IPA was represented at the following
UN Conferences in 2007:
- 15 January-2 February in New York - Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 37th Session.
Country reports reviewed: Austria, Azerbaijan, Columbia, Greece,
India, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Maldives,
Peru, Poland, Suriname, Tajikistan, and Vietnam. Click
here for more info ...
- 15 January-2 February in Geneva - Committee on the
Rights of the Child (CRC) 44th Session. Click
here for more info ...
- 7-16 February in New York - Commission for Social Development
(CSocD) 45th Session. Theme: Promoting Full Employment
and Decent Work for All. Click
here for more info ...
- 26 February-9 March in New York - Commission on the
Status of Women (CSW) 51st Session. Themes: Elimination
of all forms of violence and discrimination against the girl
child and a review of the role of men and boys in gender advocacy. Click
here for more info and click here for
photos taken at CSW 51 ...
- 8 March - United Nations Day for Women's Rights and
International Peace
- 12 March-6 April in Geneva - Human Rights Council (HRC)
4th Session. Click
here for more info ...
- 21 March - International Day for the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination
- 22 March - World Day for Water
- 9-13 April in New York - Commission on Population and
Development (CPD) 40th Session. Theme: The Changing
Age Structures of Populations and their Implications for Development Click
here for more info ...
- 30 April-11 May in New York - Policy Year for the Commission
on Sustainable Development (CSD) 15th Session. Themes: Energy
for Sustainable Development, Air Pollution/ Atmosphere, Industrial
Development and Climate Change. Click
here for more info ...
- 14-25 May in New York - Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues (PFII) 6th Session. Special theme: Territories,
Lands and Natural Resources. Click
here for more info ...
- 14 May-1 June in New York - Committee on the Elimination
of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 38th Session.
Country reports: Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Pakistan, Serbia,
Syrian Arab Republic, and Vanuatu. Click
here for more info ...
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Sharon (front) with Rosemary
Grundy pbvm, 2006-07 IPA Intern (Society) and Selma in
the IPA office in New York. |
Sharon Altendorf pbvm (left)
and Selma George pbvm (Union) at the Jan-Feb
2007 CEDAW session. Selma, originally from India and now
working in Peru, represented us with Shadow Reports from
both India and Peru. |
IPA was represented at the following
UN Conferences in 2006:
- 16 January - 3 February in New York - Committee on
the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 34th
Session. Country reports to be reviewed: Cambodia,
Eritrea, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Australia,
Mali, Thailand, Venezuela. Click
here for more info ...
- 8-17 February in New York - Commission for Social Development
(CSocD) 44th Session. Priority theme: Review of
the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
(1997-2006). Click
here for more info ...
- 27 February to 10 March - Commission on the Status
of Women (CSW) 50th Session. Enhanced participation
of women and development: an enabling environment for achieving
gender equality and the advancement of women, taking into account,
inter alia, the fields of education, health and work; Equal
participation of women and men in decision-making processes
at all levels. Click
here for more info ...
- 8 March - United Nations Day for Women's Rights and
International Peace
- 21 March - International Day for the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination
- 22 March - World Day for Water
- 1-12 May - Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
14th Session: Energy for Sustainable Development;
Industrial Development; Air pollution/Atmosphere; Climate Change. Click
here for more info ...
- 9 May - Election of the members of the newly established
Human Rights Council. See CONGO
website and click
here for more info ...
- 15-26 May in New York - Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues (PFII) 5th Session. Special theme:- the Millennium
Development Goals and Indigenous Peoples - Redefining the Goals:
Goals 3 to 8 will be addressed through indigenous approaches
to cultural diversity, traditional knowledge and human rights;
this applies equally to Millennium Development Goals country
reports and poverty reduction strategy papers. Click
here for more info ...
- 15 May to 2 June in New York - CEDAW 35th Session. Click
here for more info ...
- 17 May in Geneva - World Information Society Day and
cluster of events around it. See CONGO
website and click
here for more info ...
- 22-27 May in Geneva - 59th World Health Assembly. Click
here for more info ...
- 31 May in Geneva - World No Tobacco Day. Theme: Tobacco:
Deadly in any form or disguise. Click
here for more info ...
- 31 May to 2 June in New York - General Assembly Special
Session on HIV/AIDS. Click
here for more info ...
- 31 May to 16 June in Geneva - International Labour
Conference 95th Session. Click
here for more info ...
- 5 June - World Environment Day. Theme: Deserts
and Desertification - Don't Desert Drylands! Click
here for more info ...
- 19-23 June in Vancouver, Canada - World Urban Forum. Click
here for more info ...
- 20 June - World Refugee Day. Theme: Keeping
the Flame of Hope Alive. Click
here for more info ...
