[governance] Deadline to volunteer in Nom Com is today midnight - more volunteers needed.
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From: CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam <wsis at ngocongo.org>
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Cc: CONGO - Philippe Dam <philippe.dam at ngocongo.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 3:28:12 PM
Subject: [governance] Deadline to volunteer in Nom Com is today midnight - more volunteers needed.
Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Update on the CS self-nomination process for GAID
Strategy Council - need more volunteers and more candidates
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Thanks Lisa,
Yes there is on line a
list of volunteers to serve in the NomCom and of self nominations for the CS
membership into the GAID Strategy Council we received so far. The description
of the whole process as previously circulated on this list is available on: http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=news&id=10462.
As you know, the GAID Secretariat announced that 3 to 4 CS seats in the Strategy Council will be
renewed (corresponding to approximately one third of the 10 CS members of the Strategy
Council, composed of a total of 40 members).
-
Volunteers to
serve in the NomCom: We only have
13 volunteers so far and as you know we would need 25 to make the selection completely
random. The deadline for volunteering is
TODAY at 0.00. The random selection process will indeed take place
tomorrow. If we don’t reach this number of 25, we would have to consider
cancelling the whole self nomination process and would not be in a position to submit
a recommendation for the new CS members of the Strategy Council to the GAID
Secretariat.
-
Nominated
candidates for the GAID Strategy Council: I only received so far 4 nominations. We also need much
more to make this process meaningful. Deadline for nominations of candidates is
25 November. Nominations could be
self-candidatures of nominations by others. To nominate through this process, send
to wsis at ngocongo.org the following
information:
Name:
CS Affiliation(s):
Country:
Gender:
Age:
Biographical Statement:
Vision of their specific contribution to the GA Strategy Council:
In parallel to that, one CS
seat of the GAID steering committee
is also going to be open to rotation. The Steering Committee is composed of 10
members, including 2 from civil society. As also previously announced, I am
also trying to mobilize the CS outgoing members of the Strategy Council and the
HL Advisors to make a recommendation to the GAID Secretariat on the CS seat of
the GAID Steering Committee to be renewed. I would come back to you later about
that.
Best,
Philippe
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plenary-bounces at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-bounces at wsis-cs.org] De la part de McLaughlin,
Lisa M. Dr .
Envoyé : vendredi, 16.
novembre 2007 21:27
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WSIS CS Plenary Group
Space
Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary]
Update on the CS self-nomination process for GAID Strategy Council - need more
volunteers and more candidates
Philippe, I volunteer to be a
member of the noncom. Please will you share the list of those who’ve
already volunteered as well as the names of those put forward for nomination to
the strategy council?
Best,
Lisa McLaughlin
Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Mass Communication & Women’s Studies
Williams Hall
Miami University, Ohio 45056
USA
tele: +1 513 5293547
fax: +1 513 5291835
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Dear all,
This is to suggest that we go into CS self-nomination
through a NomCom process for the
membership of the GAID Strategy Council
(reminder: see GAID Secretariat note attached). As you know, 3-4 CS position of
this structure might be open for rotation. Nomination are open until 30
November 2007, so that a CS self-nomination process should be finalized by that
time (some flexibility might allow us to finish it in the early days of
December).
Please start
volunteering to the NomCom according to the proposed
guidelines below. I’ll inform you about the webpage in which the names
will be published. Depending on when the seeds for the randomization process in
selecting NomCom members would be drawn (I will have more information about
that very shortly), the various deadlines could be slightly adjusted, but the
process could remain unchanged.
Selection
of a CS Nomination Committee
The Nom Com will be composed of 5 CS representatives,
acting in their personal capacity and randomly selected among those who would
volunteer. For the selection of 5 names to be random, we should try to have 5
times as many volunteers (25) for the volunteer pool as we want Nom Com
members.
Volunteers for serving in the Nomination Committee
should announce themselves no later than 20
November 2007 (stating its name and CS affiliation at wsis at ngocongo.org). The list of names of the volunteers, ordered by date
of receipt of message indicating interest, will be published online.
The Nom Com would be selected through a random
selection process on 21 November 2007.
·
Members of the Nominations
Committee will preferably have to demonstrate a long-standing engagement in the
Information Society-related processes within the UN, in particular WSIS, as
well as a good experience of civil society self-organised working processes.
