 10
From left to right:
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Joan Kirby, Chair, DPI/NGO Executive
Committee
H.E. Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Permanent Representative
of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
Sasa Gorisek, Information Officer, Department
of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization Section
Rachel Mayanja, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General
on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women
Parvina Nadjibulla, NGO Working Group on Women,
Peace and Security |
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Joan Kirby, Chair, DPI/NGO Executive
Committee
Henk-Jan Brinkman, Senior Economic Affairs Officer,
Executive Office of the Secretary General
Sasa Gorisek, Information Officer, Department
of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization Section
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November
International
Year of Sport and Physical Education
November 03
From left to right:
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Joan Kirby, Chair, DPI/NGO Executive
Committee
Sasa Gorisek, Information Officer, Department
of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization Section
Mark Suzman, Principle Officer for Policy and
Strategic Communications, Executive Office of the Secretary General
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Joan Kirby, Chair, DPI/NGO Executive
Committee
H.E. Ali Hachani, Permanent Representative of
Tunisia to the United Nations
Sasa Gorisek, Information Officer, Department
of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization Section
Adolf Ogi, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General
on Sport for Development and Peace
Donna de Varona, two-time Olympic gold medalist
in swimming and Chair of the Board of Stewards of the Women’s
Sports Foundation
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October
Humanitarian
Situation in Zimbabwe
October 27
From left to right:
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Iain Levine, Program Director,
Human Rights Watch
Meshack Kitchen, Counsellor, Permanent Mission
of Zimbabwe to the United Nations
Sasa Gorisek, Information Officer, Department
of Public Information, Non-Governmental Organization Section
Steve O’Malley, Officer-in-Charge, Africa
I Section, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs
Ruth Kahurananga, Child Rights Advisor, World
Vision International
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Professor Sitaraman, Project
Director Amity College of Ayurveda & Amity Ayurveda Hospital
Ramu Damodaran, Chief, Civil Society Service,
Department of Public Information Outreach Division
Amrita Bhende, Intern, Institute for Community
Research in Hartford, CT. and also Supervisor, Dancing Feet in
India
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October
Preserving the Outer Space for Peaceful Uses
(in observance of Disarmament Week)
October 20
From left to right:
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Sergio Camacho, Director, United
Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
H.E. Mr. Maged Abdelfattah Abdelaziz Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of
Egypt to the United Nations
Sasa Gorisek, Information Officer, Department
of Public Information
H.E. Mrs. Sarala Fernando Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to
the United Nations in Geneva
Laura Grego, Staff Scientist, Global Security
Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
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Sergio Camacho, Director, United
Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
H.E. Mr. Maged Abdelfattah Abdelaziz Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of
Egypt to the United Nations
Sasa Gorisek, Information Officer, Department
of Public Information
H.E. Mrs. Sarala Fernando Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to
the United Nations in Geneva
Laura Grego, Staff Scientist, Global Security
Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
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October
The Role of Microfinance in Reaching the Poorest of
the Poor
(in observance of the International Day of Eradication
of Poverty)
October 13
From left to right:
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Joan Kirby, President of the DPI/NGO Executive
Committee
H.E. Mr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of
Bangladesh to the United Nations
Sasa Gorisek, Moderator, Information Officer,
Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization
Section
Richard Weingarten, Executive Director, United
Nations Capital Development Fund
Sharmi Sobhan, Executive Director, Fonkoze USA
Elias Hannema, Visiting Professor, EU PHARE Programme
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Patricia Espinosa, Webdesigner
