Representing Mercy International Association at the United Nations.
In continuing to promote the vision of Catherine McAuley, the
Sisters of Mercy established Mercy Global concern (MGC) in 1998,
in order to bring the Mercy spirit to the United Nations (UN),
the one forum in the world where all nations have the potential
to meet as equals. MGC is the mechanism by which all those associated
with the Sisters of Mercy may interact with the UN system. At
the UN, Sisters of Mercy can advocate for the less privileged
and make explicit preferential options within a huge network
of international bodies.
Director: Deirdre Mullan rsm
777 United Nations Plaza 6th Floor
New York,
NY 10017
USA Ph: +1 646 227 1878 Fax: +1 646 227 1879 Email:mercyun@aol.com
Mercy Global Concern, representing the Sisters of Mercy at the UN will endorse this letter as part of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty.
This letter will be sent to all UN Government Missions in advance of the UN High Level Event on MDGs on September 25.
The letter is the result of a consultation with a number of
organisations including GCAP working groups. We hope that you will be able to add the weight of your organisations voice to these important comments and demands by signing the attached letter.
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Briefing Notes
Briefing Paper Number 1, October 2008
The NGO Committee on UNICEF: Working Group on Girls
We, Non-Governmental Organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC and members of the Working Group on Girls, reaffirm and call attention to the inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of the girl child.
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Reports
Report Number 1, July 2008:
Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS
Summary of the 2008 high-level meeting on the comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realizing the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS
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Special Reports
September 2008
Report 1: Reaffirming Human Rights for ALL
The 61st Annual Conference for Non- Governmental Organizations associated with the UN took place in Paris, France from September 3 – 5, 2008. This was the first year that the annual conference took place outside of the UN Headquarters in New York.
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Report 2: Protection of Internally Displaced Persons – the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
Currently there are 26 million internally displaced people who have had to flee their homes because of conflict, climate change or because of natural disasters.
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Report 3: Keynote Address: Ingrid Betancourt: In a world that is pregnant with threat- Where is the Hope? Who has the Courage?
Former Senator of Columbia, Ingrid Betancourt who was released from FARC Guerillas in July 2007 gave the closing keynote address. Some of the key points from her presentation follow.
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Report 4: UN Democracy Fund
At a meeting I attended at UNESCO, Paris on September 3, 2008, Mr. Roland Rich, Executive Director of the UN Democracy Fund outlined how NGOs and Civil Society can access money from the UN Democracy Fund.
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Announcements
Announcement Number 2, October 2008:
Stand Up against Poverty
STAND UP and SPEAK OUT is a joint initiative of the United Nations
Millennium Campaign and the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP).
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Announcement Number 1, October 2008:
High Level Dialogue on the MDG
“The world is still waiting for our leaders to really deliver on their promises, but time is running out,” said Salil Shetty, Director of the Millennium Campaign.
We, the above named NonGovernmental Organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC, reaffirm and call attention to the inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of the girl child.
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Submission Number 1, January 2007
We NGOs work to protect the human rights of women and girls, specifically by attempting to eradicate all forms of gender based
violence, from rape, prostitution, and sexual harassment, to battering, female genital mutilation, and femicide.
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Commissions
Commission on Social Development
Climate Change: The United Nations and the World at Work;
February 11-12, 2008 – United Nations Headquarters.
Commission for the Status of Women
Commission on the Status of Women which begins Next week in NY. February 26 - March 7, 2008 The Theme this year is: Financing for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Bridging The Gap between Policy and Practice
October 13-24, 2008
