IPA

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IPA is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) and is in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at the United Nations. ECOSOC is the principal organ to coordinate the economic and social work of the United Nations and the specialised agencies and institutions that make up the UN ‘family’, e.g. UNESCO, WHO, IMF and many others. IPA is also associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI).

Fatima Rodrigo pbvm is the full-time IPA NGO representative based in New York. Her work includes:

• being an active member of committees organized by the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Status with ECOSOC, e.g. NGO Committee on Social Development; Working Group on Girls; Sub-committee on Eradication of Poverty; Commission on the Status of Women; NGO Committee on the UN International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

• attending the regular UN DPI briefings for NGOs given by Senior UN officials and Member State Delegates

• attending and participating in United Nations meetings following our focus areas.

Click here to view summaries and Powerpoint Presentations of our work.

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Click here to view the brochure Working with ECOSOC: an NGOs Guide to Consultative Status. Note that International Presentation Association is listed on page 23 as one of a group of NGOs that gave an oral intervention at the 2010 High-level Segment in New York.

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• NGO section of the ECOSOC
• Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (CONGO) in consultative relationship with the United Nations

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United Nations Best Practices

IPA has had two of its projects put on the United Nations Best Practices website:

• Harnessing Rain Water by Bakhita Women
• Benefits of Solar Energy in Rural India

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2012 Dates

Click here to read how the Presentation Sisters are involved in the UN this year.

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United Nations Events

A World Conference is usually held each year dealing with a certain theme. Preparatory Sessions are held in New York USA, Switzerland and other countries to prepare for the World Summit. ECOSOC representatives, other PBVMs and Associates have a right to participate as consultants.

Special Sessions are held to deal with critical issues affecting some part or all of the global community, e.g:

• AIDS/HIV Session – June 2001
• Special Session on Children – May 2002
• Permanent Indigenous Forum – May 2004

Other UN meetings include those of the Human Rights Commission which are usually held in Geneva on such issues as:

• Rights of children
• Religious tolerance
• Refugees

Other UN meetings held in New York include:

• Commissions on Status of Women
• Commission on Social Development
• Commission on Sustainable Development
• DPI Annual NGO Conference
• General Assembly meetings.

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Current UN Years and Decades

2012 — International Year of Cooperatives
2012 — International Year of Sustainable Energy For All

2003-2012 — United Nations Literacy Decade: Literacy as Freedom
2005-2014 — United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
2005-2014 — Second International Decade of the World Indigenous People
2005-2015 — International Decade for Action – “Water for Life”
2006-2016 — Decade of Recovery and Sustainable Development of the Affected Regions – third decade after the Chernobyl disaster (Chornobyl Recovery and Development Programme)
2008-2017 — Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
2010-2020 — United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification (UN Convention to Combat Desertification)
2011-2020 — United Nations Decade on Biodiversity

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UN Connections Archives

Click here for the UN Connections Archives – Commissions, Forums and Events in 2002 to 2011 in which IPA was involved.

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