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UN meetings
Soroptimist International regularly sends a delegation to major UN and/or NGO meetings, such as:
CSW (Commission on the Status of Women)
A delegation, including the President of Soroptimist International, attends the annual meeting of CSW in March, the purpose of which is to prepare recommendations and reports to ECOSOC on promoting women's rights in political, economic, civil, social and educational fields.
ECOSOC High Level Segment
This meeting takes place annually in July. The SI President and SI's UN representatives attended the NGO Forum to the 2004 session in New York which examined poverty eradication in least developed countries. The 2006 session in Geneva, with the accompanying Civil Society Forum attended by SI's UN representative in Geneva, addresses the issue of 'Creating an environment at the national and international levels conducive to generating full and productive employment and decent work for all, and its impact on sustainable development’.
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DPI (Department of Public Information)/NGO Conference)
This meeting takes place annually in September in New York. Previous conference themes have included: "Human Security and Dignity: Fulfilling the Promise of the United Nations" - 2003; "Millennium Development Goals: Civil Society Takes Action" - 2004. The 2005 conference is entitled "Our Challenge: Voices for Peace, Partnerships and Renewal".
CONGO (Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations)
For the last 50 years, CONGO has been actively promoting the involvement of NGOs in the working of the United Nations. Meetings take place in New York and Geneva. SI has served on the Board of CONGO since 2000 and is currently represented by the SI President and SI Representatives to the UN in New York and Geneva. SI's term of office will conclude in 2006.
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