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
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
With no relief in sight from the tight credit conditions, record-high commodity prices and financial market fluctuations weighing heavily on the global economy, the Economic and Social Council today concluded the high-level segment of its annual substantive session with Government ministers calling for “urgent individual and collective actions […] to stem these risks and place the global economy on a firm sustainable foundation”.
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Briefing Paper Number 2, July 2008
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Mr. Ngonlardje Mbaidjol
It gives me great pleasure to open the forty-first session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, and to welcome its distinguished members to what will no doubt be a very fruitful session in keeping with longstanding traditions of the Committee.
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Briefing Paper Number 3, July 2008
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Ms Ines Alberdi
For many years, we have supported the initiatives of our partners in government and in civil society across the regions of the world for crucially needed gender equality reforms. Constitutions have been aligned with CEDAW’s definitions of discrimination and gender equality.
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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
August 2008
Global anti-poverty goals threatened by breakdown of WTO talks – UN agency
The head of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said today that it was “deeply disappointing” that world trade talks in Geneva had ended without agreement and called for the revival of the negotiations.
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Collapse of Doha round of global trade talks disappointing
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced disappointment at the collapse of the Doha round of trade liberalization negotiations, expressing concern over the effect of the breakdown of the talks on developing nations.
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Announcements
Announcement Number 1, July 2008:
Sapporo Declaration - Global Voices to End Poverty
We live in an unjust world. As the facts lay bare, we live in a world where the richest 2% of the population enjoys more than half of all the wealth in the world; while the poorest half of the world owns barely 1% of the global wealth. It is a world where over 1 billion people still live under a dollar a day.
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.