and Developer, United Nations CyberSchoolBus, Educational Section,
Department of Public Information Out Reach Division
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October
Poverty Reduction Strategies with and for Older Persons,
Regional Perspectives
(in observance of the International Day of Older Persons)
October 6
From left to right:
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Ramu Damodoran, Chief, Civil Society Service,
Outreach Division, United Nations Department of Public Information
Florence Denmark, Chairperson, NGO Committee on Ageing,
UN NY
Jomo Kwame Sundaru, Assistant Secretary-General
for Economic Development, United Nations Department of Economic
and Social Affairs
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Africa: Prince Bengha Ngochia Martin,
President, The Regional Center for the Welfare of Ageing Persons
in Cameroon
Asia: Win Win Kyi, Associate Professor, Bergen
Community College, New Jersey
Moderator: Donald Lee, Chief, Poverty Eradication
and Employment Section, Social Perspective on Development Branch,
Division for Social Policy and Development, United Nations Department
of Economic and Social Affairs
Latin America: Irma Loemban Tobing-Klein, Co-founder
and Executive, MDG Global Watch NGO, Former Permanent Representative
of the Republic of Suriname to the United Nations
Middle East: Kamal Khaldi, Director, Distribution
Center of Arab References, Sociologist, Social Worker
Western and Developed Countries: Dorothy Rosenberg,
Policy Advisor, MDGs and Civil Society, Poverty Group, United
Nations Development Programme
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June
Preview of the 23 – 24 June 2005
General Assembly Informal Hearings with
Civil Society on the September Summit
June 09
From left to right:
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Joan Levy, Chair DPI/NGO Executive
Committee
H.E. Mr. Eduardo J. Sevilla Somoza, Permanent
Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations
Tommo Monthe, Deputy to the Chef de Cabinet,
Office of the President of the 59th Session of the United Nations
General Assembly
Paul Hoeffel, Chief DPI/NGO Section
H.E. Mr. Johan L. Løvald, Permanent Representative
of Norway to the United Nations
Vandy Kanyako, Member, Task Force for the General
Assembly/Civil Society Hearings, Conference Coordinator, Global
Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
Gemma Adaba, Member, Task Force for the General
Assembly/Civil Society Hearings, Representative of the International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions to the United Nations
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Paul Hoeffel, Chief DPI/NGO Section
Joan Levy, Chair DPI/NGO Executive Committee
Tommo Monthe, Deputy to the Chef de Cabinet,
Office of the President of the 59th Session of the United Nations
General Assembly
H.E. Mr. Eduardo J. Sevilla Somoza, Permanent
Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations
Vandy Kanyako, Member, Task Force for the General
Assembly/Civil Society Hearings, Conference Coordinator, Global
Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
Gemma Adaba, Member, Task Force for the General
Assembly/Civil Society Hearings, Representative of the International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions to the United Nations
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ECOSOC High-level Segment on Achieving the MDGs
(29 June – 1 July 2005)
June 02
From left to right:
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Marc-Andre Dorel, Chief, ECOSOC
and Interorganization Cooperation Branch, Department of Economic
and Social Affairs (DESA)
Paimaneh Hastaie, Chair, Committee on Non-Governmental
Organizations, (ECOSOC)
Paul Hoeffel, Chief DPI/NGO Section
Asad Majeed Khan, Counsellor to the Permanent
Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, President, Economic
and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Michele Fedoroff, Deputy Chief, Non-Governmental
Organizations Section, (DESA)
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Paul Hoeffel, Chief DPI/NGO Section
Joan Levy, Chair DPI/NGO Executive Committee
Marc-Andre Dorel, Chief, ECOSOC and Interorganization
Cooperation Branch, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
(DESA)
Paimaneh Hastaie, Chair, Committee on Non-Governmental
Organizations, (ECOSOC)
Michele Fedoroff, Deputy Chief, Non-Governmental
Organizations Section, (DESA) ; Asad Majeed Khan,
Counsellor to the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the
United Nations, President, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
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May
UN Reform: Focus on Peacebuilding
and Human Rights Proposals
May 26
From left to right:
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Thant Myint-U, Chief, Policy Planning
Unit, Office of the Under-Secretary-General, Department of Political
