9. multi religious advocacy at the un - villumstad
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HUMANITARIAN ADVOCACY ATHUMANITARIAN ADVOCACY ATTHE UNITED NATIONS THE UNITED NATIONS
FBO Forum, Toronto 26-27 October 2009
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Where are t he d ecision mak ers? Where are t he d ecision mak ers?
Political levelUN Security CouncilUN General Assembly CommitteesUN Peacebuilding Commission
Adm inistrative/operational levelUN OCHA
UNI CEFUND PUN HCR Peacebuilding Support Office
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Where are t he d ecision mak ers? Where are t he d ecision mak ers?
UN m emb er statesRepresentatives of the UN member statesInformal configurations around issues (Group of friends... Etc.)
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Who are mak ing t he adv oc acy effor t s? Who are mak ing t he adv oc acy effor t s?
UN m emb er statesR epresentatives of the UN m emb er states
Infor m al configurations aroun d issues (Group of frien ds... Etc.)
N on-state actorsBusiness (Glo bal Co m pact)N GOs / N GO coalitions accre d ite d to the UN /ECOSOCR epresentatives of religious co mm unities (777 UN Plaza)
Me d ia an d other interest groups
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R eligious adv oc acy ac t ors R eligious adv oc acy ac t ors at t he UN at t he UN
R eligious co mm unitiesSingle religion umbrellas ( eg. World Council of Churches)I ndividual religious communities (Risso Kosekhei, WonBuddhism I nternational, Lutherans, Presbytarians, Mennonites,Quakers, World U nion of Progressive JudaismI nterfaith organizations (RfP, Temple of U nderstanding, U nitedReligious I nitiative...)
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R eligious Adv oc acy mechanismsR eligious Adv oc acy mechanisms
Committee of Religious N GOs at the UN Working groups on themes and/or situations
basically Christian/Ecumenical (Palestine,Colombia, Climate...) Tripartite Forum on I nterfaith Cooperation forPeace
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R eligious Adv oc acy R eligious Adv oc acy w hat is missing? w hat is missing?
Committee of Religious N GOs at the UN itsnature and limitation
Multi-religious mechanism on focused advocacy efforts
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R eligious Adv oc acy at t he UN R eligious Adv oc acy at t he UN aa pro pos al pro pos al
W orking group, facilitate d by R fP. Participationon equal level.
Infor m al platfor m
Open to those who want to joinCan entertain requests fro m actors who do not have presenceCom ple m ent Co mm ittee of R eligious N GOs
Possi b le initial a d vocac y the m esClim ate Change W ar on terror??? W hat will the FBO Foru m suggest / request?
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UN Dec ad e on I nt erreligious and I nt ercul t ur al Di alogue, U nd ers tand ing and C oo per at ion for P eace
R enew ed commi tment t o int ent ions ex presse d in t he M illennium Dev elo pment G oals:
E nd ing ex t reme pov er t y and hunger
Mak ing basic ed uc at ion includ ing ed uc at ion for peaceuni v ers al Assuring gend er equali t y E nabling soci al s t ruc t ures t o su ppor t chil d heal t h, mat ernal heal t h and t he combat of HIV/Ai d sDev elo ping su ppor t for env ironmental sus tainabili t y F os t ering global par t nershi ps for ac t ion
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UN Dec ad e on I nt erreligious and I nt ercul t ur al Di alogue, UN Dec ad e on I nt erreligious and I nt ercul t ur al Di alogue, U nd ers tand ing and C oo per at ion for P eaceU nd ers tand ing and C oo per at ion for P eace
A long-lasting culture of cooperation among religiouscommunities and individuals at all levels is alsoexpected to flourish from this D ECAD E in order to:
Enhance the respect for the rights of all human beings particularly thoseof women, children, youth, migrants, refugees and displaced peopleMake available decent jobs for all those who want to work and abolishing any form of child-labour abuse and slavery D evelop social institutions and attitudes in the people that facilitate inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue and cooperation as well as thepeaceful resolution of conflicts at all levelsD evelop a responsible behaviour towards the environment
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www.f ai t hd ec ad efor peace .net www.f ai t hd ec ad efor peace .net
UN D ecade of I nterreligious and I nterculturalD ialogue, U nderstanding and Cooperation for Peace