·
Volunteering for the pool
does NOT disqualify anyone from selection for the Strategic Council, BUT
serving on the Nom Com (that is, if you are randomly selected) does.
·
The more people who
volunteer the better chance we have to get a representative selection in the
Nom Com.
·
There will not be two
persons from the same organisation in the Nomination Committee.
The Nomination Committee would start working on line
fairly intensively on 21 November 2007 until 30 November 2005. Its work will be
facilitated by a non voting facilitator (if
nobody volunteers to do so, and if nobody objects, I would be happy to serve in
this position).
If the number of volunteers to serve in the NomCom
does not reach 25 persons by 19 November, we would have to consider that there
is no interest among this group to go into a self-nomination process for the
Steering Committee CS membership. We would leave it completely to the GAID
Secretariat to identify such membership.
Candidates
for the CS membership to the GA Strategy Council
Candidatures for the CS membership to the GA Strategy
Council is open to all representatives from civil society, including CS
entities accredited to WSIS, NGOs with ECOSOC status and all other CS actors
interested in ICT for Development and involved in the UN development agenda
towards achieving the MDGs.
Nominations (including self-nominations) and all
relevant information must be sent to the NomCom facilitator NO LATER THAN 25 NOVEMBER 2007, 22:00 p.m. GMT / 24:00
p.m. Geneva
Time with the following information:
Name:
CS Affiliation(s):
Country:
Gender:
Age:
Biographical Statement:
Vision of their specific contribution to the GA Strategy Council:
The members of the NomCom will determine in due time
their guidelines and criteria.
They will be requested to come out with a
recommendation to be forwarded to the GAID Secretariat on 1 December 2007.
Since there would be 3 or 4 seats to be opened to
rotation, it is expected that the NomCom recommends 4 to 6 names to the GAID
Secretariat, to allow for some flexibility in the final membership of the
Strategy Council.
As a matter of principle, I strongly encourage you to
contribute to this CS self-nomination process and to make it successful.
Looking forward to reading you in this regard.
Best regards,
Philippe
Philippe Dam
CONGO
- WSIS CS Secretariat
11,
Avenue de la
Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: wsis at ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org
The Conference of NGOs (
CONGO )
is an international, membership association that facilitates the participation
of NGOs in United Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948,
CONGO 's
major objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the
world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global
concern. For more information see our website at www.ngocongo.org
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Dear all,
This is to suggest that we go into CS self-nomination
through a NomCom process for the
membership of the GAID Strategy Council
(reminder: see GAID Secretariat note attached). As you know, 3-4 CS position of
this structure might be open for rotation. Nomination are open until 30
November 2007, so that a CS self-nomination process should be finalized by that
time (some flexibility might allow us to finish it in the early days of
December).
Please start
volunteering to the NomCom according to the proposed
guidelines below. I’ll inform you about the webpage in which the names
will be published. Depending on when the seeds for the randomization process in
selecting NomCom members would be drawn (I will have more information about
that very shortly), the various deadlines could be slightly adjusted, but the
process could remain unchanged.
Selection
of a CS Nomination Committee
The Nom Com will be composed of 5 CS representatives,
acting in their personal capacity and randomly selected among those who would
volunteer. For the selection of 5 names to be random, we should try to have 5
times as many volunteers (25) for the volunteer pool as we want Nom Com
members.
Volunteers for serving in the Nomination Committee
should announce themselves no later than 20
November 2007 (stating its name and CS affiliation at wsis at ngocongo.org). The list of names of the volunteers, ordered by date
of receipt of message indicating interest, will be published online.
The Nom Com would be selected through a random
selection process on 21 November 2007.
·
Members of the Nominations
Committee will preferably have to demonstrate a long-standing engagement in the
Information Society-related processes within the UN, in particular WSIS, as
well as a good experience of civil society self-organised working processes.
·
Volunteering for the pool
does NOT disqualify anyone from selection for the Strategic Council, BUT
serving on the Nom Com (that is, if you are randomly selected) does.
·
The more people who
volunteer the better chance we have to get a representative selection in the
Nom Com.
·
There will not be two
persons from the same organisation in the Nomination Committee.
