UN NGO 2010 Activities
The FAWCO UN NGO Team was busy this year working on several UN projects, attending meetings at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva as well as promoting several key international issues of vital interest to FAWCO members.
Special Projects
Target Program -This year FAWCO member clubs voted to select “Clean Water” as the Target area...
Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas –FAWCO
(Special Consultative Status granted in 1997)
ECOSOC Quadrennial Report (2005- 2008)
Part I Introduction
Founded in 1931, the Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas (FAWCO) is a non-partisan, not-for-profit corporation that serves as an umbrella network linking independent American and international volunteer organizations around the world.
FAWCO is a network of 73 organizations in...
The Civil Society Development Forum is the third in a series organized by the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) prior to the ECOSOC High-Level Segments. The 2008 Forum consists of a component in New York, with a follow-up component in Geneva later in the year to examine action taken and further action...
About FAWCO
The Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas (FAWCO) was founded1931 with the belief that enlightened women working together in different countries throughout the world could do much to achieve peace. Today, FAWCO is an international network of 76 independent clubs with a...
FAWCO's Report to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations for the Period 1997 through 2000
The Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas (FAWCO) was founded in 1931 with the belief that enlightened women working together in different countries throughout the world could do much to achieve peace. FAWCO is today an international network of 77...
Attendance at Official UN Meetings
Who Can Attend UN Meetings?
Due to recent changes in UN security regulations and severe space limitations at the main UN headquarters in NY, Geneva and Vienna, attendance at UN meetings by NGO representatives are no longer as open as they previously were.
Access to the UN and official meetings...
To fulfill the requirements to maintain our UN accreditation, FAWCO submits annual reviews to the UN Department of Public Information (DPI NGO) and quadrennial reports to the Economic and Social Council of the UN (ECOSOC).
The UN Reps Team reports to the FAWCO Board through Annual Reports.