- 22 June in New York - Informal Interactive Hearings
UNGA/NGOs/private sector on LDCs. The one day hearings
will provide NGOs and the private sector the opportunity to
make recommendations to the UNGA High Level Meeting on the
Mid-term Review of the Implementation of the Programme of Action
for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010,
due to take place on 17-18 September 2006. Click
here for more info ...
- 29-30 June in Geneva - ECOSOC NGO Forum. Click
here for more info ...
- 5-22 July - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
Against Women 35th Session. Click
here for a report of this meeting from the IPA Intern. Click
here for more info ...
- 12 July in New York - Informal Interactive Hearings
on International Migration and Development. As part
of the preparatory activities leading to the High-level Dialogue
on International Migration and Development to be held in New
York on 14-15 September 2006, the UNGA will hold informal interactive
hearings with representatives of non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), civil society organizations and the private sector. Click
here for more info ...
- 14-15 September at UNHQ New York - UNGA High-level
Dialogue on International Migration and Development. Click
here for more info ...
IPA was represented at the following
UN Conferences in 2005:
- 10-28 January in New York - Committee on the Elimination
of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 32nd
Session
L to R: Hiam Baroud from Lebanon (an intern with the
Good Shepherd Sisters), Sharon Altendorf, Fatima Rodrigo,
Norris Nawab and Prema Antony enjoying a break from
the United Nations 49th Session on the Status of Women.
Prema and Norris both made presentations to the Commission
meetings (see their Report).
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Click here for more info ...
- 9-18 February in New York - Commission for Social Development
43rd Session
Click here for more info ...
- 28 February - 11 March in New York - Commission on the
Status of Women (CSW) 49th Session
Click here for the Sisters' report
on the CSW meetings
Click here for more info ...
- 14 March - 1 April in New York - Commission on Sustainable
Development (CSD) 13th Session
Click here for more info ...
- 17 March - 22 April in Geneva - Commission on Human
Rights 61st Session
Click here for more info ...
- 16-27 May - Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 4th
Session
Click here for more info ...
- 27-28 June in New York - High-level Dialogue on Financing
for Development. The overall theme of the High-level
Dialogue was The Monterrey Consensus: status of implementation
and tasks ahead
Click
here for more info ...
- September in New York - Follow-up to the outcome of
the Millennium Summit.
Click
here for more info ...
- 2-9 September in New York - 58th Annual DPI/NGO Conference:
Our Challenge: Voices for Peace, Partnerships and Renewal
Click here
for the Sisters' report on the DPI/NGO Conference
Click
here for more info ...
- 14-16 September - UN Millennium Review Summit
 Click
here for more info ...
- 21 September - International Day for Peace:
May Peace Prevail On Earth
Click
here for more info ...
- 17 October - International Day for the Eradication of
Poverty
Click
here for more info ...
- 24 October - United Nations Day (61st Anniversary Founding
of UN)
Click
here for more info ...
- 25 November - International Day for the Elimination
of Violence against Women
Click
here for more info ...
- 1 December - World AIDS Day: Stop AIDS.
Keep the Promise
Click
here for more info ...
- 10 December - Human Rights Day
Click
here for more info ...
- 18 December - International Migrants Day
Click
here for more info ...
(Photo above from http://www.un.org/av/photo/hr.htm)
IPA was represented at the following
UN Conferences in 2004:
- 16-21 January in Mumbai, India - World
Social Forum 2004 (theme of Another World is Possible)
- Click here for some
reflections from the Indian Presentation Sisters who attended
this Forum.
- 4-13 February in New York - Commission
on Social Development (focusing on: Improving public sector
effectiveness; and will include a review of relevant United
Nations plans and programs of action pertaining to the situation
of social groups, i.e. 10th anniversary of the International Year
of the Family, and Equalization of opportunities for persons with
disabilities)
- 1-12 March in New York - Commission
on the Status of Women (focusing on: The role of men and boys
in gender equality; Women's equal participation in conflict prevention,
conflict management and conflict resolution and in post-conflict
peace building) - Sharon Altendorf (NGO), Dorothy Scesny (New
Windsor), Emma Rooney and Marie Ryan (Newfoundland) attended this
meeting.
- 15 March - 23 April in Geneva - Commission
on Human Rights - Nuala Mottley (UK)
and Imelda Carew (Ireland SE Province) attended from 15 to 24
March.
- 14-30 April in New York - Commission
on Sustainable Development (focusing on water, sanitation
and human settlements, with issues being addressed such as poverty
eradication, changing unsustainable patterns of production and
consumption, health, education and sustainable development in
a globalizing world, and implementation)
- 10-21 May in New York - Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues (special theme
of Indigenous Women with the mandated areas of economic
and social development, culture, the environment, education, health
and human rights also to be considered) - Sharon Altendorf
(NGO) and Joan Hendriks (Associate, Presentation Sisters Queensland)
attended this Forum.