The Nomination Committee would start working on line
fairly intensively on 21 November 2007 until 30 November 2005. Its work will be
facilitated by a non voting facilitator (if
nobody volunteers to do so, and if nobody objects, I would be happy to serve in
this position).
If the number of volunteers to serve in the NomCom
does not reach 25 persons by 19 November, we would have to consider that there
is no interest among this group to go into a self-nomination process for the
Steering Committee CS membership. We would leave it completely to the GAID
Secretariat to identify such membership.
Candidates
for the CS membership to the GA Strategy Council
Candidatures for the CS membership to the GA Strategy
Council is open to all representatives from civil society, including CS
entities accredited to WSIS, NGOs with ECOSOC status and all other CS actors
interested in ICT for Development and involved in the UN development agenda
towards achieving the MDGs.
Nominations (including self-nominations) and all
relevant information must be sent to the NomCom facilitator NO LATER THAN 25 NOVEMBER 2007, 22:00 p.m. GMT / 24:00
p.m. Geneva
Time with the following information:
Name:
CS Affiliation(s):
Country:
Gender:
Age:
Biographical Statement:
Vision of their specific contribution to the GA Strategy Council:
The members of the NomCom will determine in due time
their guidelines and criteria.
They will be requested to come out with a
recommendation to be forwarded to the GAID Secretariat on 1 December 2007.
Since there would be 3 or 4 seats to be opened to
rotation, it is expected that the NomCom recommends 4 to 6 names to the GAID
Secretariat, to allow for some flexibility in the final membership of the
Strategy Council.
As a matter of principle, I strongly encourage you to
contribute to this CS self-nomination process and to make it successful.
Looking forward to reading you in this regard.
Best regards,
Philippe
Philippe Dam
CONGO
- WSIS CS Secretariat
11,
Avenue de la
Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: wsis at ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org
The Conference of NGOs (
CONGO )
is an international, membership association that facilitates the participation
of NGOs in United Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948,
CONGO 's
major objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the
world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global
concern. For more information see our website at www.ngocongo.org
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Dear all,
This is the note of the
GAID Secretariat regarding the renewal of membership of the GAID Strategy Council
and Steering Committee.
I also re-attached the
recent e-mail I circulated in this regard a couple of days ago.
As discussed, the deadline for nominations is 30 November 2007.
As previously announced, we have not yet any idea of who, among the outgoing
Strategy Council (see membership
here) and Steering Committee members (see membership here), will be
maintained and which ones will go out.
I’ll come back to
you early next week with some proposals regarding a CS self nomination process (please send any comment on that
matter).
The timeline as confirmed
by the GAID Secretariat note is as follows:
GAID Steering Committee
GAID Strategy Council
Deadline for expression of renewal by outgoing
members
15
August 2007
30
November 2007
Deadline for new nominations for membership
30
November 2007
30
November 2007
Announcement of the Appointment of new members
End of
December 2007
End of
December 2007
Office taking of the new members
1
April 2008
1
April 2008
Date of the GAID structure with its renewed
membership
May
2008
Kuala Lumpur
May
2008
Kuala Lumpur
Best regards,
Philippe Dam
De :
steering-bounces at un-gaid.org [mailto:steering-bounces at un-gaid.org] De la part de Sarbuland Khan
Envoyé : lundi, 29. octobre
2007 15:38
À : steering at un-gaid.org
Objet : [GAID Steering]
Renewal of Membership in the GAID Strategy Counciland Steering Committee
Dear Colleagues,
To ensure continuity and renewal of membership in the GAID Strategy Council and
Steering Committee, the GAID Secretariat initiated a nomination process last 31
July 2007 for membership in both bodies. It is envisioned that approximately
one-third of the membership in the Strategy Council and Steering Committee
should rotate.
According to the Terms of Reference adopted at the 27 September 2006 meeting of
the Steering Committee (see attached), the term of the members of the GAID
Steering Committee was due to end in September 2007, and the term of members of
the GAID Strategy Council will conclude before the next meeting of the Strategy
Council on May 2008 in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during the World Congress on Information Technology
(WCIT)).
However, as agreed by the Steering Committee in its meeting last 19 September
2007 in New York, more time
is needed for the consultation process for nominations, particularly to
membership in the Steering Committee. It has been agreed that the term of the
present membership in the Steering Committee be continued through March 2008
and to extend the Steering Committee consultation process to align with the
timeframe for the process of rotation in the Strategy Council.
