On June 26th, 2005 the UN celebrated the 60th Anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter in San Francisco. The UN, once hailed as an institution that would bring peace to the world-- now sixty years later even the institution's strongest supporters as well as it's strongest critics agree that it is an...
Basic UN Information www.un.org
ECOSOC - For general information about ECOSOC, the UN Economic and Social Council, go to www.un.org/en/ecosoc. There you will find information about ECOSOC’s committees, upcoming meetings, newsletters, reports, and publications.
For specifics about NGO participation at ECOSOC meetings go to www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo OR http://esango.un.org. There you will find information about obtaining ECOSOC status, grounds passes, and quadrennial...
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...“At the heart of volunteerism are the ideals of service and solidarity and the belief that together we can make the world a better place. In that sense, we can say that volunteerism is the ultimate expression of what the United Nations is all about.”
– UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
The Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas, an NGO with consultative status to ECOSOC, and with 17,000 members in 33 countries, sincerely regrets the decision of the U.S. Administration to withhold the U.S. Congress approved funding for the United Nations Population Fund. FAWCO, as an organization concerned with education, the environment, human rights...
Update from Mark Malloch Brown
Pam Perraud, NGO Director
Things are changing for the better at the UN according to Kofi Annan’s new Chief of Staff, the former head of UN Development Program, Mark Malloch Brown. He was guest speaker at the Foreign Policy Association held at McGraw Hill’s Headquarters in New York on October 6, 2005.
Everyone was curious...