REFORM AT THE UNITED NATIONS

Civil Society and Partnerships

Related Documents

Transcript of the first Security Council meeting on the role of Civil Society in post-conflict peace building (22 June 2004, New York) [PDF - 191K]

Press Releases

• Press Briefing by Panel on UN-Civil Society Relations (21 June 2004)
• Expert Panel Presents Recommendations for Strenghtening Relations between UN, Civil Society (21 June 2004)
• NGO Committee Hears from Director of Eminent Panel on UN-Civil Society Relations, Recommends two Organizations for Consultative Status with ECOSOC (25 May 2004)
• Press Briefing by Panel on UN-Civil Society Relations (8 September 2003)
• High-Level Panel on Civil Society holds first meeting at UN Headquarters, 2-3 June (11 June 2003)
  Also:
  • Panel's First Meeting
  • Archived video of the press conference on the First Panel meeting
• Secretary-General Appoints Chair for the Panel on Relations with Civil Society (13 February 2003)
• Secretary-General Annouces Establishment of Panel of Eminent Persons on UN Relations with Civil Society (13 February 2003)
• Secretary-General Launches New Round of United Nations Reform (23 September 2002)

Survey of Civil Society

The Survey is now closed. Panel Secretariat extends its THANKS to all those who responded. Those interested in the Survey can still download a copy. Survey Report - based on responses as of 1 December 2003.

Other materials

• Mr. Cardoso's Statement on the UN Optical Disk System
• Mr. Cardoso's keynote address to the DPI-NGO Conference (8 September 2003)

Background Papers:

• Civil Society and Governance (contextual paper by F. H. Cardoso)
• UN System and Civil Society - an inventory and analysis of practices

Booklet

• Collection of materials on the issue of Partnerships [PDF, 2.83MB]

Notes:

• Modes of CSO influence in the UN and global governance
• The diversity of actors within the UN System
• Civil Society and the Security Council

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REFORM UNDER
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PRINCIPAL REFORM DOCUMENTS 1997-2006

• Background
• Highlights
• Chronology

GENERAL

• 2006: Investing in the UN
• 2005: In Larger Freedom
• 2002: An Agenda for Further Change
• 1997: A Programme for Reform

THEMATIC

• 2004: Enhancing Staff Security
• 2004: Threats, Challenges and Change
• 2002: UN Civil Society Relations
• 2000: UN Peace Operations

RELATED RESOURCES

• High-level Panel on UN System-Wide Coherence
• 2006: Internal Justice Reform
• 2006: Governance and Oversight Review
• 2006: Mandate Review
• UN Homepage

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