Economic and Social Council
Meetings Coverage
- Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Recommends 20 Applicants for Status, Defers 35, Including for Discrepancy between Aims and Activities (24 May 2012)
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 19 entities for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and 1 for roster status, but postponed consideration of 35 other applications as it continued consideration of applications deferred from previous sessions during its resumed 2012 session.
ECOSOC/6515-NGO/755 - Proposal Rejected in Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations to Close Application for Status of Group Alleged to Have Terrorist Ties (23 May 2012)
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today voted to block the proposed closure of the application for consultative status of an organization alleged to have terrorist ties — including financial links to Osama bin Laden and the Al-Qaida network — as delegates felt the organization should be given a chance to respond to those allegations before such “abrupt” action was taken.
ECOSOC/6514-NGO/754 - Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Recommends Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council for 26 Entities (22 May 2012)
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 26 entities for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and postponed consideration of 26 more — as well as of one request for reclassification of status — pending responses to questions posed by Committee members, as it continued its resumed 2012 session.
ECOSOC/6513-NGO/753
Press Releases
- Indigenous Peoples’ Forum, 7-18 May, Marks Anniversary of Declaration on Indigenous Rights, at High-Level Event 17 May (4 May 2012)
A high-level event convened by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to mark the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will be part of a two-week meeting beginning at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Monday.
HR/5085 - Economic and Social Council to Hold Youth Forum at Headquarters 4 May (3 May 2012)
The Economic and Social Council will hold a Youth Forum on 4 May from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the ECOSOC Chamber at Headquarters, New York, on the theme “Creating a Sustainable Future: Empowering Youth with Better Job Opportunities”.
ECOSOC/6510 - Commission on Status of Women to Focus on Rural Women, Their Contributions, Challenges during Fifty-sixth Session at Headquarters, 27 February–9 March (24 February 2012)
The fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will open on 27 February at United Nations Headquarters, focused on the theme of empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, sustainable development and current challenges. The Commission will agree on urgent actions needed to make a real difference in the lives of millions of rural women.
WOM/1889
Press Conferences
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Press Conference on Preparations for 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (14 May 2012)
A new milestone for the rights of indigenous peoples — their first ever World Conference, slated for 2014 — was on the horizon, said leaders and activists at a Headquarters press conference today, noting that the meeting would offer a unique opportunity to create a framework for addressing the most pressing challenges facing indigenous peoples today.
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Press Conference on Opening of United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (7 May 2012)
The enduring impact of historical wrongs must be a priority for States as they reviewed their relationships with indigenous groups, emphasized leaders and activists at a Headquarters press conference marking the opening today of the eleventh annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
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Press Conference on 2011 Forest Heroes Awards (9 February 2012)
Everyday people — from a Japanese oyster fisherman cultivating his business by planting trees in an estuary devastated by the 2011 tsunami, to two Michigan teenagers campaigning to ensure Girl Scout cookies and other palm oil-based products were deforestation-free — were among the panellists sharing their grass-roots approaches to forest preservation at a Headquarters press conference today.