Affairs (DPA)
Paul Hoeffel, Cheif DPI/NGO Section
Yvonne Terlingen, Amnesty International Representative
at the United Nations
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Thant Myint-U, Chief, Policy Planning
Unit, Office of the Under-Secretary-General, Department of Political
Affairs (DPA)
Paul Hoeffel, Cheif DPI/NGO Section
Yvonne Terlingen, Amnesty International Representative
at the United Nations
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The 2005 Review Conference of the Parties
to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
(2 – 27 May 2005, UNHQ)
May 19
From left to right:
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H.E. Mr. Sérgio de Queiroz Duarte,
President, 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Permanent
Representative of Brazil to the United Nations
Paul Hoeffel, Chief NGO Section
Nobuyasu Abe, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament
Affairs
Ann Hallan Lakhdhir, Chairperson, NGO Committee
on Disarmament, Peace and Security, NGO Representative, Institute
for Defense and Disarmament Studies
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Paul Hoeffel, Chief NGO Section
Joan Levy, Chair DPI/NGO Executive Committee
H.E. Mr. Sérgio de Queiroz Duarte,President,
2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the
United Nations
Ann Hallan Lakhdhir, Chairperson, NGO Committee
on Disarmament, Peace and Security, NGO Representative, Institute
for Defense and Disarmament Studies
Nobuyasu Abe, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament
Affairs
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HIV/AIDS and Family Well-being:
(In observance of the International Day of
Families, 15 May)
May 12
From left to right:
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(In observance of the International Day of
Families, 15 May)
May 12
From left to right:
Mr. Alfred M. Dube, Permanent
Representative of Botswana to the United Nations
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Paul Hoeffel, Chief DPI/NGO Section
Joan Levy, Chair DPI/NGO Executive Committee
Dr. Mark Belsey, Author, “AIDS and the Family:
Policy Options for a Crisis in Family Capital”; Former Chief
Medical Officer and Programme Manager, Programme of Maternal and
Child Health and Family Planning, World Health Organization H.E
Beatrice Krauss, Executive Director, Hunter Center
for Community and Urban Health, City University of New York (CUNY)
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Indigenous People and the MDGs:
(Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,
16 – 27 May)
May 05
From left to right:
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Diana Rivington, Counselor for
Development, Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations
Paul Hoeffel, Chief DPI/NGO Section
Elissavet Stamatopoulou, Chief, Secretariat of
the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Division for Social
Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
(DESA)
Roberto Mucaro Borrero, Chairperson, NGO Committee
on the United Nations International Decade of the World’s
Indigenous Peoples
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Paul Hoeffel, Chief DPI/NGO Section
Joan Levy, Chair DPI/NGO Executive Committee
Diana Rivington, Counselor for Development, Permanent
Mission of Canada to the United Nations
Roberto Mucaro Borrero, Chairperson, NGO Committee
on the United Nations International Decade of the World’s
Indigenous Peoples
Elissavet Stamatopoulou, Chief, Secretariat of
the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Division for Social
Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
(DESA)
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April
Report on Sudan:
UN/NGO Perspectives
April 28
From left to right:
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Joan Levy, Chair DPI/NGO Executive
Committee
Nancy Soderberg, Vice-President for Multilateral
Affairs, International Crisis Group
Paul Hoeffel, Chief DPI/NGO Section
Christopher Coleman, Senior Political Affairs
Officer, Africa Division, Department of Peacekeeping Operations
(DPKO)
Richard Dicker, Director, International Justice Program,
Human Rights Watch
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Paul Hoeffel, Chief DPI/NGO Section
Nancy Soderberg, Vice-President for Multilateral
Affairs, International Crisis Group
Christopher Coleman, Senior Political Affairs Officer,
Africa Division, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)
Richard Dicker, Director, International Justice Program,
Human Rights Watch
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Water: Gender Perspectives
(In observance of the International
Decade for Action: Water for Life”:
2005 – 2015 and the Commission on
Sustainable Development, 11-22 April, New York)
April 14
From left to right:
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Paul Hoeffel, Chief NGO Section
