Activities and Initiatives of Women
Worldwide
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Deadline fast approaching to register
for the 2008 UN Commission on the Status of Women meeting
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1.
Deadline for Registration 3.
Having Your Voice Heard A. Submitting a Written Statement B. Submitting an Oral Statement 4.
Future CSW Sessions |
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1. Deadline
for Registration Registration
for CSW 52 is available online at the Division for the Advancement of Women’s
(DAW) website: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/52sess.htm Invitation
letters to ECOSOC-accredited NGOs were sent out in the middle of November
2007 by fax and/or email. The
invitation letter contains a username and password for use in
registration. If your organization did
not receive an invitation letter, please contact the Division for the
Advancement of Women at csw52@un.org
immediately. Additionally, if your contact
details have changed, please notify DESA NGO Section via email at If
your organization is not ECOSOC-accredited and would like to apply for ECOSOC
accreditation, please visit: http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo.
The accreditation process takes quite some time and, as such, your
organization will not be accredited in time to attend CSW 2008. If your organization is considering
applying for accreditation, the following criteria, amongst others, must be
met in order to be eligible: -
Applying organization's activities must be relevant to the -
The organization must have an established headquarters -
The organization must have been in existence (officially registered) for at
least 2 years -
The organization must have a democratic decision making mechanism - The major portion of the
organization’s funds should be derived from contributions from national
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2.HOSTING
A WORKSHOP? REGISTER BY ECOSOC-accredited
NGOs desiring to host Workshop
registration has changed in recent years.
The following information is based on the model used during last
year’s CSW session and is meant to provide general guidance. This is what
typically happens during the process:
Your NGO will register online with DAW. DAW will then send your request to the NGO During
CSW 2007, non-ECOSOC accredited organizations were also permitted to host a 708
3rd Ave. 5th Floor, Room 101 New
York, NY 10017 Fax
number: +1 (212) 209-7161 |
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3.
Having Your Voice Heard ECOSOC-Accredited
NGOs can and are encouraged to participate in several ways. NGO’s may observe the meetings, present
written and/or oral statements, meet official government delegations and
advocate to delegations in the context of negotiations of agreed conclusions
and resolutions. Among
the various opportunities to make your voice heard, your organization may
want to consider: A) Submitting a Written
Statement NGOs
can provide written statements on the thematic issues of this year. Statement
submissions must be made no later than 10 December 2007. Please submit statements via email to csw52@un.org, with subject line “Written
Statement.” Written Statements are reviewed, formatted and compiled by
DAW and then distributed during the session to all participants. The
statement should be written and submitted in one of the official languages of
the United Nations (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish).
NGOs with general consultative status should make sure that their statements
do not exceed 2,000 words, while NGOs with special consultative status should
limit their statements to 1,500 words. For detailed guidelines relating to
written statements, please visit http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/ B) Submitting an Oral
Statement NGOs
can request to make an oral statement.
Oral statements typically occur during the first week of the session
and are made during the general debate of government delegates to the CSW as
well as during the two thematic panel discussions. DAW submits to the Chair and the Secretary
of the CSW the list of speakers before each session starts. The CSW Chairperson will then decide which
NGOs will be given the opportunity to speak and when they will be able to
deliver their statement. Not all requests will be granted. Priority will be given to speakers making a
statement on behalf of net NGOs
requesting to make oral statements should provide 22 copies of their
statement to the CSW Registration Desk or the DAW Information/ Help Desk
before the start of the session. The
copies should be clearly marked with the words "Oral Statement" and
include the contact person's name, email address and mobile phone number (if
available). The statement should be
less than two double-spaced pages. |
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4.
Future CSW Sessions A note
on future CSW meetings: Due to the ongoing UN renovations, it is likely that
the 2009 CSW as well as the following years’ sessions will not be held at the
UN Headquarters. It will, most likely,
continue to be held in New York, however, at a different site. |
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