Welcome to the NGO Relations Website! 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference UN Press Release: Melbourne, Australia, to Host Sixty-Third United Nations DPI/NGO Conference (16 February 2010) Australia Media Release: Australia to host United Nations Conference on global health (17 February 2010) Speakers' Invitation Letter - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Nomination Form - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia The deadline for submission of Speaker Nomination Forms has been extended to Friday, 19 March 2010 INFO SHEET - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia INVITE - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Workshops Information and Documents Workshops Form - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Word Format Workshops Guidelines - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Workshops Invite - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Workshops Themes - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Events and Exhibits UPDATED Posting for Call for Events and Exhibits - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Briefing Calendar Winter - Spring 2010 Press Release: New Public Information Department Policy to Raise Geographic Diversity in Latin America and Caribbean Region an Overwhelming Success (28 December 2009) Press Release: Unprecedented Number of Mexican Non-Governmental Organizations Associated with Public Information Department ahead of Conference in Mexico (6 July 2009)
63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference UN Press Release: Melbourne, Australia, to Host Sixty-Third United Nations DPI/NGO Conference (16 February 2010) Australia Media Release: Australia to host United Nations Conference on global health (17 February 2010) Speakers' Invitation Letter - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Nomination Form - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia The deadline for submission of Speaker Nomination Forms has been extended to Friday, 19 March 2010 INFO SHEET - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia INVITE - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Workshops Information and Documents Workshops Form - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Word Format Workshops Guidelines - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Workshops Invite - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Workshops Themes - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Events and Exhibits UPDATED Posting for Call for Events and Exhibits - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Briefing Calendar Winter - Spring 2010 Press Release: New Public Information Department Policy to Raise Geographic Diversity in Latin America and Caribbean Region an Overwhelming Success (28 December 2009) Press Release: Unprecedented Number of Mexican Non-Governmental Organizations Associated with Public Information Department ahead of Conference in Mexico (6 July 2009)
UN Press Release: Melbourne, Australia, to Host Sixty-Third United Nations DPI/NGO Conference (16 February 2010)
Australia Media Release: Australia to host United Nations Conference on global health (17 February 2010)
Speakers' Invitation Letter - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia
Nomination Form - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia
The deadline for submission of Speaker Nomination Forms has been extended to Friday, 19 March 2010 INFO SHEET - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia INVITE - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Workshops Information and Documents Workshops Form - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Word Format Workshops Guidelines - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Workshops Invite - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Workshops Themes - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Events and Exhibits UPDATED Posting for Call for Events and Exhibits - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Briefing Calendar Winter - Spring 2010 Press Release: New Public Information Department Policy to Raise Geographic Diversity in Latin America and Caribbean Region an Overwhelming Success (28 December 2009) Press Release: Unprecedented Number of Mexican Non-Governmental Organizations Associated with Public Information Department ahead of Conference in Mexico (6 July 2009)
INFO SHEET - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia
INVITE - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia
Workshops Information and Documents Workshops Form - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Word Format Workshops Guidelines - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Workshops Invite - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Workshops Themes - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Events and Exhibits UPDATED Posting for Call for Events and Exhibits - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Briefing Calendar Winter - Spring 2010 Press Release: New Public Information Department Policy to Raise Geographic Diversity in Latin America and Caribbean Region an Overwhelming Success (28 December 2009) Press Release: Unprecedented Number of Mexican Non-Governmental Organizations Associated with Public Information Department ahead of Conference in Mexico (6 July 2009)
Workshops Form - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia
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Workshops Guidelines - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia
Workshops Invite - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia
Workshops Themes - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia
Events and Exhibits UPDATED Posting for Call for Events and Exhibits - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia Briefing Calendar Winter - Spring 2010 Press Release: New Public Information Department Policy to Raise Geographic Diversity in Latin America and Caribbean Region an Overwhelming Success (28 December 2009) Press Release: Unprecedented Number of Mexican Non-Governmental Organizations Associated with Public Information Department ahead of Conference in Mexico (6 July 2009)
UPDATED Posting for Call for Events and Exhibits - 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, Melbourne, Australia
Briefing Calendar Winter - Spring 2010
Press Release: New Public Information Department Policy to Raise Geographic Diversity in Latin America and Caribbean Region an Overwhelming Success (28 December 2009)
Press Release: Unprecedented Number of Mexican Non-Governmental Organizations Associated with Public Information Department ahead of Conference in Mexico (6 July 2009)
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Accreditation Form 2010
Indonesia commits to boost safety of schools and hospitals in UN-backed scheme 29 July – Indonesia today pledged to enhance the safety of more than 3,000 schools and 100 hospitals as part of its commitment to a global United Nations programme to bolster these structures, where poor construction can often lead to the highest death tolls during earthquakes and other disasters. FULL STORY >>
Galapagos Islands removed from UN list of World Heritage sites in danger 29 July – Ecuador’s headway in combating threats posed by invasive species, unbridled tourism and over-fishing has allowed the Galapagos Islands to be removed from the list of World Heritage sites considered to be in danger by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). FULL STORY >>
UN-backed conservation project helps save Tanzanian forest 27 July – Thousands of hectares of fragile mountainous forest in north-eastern Tanzania have been preserved through a recently completed seven-year biodiversity project managed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). FULL STORY >>
UN agency chief pledges support for Africa’s efforts to boost food security 27 July – The United Nations is committed to helping African nations combat hunger and malnutrition as well as enabling the continent to feed itself, the head of the World Food Programme (WFP) has pledged. FULL STORY >>
World free of nuclear weapons advances security for all, Ban tells Hiroshima forum 27 July – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for further progress on the global disarmament agenda, stressing that getting rid of nuclear weapons is the best way to ensure security for all. FULL STORY >>
UN agencies provide aid to flood victims in eastern Afghanistan 26 July – United Nations humanitarian agencies are providing aid to residents of eastern Afghanistan, where floods this week have killed at least one person and caused widespread damage to homes and infrastructure. FULL STORY >>
UN experts on mercenaries seek stronger regulation of private security companies 26 July – The United Nations group of independent experts on the use of mercenaries says it will present a proposal for a possible international convention to regulate activities of private military and security firms during its five-day meeting at the UN Headquarters in New York this week. FULL STORY >>
Deputy UN chief issues calls to African leaders to make maternal health a priority 26 July – Investing in maternal and child health results in outsized benefits, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said, urging African leaders to make the issue a top priority and meet the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) deadline of drastically improving reproductive care across the continent. FULL STORY >>
New Zealand must forge ahead with efforts to improve indigenous people’s rights – UN 23 July – As “troubling” inequalities persist between Maori and non-Maori, New Zealand must press ahead with efforts to improve the human rights of its indigenous people, a United Nations independent expert said today. FULL STORY >>
ICC puts release of DR Congo warlord on hold pending prosecution appeal 23 July – The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today suspended the decision by the trials chamber to release war crimes suspect Thomas Lubanga Dyilo of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), pending the determination of the prosecution’s appeal of the verdict. FULL STORY >>