 Joan
Hendriks, Indigenous Australian of the Nugi peoples
and Associate of the Presentation Sisters Queensland, attended
the Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues Third Session in New York. Joan
was a member of the Pacific Region Caucus and presented the
paper on Culture that had been prepared by that Caucus. (Joan
is pictured to the right with Sharon Altendorf behind her, at
the Indigenous Forum)
One side event on Indigenous Women: Culture and
Spirituality was led by Joan and Sr Jose Hobday
from Franciscans International, a Native American leader and
author, Seneca Iroquois and Seminole descent. This session was
sponsored by Franciscans International, UNANIMA International
and International Presentation Association.
- 15 June in Sao Paulo, Brazil - High-level Panel on Innovative
Approaches to Financing
for Development
- 8-10 September in New York - 57th Annual DPI/NGO Conference
(theme of Millennium Development Goals: Civil Society Takes
Action) Click here
for more info ...
IPA was represented at the following
UN Conferences in 2003:
Commission
for Social Development - 10-21 February 2003 in New York focussed
on:
- Forging partnerships for social development
- Social responsibility of the private sector
- Impact of employment strategies on social development
- International financial institutions and their effect on national
social
development stragegies.
International
Conference on Peace and Non-violent Action (click on the Conference
button) - 23-27 February 2003 in Udaipur, India.
Commission
on the Status of Women - 2-14 March 2003 in New York focussed
on:
- Women's human rights and elimination of all forms of violence
against women and girls
- Women, media, and information and communication technologies
as instruments for the advancement and empowerment of women.
Commission
on Human Rights - 17-24 March 2003 in Geneva covered
such topics as:
- Racism and racial discrimination
- Economic rights
- Rights of women
- Rights of children
- Freedom of expression
- Violations of human rights in any part of the world
- Migrants and internally displaced persons.
Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues - 12-23 May in New York (Theme: Indigenous
Children and Youth; Highlighted importance of Indigenous education
and culture)
Annual NGO DPI Conference
entitled Human Security and Dignity: Fulfilling the Promise
of the UN - 8-10 September in New York
Financing
for Development (follow-up with the World Bank and the International
Monetary Fund) - 28-30 October in New York
Other UN Conferences/Commissions held
in 2003:
NGO
Sub-Committee on The Eradication of Poverty's Report:
A report for field practitioners and policy makers including best
practices, advice to governments and lessons learned from over
30 countries and 40 poverty eradication projects, from the NGO
Sub-Commitee for the Eradication of Poverty in New York.
(Note: This report is a pdf file.
If you do not have Acrobat Reader on your computer, click
here to download a free copy.)
IPA Participants at the Annual UN Department of
Public Information NGO Briefing:
Rebuilding Societies Emerging from Conflict in New York 9-11
August 2002
L to R: Pegge Boehm, Kathryn Geisel, Norris Nawab, Annette Shears,
Sharon Altendorf
IPA was represented at the following
UN Conferences in 2002:
- Commission
on the Status of Women - March in New York (Sharon Altendorf
and Kathryn Geisel - USA)
- Commission
on Financing for Development - March in Monterrey, Mexico
(Sharon Altendorf - USA)
- Commission
on Human Rights - March/April in Geneva, Switzerland (Norris
Nawab - Pakistan)
- Second World
Assembly on Ageing - April in Madrid, Spain (Nuala Mottley
- England, and Maureen O'Connell - Ireland)
- Special
Session on Children - May in New York (Sharon Altendorf,
Kathryn Geisel and two students - USA)
- First
Permanent Indigenous Forum - May in New York (Sharon Altendorf
and Kathryn Geisel - USA)
- PrepCom
IV for World
Summit on Sustainable Development - May/June in Bali, Indonesia
(Carmel Boyle and Annette Shears - Australia)
- 55th
Annual DPI/NGO Conference - "Rebuilding Societies
Emerging from Conflict: A Shared Responsibility" - 9-11
August in New York (Norris Nawab - Pakistan, Sharon Altendorf
and Kathryn Geisel - USA, Pegge Boehm - South Dakota, and Annette
Shears - Australia)
- World
Summit on Sustainable Development - August/September in Johannesburg,
South Africa (Elsa Muttathu and Dorothy Fernandes - India,
Josephine Murphy - Zambia, and Angela Cameron - Australia)
- Global Governance 2002 (Civil Society and the Democratization
of Global Governance) - October in Montreal, Canada (Marie
Ryan and Emma Rooney - Newfoundland)
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