Joan Levy, DPI/NGO Executive Committee
Ethnè Davey, Chair, Gender and Water Alliance,
Water Program Manager, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry,
South Africa
June Zeitlin, Member, Commission on Sustainable
Development, NGO Women’s Caucus; Executive Director, Women’s
Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
Marcia Brewster, Task Manager, Interagency Gender and
Water Task Force, Sustainable Development Division, Department
of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) |
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Ethnè Davey, Chair, Gender
and Water Alliance, Water Program Manager, Department of Water
Affairs and Forestry, South Africa
Paul Hoeffel, Chief NGO Section
Marcia Brewster, Task Manager, Interagency Gender
and Water Task Force, Sustainable Development Division, Department
of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Dagmara Berbalk,
Head of division, German Federal Ministry of Environment,
Vice-President of the CSD-13 Bureau
June Zeitlin, Member, Commission on Sustainable Development,
NGO Women’s Caucus; Executive Director, Women’s Environment
and Development Organization (WEDO) |
World Health Report 2005:
Make Every Mother and Child Count
(In observance of World Health Day, 7 April)
7 April
From left to right:
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Dr. Rita Luthra, President, Women's
Health and
Education Center
Paul Hoeffel, Chief DPI/NGO Section
Dr. Ian Smith, Advisor to the Director-General,
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Paul Hoeffel, Chief DPI/NGO Section
Joan Levy, Chair, DPI/NGO Executive Committee
Dr. Rita Luthra, President, Women's Health and
Education Center
Dr. Ian Smith, Advisor to the Director-General,
World Health Organization (WHO)
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March
The World Summit on the Information Society:
Preparations for Tunis
(WSIS, 16-18 November)
31 March
From left to right:
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Joan Levy, Chair, DPI/NGO Executive
Committee
Sergei Kambalov, Deputy Executive Coordinator
of the Secretariat of the United nations ICT Task Force, Department
of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
Paul Hoeffel, Chief, DPI/NGO Section
Radhika Lal, Policy Advisor, Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) for Poverty Reduction & Millennium
Development Goals, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Rik Panganiban, Communications Coordinator, Conference
of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO)
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Joan Levy, Chair, DPI/NGO Executive
Committee
Paul Hoeffel, Chief, DPI/NGO Section
Sergei Kambalov, Deputy Executive Coordinator
of the Secretariat of the United nations ICT Task Force, Department
of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
Rik Panganiban, Communications Coordinator, Conference
of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO)
Radhika Lal, Policy Advisor,
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Poverty Reduction
& Millennium Development Goals, United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
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Preview of 11th Crime Congress on
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
(Bangkok, 18-25 April):
Civil Society’s Role
24 March
From left to right:
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Joan Levy, Chair, DPI/NGO Executive
Committee
Ittiporn Boonpracong, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission
of Thailand to the United Nations
Isolda Oca, DPI/NGO Section
Johanna de Winter, Programme Officer, United
Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, UNODC
Gary Hill, Scientific Coordinator, International
Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of the United Nations
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme (ISPAC)
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Ittiporn Boonpracong, Minister Counsellor,
Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United Nations
Joan Levy, Chair, DPI/NGO Executive Committee
Isolda Oca, DPI/NGO Section
Johanna de Winter, Programme Officer, United Nations Office
of Drugs and Crime, UNODC
Gary Hill, Scientific Coordinator, International Scientific
and Professional Advisory Council of the United Nations Crime Prevention
and Criminal Justice Programme (ISPAC)
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Confronting Racism and Xenophobia
17 March
From left to right:
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Joan Levy, Chair, DPI/NGO Executive
Committee
Bobby Austin, Member, Board of Directors, The People’s
Program
Glyn Ford, Member, European Parliament
Paul Hoeffel, Chief, DPI/NGO Section
Bacre Waly Ndiaye, Director, Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights, New York Office
