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| Day
1 (Nov. 22) : UN-Civil
Society Relations
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Orientation
on ACSF 2004
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12
Key questions and answers /
Structure of daily program /
Flowchart of the ACSF 2004
Opening/ Welcoming
Addresses
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H.E. Vitthya Vejjajiva, Special
Representative and Advisor
to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Ms.
Renate Bloem,
President of Conference
of NGOs (CONGO)
Keynote
Presentation on Major Challenges
to Democratic Governance
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Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Former Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Thailand
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Ms. Mary Racelis, Former Member
of UN High-level Panel on UN-Civil
Society Relations
(PowerPoint
Materials)
Report
of Sub-regional Group Discussion
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North East Asia
/ South
East Asia
/ South
Asia
UN-CS
Relations: Follow-up on UN GA
Resolution on the High-level
Panel Report
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Mr.
Michael Chai, UN ESCAP
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Ms.
Saradha Lyer, Third World Network
Selected
Documents on High-level Panel and UN
1)
Summary of the Panel of Eminent Persons
(High-level Panel)
/
Round-up of NGLS on the High-level Panel (No 113, June
2004)
2) Report of the UN Secretary General on the
implementation of the Report of the Panel
of Eminent Persons on United
Nations-Civil Society Relations (Sept. 2004)
3)
Summary report of Asian consultation of
High-level Panel (Oct. 2003)
4)
Summary of the debate at the UN General
Assembly Statement (Oct, 4-5, 2004)
Selected
NGOs’ Responses to the report of Kofi Annan
1)
Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
with the UN (CONGO)
2) Amnesty International
3)
Global Policy Forum
4)
World Federalist Movement (WFM)
5)
Third World Network
(TWN)
6)
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
(FORUM-ASIA)
More
information is available at
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High-level Panel on UN-Civil Society Relations http://www.un.org/reform/panel.htm
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Non-Governmental Liaison
Service(NGLS) http://www.un-ngls.org/UNreform.htm
| Day
2 (Nov. 23) : Milliennium
Declaration (MDGs)
+5
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Keynote
Speech
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Ms.
Erna Witoelar, UN Special Ambassador
for the MDGs (PPT Materials)
MDGs-Regional
and Global Civil Society Perspectives
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South
Asia /
South
East Asia
/ North
East Asia
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International
Cooperation, MDG No. 8 (PPT
Materials)
Report
of Thematic Discussion
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MDGs
and Dalits
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MDGs
and Indigenous Peoples
/ Background
PPT Materials
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MDGs
and Farmers
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MDGs
and Migrant Workers
/ Background
PPT Materials
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MDGs
and People with Disabilities
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MDGs
and Youth
Millennium
Summit / NGO Forum (2000)
1)
Resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly
(A/RES/55/2, 18 September 2000)
UN
Millennium Declaration
2)
Millennium NGO
Forum - Declaration and Agenda for Action:
Strengthening the UN
for the 21st
Century held at UN Headquarter from 22 to 26
May 2000
(A/54/959, 8 August
2000)
Millennium
Declaration+5 (2005)
1)
Implementation of UN Millennium Declaration,
Report of the UN Secretary General
(A/59/282, 27
August 2004)
2)
Modalities, format and organization of the
high-level plenary meeting of the 60th session
of the UN General Assembly,
Report of the UN Secretary General
(A/59/545, 1 November 2004)
Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs)
1)
Regional
Reports
/ Country
Reports
2)
MDGs:
Civil Society Takes Action,
57th Annual DPI/NGO Conference
(Septemebr 2004)
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"The
Ethical and Spiritual Dimensions
of the Millennium Developments
Goals"
(Report
by Deborah Moldow, The United
Religions Initiative and the
UN)
| Day
3 (Nov. 24) :
Four Clusters
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Cluster
1: Democracy and Human Rights
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Background
Information & List
of Documents
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Mr.
Dato Param Cumaraswamy, Former
UN Special Rapporteur
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Ms.
Sunila Abeysekera, Evecutive
Director, INFORM, Sri Lanka
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Report
of Group Discussion
Cluster
2: Peace and Human Security
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Ms.
Evelyn Serrano, Coalition for
the International Criminal Court
(CICC)-Asia
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Report
of Group Discussion
Cluster
3: Environment and Sustainable
Development
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Background
Information & List
of Documents
- Report
of Group Discussion
Cluster
4: Trade and Finance
- Report
of Group Discussion
| Day
4 (Nov. 25) :
Thematic Briefings
& Final Documents
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Thematic
Briefing and Strategic Planning
Workshops
Click
here
Report
of Day 1: UN-Civil Society Relations
Report
of Day 2: Millennium Declaration
(MDGs)+5
Report
of Day 3: Four Thematic
Clusters
Final
Documents
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ACSF
Statement on UN-Civil Society Relations
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ACSF
Statement on Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs)
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ACSF
Final Statement
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List
of Participants
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