Subject: [fem-women2000 202] IWTC Women's GlobalNet #140 - ★重要★ 2000年 6月に向けて
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 15:37:52 +0900
Seq: 202
グローバルネット第140号は、6月特別総会にむけた計画と準備状況の特集です。 タイトルのみ訳出しました。/lalamaziwa 1. 国連登録済みNGOの参加申請: 3月末日までに参加申請提出のこと！ (代表派遣最大人数の予想は２，３名！←NGOは依然申し入れ中) 2. 新規NGOの参加申請: 4月5日までに申請のこと 3. NGO 事前作業セッションの案内 （6月 2日〜3日） 4. 米国政府ホスト委員会の準備状況→いくつかのイベントを準備している。 5. VISA INFORMATION: 米国入国にビザが必要な方へ 6. NGOオルタナティブレポート提出の最終呼びかけ→近々に世界NGOレポート作成 に向けてCONGO小委員会がレビューを始める。 Forwarded by lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org> ---------------- Original message follows ---------------- From: iwtc <iwtc@iwtc.org> To: iwtc-womensglobalnet@igc.topica.com Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 13:01:19 -0800 Subject: Women's GlobalNet #140 -- IWTC Women's GlobalNet #140 Activities and Initiatives of Women Worldwide By Anne S. Walker March 15, 2000 UPDATE ON PLANS AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE SPECIAL SESSION IN JUNE On Saturday, March 11th, 2000, the NGO Coordinating Committee held an open meeting at the United Nations to discuss plans and preparations for the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) for Beijing plus Five to be held June 5-9, 2000. Here are some of the highlights from that meeting: 1. REGISTRATION OF ACCREDITED NGOs: Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) with Consultative Status with the UN and NGOs accredited to the World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 will be able to participate at the Special Session, though in fewer numbers than usual (probably a maximum of 2-3 representatives only). Invitations will be faxed to these two categories of NGOs soon. If you have not received your invitation by March 17th, 2000, please contact Koh Miyaoi at UN/Division for the Advancement of Women (UN/DAW) for information and forms. E-mail: <beijing+5@un.org>. Fax: (1-212) 963-3463. When contacting UN/DAW, please be sure to give your correct fax number, including country and city codes. The deadline for Accredited NGO Registration is March 31st, 2000. 2. APPLICATION BY NEW NGOS: A resolution is before the PrepCom now meeting, and it is expected that it will soon be approved, allowing the UN to invite NGOs that have been organized and active in follow-up activities since Beijing, to participate in the Special Session. An Application Form for these NGOs will be placed on the web-site of the UN Division for the Advancement of Women, <http://www.un.org/daw>, including a list of 7 attachments needed as part of the application process. The deadline for New NGO Applications is April 5, 2000. A Special Committee of the UN will review these applications and make decisions by May 3rd, 2000. 3. NGO WORKING SESSION June 2 - 3, 2000. The date for this session has been changed to June 2-3 for reasons of security. Sunday June 4th, 2000 will see intense security activity at the UN prior to the arrival of Heads of State on Monday June 5th. Suggestions for activities to take place at the NGO Working session included: a) Roundtable: inter-generational; inter-regional; inter-racial; b) Presentation and Discussion of Alternative Reports and a possible Global Alternative Report; c) Regional Break-Out Sessions; d) A Focus Panel on Violence Against Women. Other suggestions made from the floor included: a) Working Documents from the UNGASS to be made available ahead of time so that NGOs can be better informed re the Special Session; b) Computers, printers and photocopiers to be made available on-site for NGOs; c) A special event organized where at some point, women could call out the names of women not present who had made it possible for all of us to be present. 4.ACTIVITIES BEING PLANNED BY THE US HOST COMMITTEE: Because of the severe lack of space available for NGOs within the UN on occasions such as Special Sessions, -when all Member States participate-, and the expectation that hundreds, possibly thousands of NGOs will be coming to New York in June, a US Host Committee has been formed to plan for activities that will be open to all. Ambassador Linda Tarr-Whelan of the US Mission to the UN, speaking on behalf of the US Host Committee, announced the following: a) Use of a portion of the Federal Customs House in Lower Manhattan (4 subway stops from Grand Central Station, the nearest subway stop to the UN) has been granted to the US Host Committee. The Customs House is an historical building and contains a 350-seat auditorium and 4 break-out Rooms (2 large and 2 small). An ongoing film festival and possibly an Internet Cafe are planned. Plenary sessions will be relayed through closed-circuit TV from the UN to the Customs House so that NGOs can follow the proceedings going on at the UN: b) The US Ambassador to the UN (Amb. Richard Holbrooke) will be hosting a reception for NGOs and delegates at the Rose Center at the Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History; c) An Open-Air Event will be held on the Opening Day, possibly at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza; d) Discussions are underway to mount a Teleconference on Thursday June 8th for women worldwide to be able to participate in the Special Session; e) An Open-Air Party, to be held either on Ellis Island (in New York Harbour) or at Battery Park (Lower Manhattan) is planned. The host committee is planning to launch their web-site by the end of March, where updates will be posted on all of their activities and events. URL: <http://www.beijingplus5hostcomm.com>. 5. VISA INFORMATION: It was reported by Amb. Tarr-Whelan that the US Government will be sending information on the Special Session to all of its embassies worldwide, and that a system for applying for visas will be in place for all participating NGOs. Amb. Betty King at the US Mission to the UN in New York is the point person for any inquiries regarding this. More information will follow as it becomes available. 6. NGO ALTERNATIVE REPORTS: A final call for NGO alternative reports, -country, regional and/or organizational-, was made by Sudha Acharya, the CONGO Beijing Plus Five Focal Point. An NGO Sub-Committee will soon meet to look at all of the reports received and make a final decision as to whether a Global NGO Alternative Report will be attempted for presentation at the June Special Session. Please send your report to CONGO by e-mail or floppy disk if at all possible so that it will not need to be re-typed. CONGO email is: <congongo@aol.com>. If your report has been produced on a computer and saved on a floppy disk, please send a copy of the disk with a print-out to: Rebecca Nichols, Executive Director, CONGO, 777 United Nations Plaza, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10017. USA. Fax: (1-212) 986-0821. 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