Ralph Boyd, Member, United States, Committee on the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination |
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Joan Levy, Chair, DPI/NGO Executive
Committee
Bobby Austin, Member, Board of Directors, The People’s
Program
Glyn Ford, Member, European Parliament
Ralph Boyd, Member, United States, Committee on the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination
Paul Hoeffel, Chief, DPI/NGO Section
Bacre Waly Ndiaye, Director, Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights, New York Office
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Civil Society Preparations for Millennium Summit +5
3 March
From left to right:
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Henk-Jan Brinkman, Senior Economic
Affairs Officer Executive Office of the Secretary-General
Fannie MunlinRepresentative, Millennium+5 NGO Network
Najet karaborni, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
DESA
Joseph Donnelly, Chair, 58th Annual DPI/NGO Conference
Paul Hoeffel, Chief, DPI/NGO Section
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Henk-Jan Brinkman, Senior Economic
Affairs Officer, Executive Office of the Secretary-General
Fannie MunlinRepresentative, Millennium+5 NGO Network
Paul Hoeffel, Chief, DPI/NGO Section |
February
Copenhagen +10: The Commission on Social Development
(9-18 February)
17 February
From left to right:
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Vusimuzi Madonsela, Director General,
Department for Social Development, South Africa
Joan Levy, DPI/NGO Executive committee
Isolda Oca, DPI/NGO Section
Huguette Redegeld, Vice President, International
Movement, ATD Fourth World
Johan Schölvinck, Director, Division for Social
Policy and Development
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Vusimuzi Madonsela, Director General,Department
for Social Development, South Africa
Isolda Oca, DPI/NGO Section
Johan Schölvinck, Director, Division for Social Policy
and Development
Huguette Redegeld, Vice President, International Movement,
ATD Fourth World
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Report of UN Millennium Project “Investing in Development:
A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals”
3 February
From left to right:
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Doris Schapira, NGP/DPI Executive
Committee
James Kariuki, First Secretary, Permanent Mission
of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
Guido Schmidt-Traub, Policy Advisor Millennium
Project
Gertrude Roebeling, Project Manager, Wemos Foundation
Paul Hoeffel, Chief DPI/NGO Section.
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Doris Schapira, NGP/DPI Executive
Committee
James Kariuki, First Secretary, Permanent Mission
of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
Paul Hoeffel, Chief, DPI/NGO Section
Guido Schmidt-Traub, Policy Advisor Millennium
Project
Gertrude Roebeling, Project Manager.
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January
International Year of Microcredit:
New Strategic Partnerships
27 January
From left to right:
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Joan Levy, Chair of the DPI/NGO
Executive Committee
Peter Kooi, Director of the Special Unit for Microfinance,
United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Fatimata Lonfo, Client and Recipient of a Global
Microentrepreneurship Award Paul Hoeffel, Chief
of the NGO Section of the UN Department of Public Information.
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Peter Kooi, Director of the Special
Unit for Microfinance, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Paul Hoeffel, Chief of the NGO Section of the UN
Department of Public Information
Fatimata Lonfo, Client and Recipient of a Global
Microentrepreneurship Award.
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Responses to the Report of the
High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change
20 January
From left to right:
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H.E. Mr. Vanu Gopala Menon, Permanent Representative of the
Republic of Singapore to the United Nations
Joan Levy, Chair of the DPI/NGO Executive Committee
Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications
and Public Information
Nancy Soderberg, Vice President for Multilateral
Affairs, International Crisis Group
Stephen Stedman, Research Director, Secretariat of
the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change
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Salman Akhtar, Professor of Psychiatry,
Jefferson Medical College
Afaf Mahfouz, Psychoanalyst,
International Psychoanalyst Association
Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications
and Public Information
Ira Brenner, Psychoanalyst,
American Psychoanalytical Association
Forrest Hamer, Psychologist,
University of California Berkeley
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