The terms of the next GAID Steering Committee and Strategy Council would,
therefore, run as follows:
Steering Committee (one year term)
1 April 2008 - 31 March 2009
Strategy Council (two year term)
1 April 2008 31 March 2010
RENEWAL OF MEMBERSHIP OF EXISTING MEMBERS
The Secretariat kindly requests current members, who have not yet done so, to
indicate whether they would be available and interested to be considered as a
candidate for renewal.
We would be grateful to receive this information (addressed to
dejesus3 at un-gaid.org) no later than 30 November 2007, both for Steering
Committee members and Strategy Council members.
NOMINATIONS OF NEW CANDIDATES
The Secretariat invites nominations for new candidatures for the Steering
Committee for approximately 4 seats, and the Strategy Council for approximately
20 seats (1/3 of the membership of each stakeholder group) by 30 November 2007.
(Please see http://www.un-gaid.org/en/about/howgaidworks for the list of
current members.)
As is established practice, nominations for Member States are being solicited
through the United Nations regional groups. Civil society and trade
organizations are being invited to identify nominations from among their
constituencies. There is no limit to the number of nominations that may be
submitted. Qualified organizations may also independently express interest in
membership. Nominations should be submitted to the Secretariat by the
appropriate deadline noted above through the email address
nominate at un-gaid.org.
APPOINTMENT
The list of recommended candidates will be developed, following consultations
with the Strategy Council and the Steering Committee, and approved on behalf of
the Secretary-General by the Under-Secretary-General of the Department of
Economic and Social Affairs. The appointment of new members is anticipated to
be announced by the end of December 2007.
With my best personal regards,
Sincerely,
Sarbuland Khan
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Dear all,
This is the note of the
GAID Secretariat regarding the renewal of membership of the GAID Strategy Council
and Steering Committee.
I also re-attached the
recent e-mail I circulated in this regard a couple of days ago.
As discussed, the deadline for nominations is 30 November 2007.
As previously announced, we have not yet any idea of who, among the outgoing
Strategy Council (see membership
here) and Steering Committee members (see membership here), will be
maintained and which ones will go out.
I’ll come back to
you early next week with some proposals regarding a CS self nomination process (please send any comment on that
matter).
The timeline as confirmed
by the GAID Secretariat note is as follows:
GAID Steering Committee
GAID Strategy Council
Deadline for expression of renewal by outgoing
members
15
August 2007
30
November 2007
Deadline for new nominations for membership
30
November 2007
30
November 2007
Announcement of the Appointment of new members
End of
December 2007
End of
December 2007
Office taking of the new members
1
April 2008
1
April 2008
Date of the GAID structure with its renewed
membership
May
2008
Kuala Lumpur
May
2008
Kuala Lumpur
Best regards,
Philippe Dam
De :
steering-bounces at un-gaid.org [mailto:steering-bounces at un-gaid.org] De la part de Sarbuland Khan
Envoyé : lundi, 29. octobre
2007 15:38
À : steering at un-gaid.org
Objet : [GAID Steering]
Renewal of Membership in the GAID Strategy Counciland Steering Committee
Dear Colleagues,
To ensure continuity and renewal of membership in the GAID Strategy Council and
Steering Committee, the GAID Secretariat initiated a nomination process last 31
July 2007 for membership in both bodies. It is envisioned that approximately
one-third of the membership in the Strategy Council and Steering Committee
should rotate.
According to the Terms of Reference adopted at the 27 September 2006 meeting of
the Steering Committee (see attached), the term of the members of the GAID
Steering Committee was due to end in September 2007, and the term of members of
the GAID Strategy Council will conclude before the next meeting of the Strategy
Council on May 2008 in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during the World Congress on Information Technology
(WCIT)).
However, as agreed by the Steering Committee in its meeting last 19 September
2007 in New York, more time
is needed for the consultation process for nominations, particularly to
membership in the Steering Committee. It has been agreed that the term of the
present membership in the Steering Committee be continued through March 2008
and to extend the Steering Committee consultation process to align with the
timeframe for the process of rotation in the Strategy Council.
The terms of the next GAID Steering Committee and Strategy Council would,
therefore, run as follows:
Steering Committee (one year term)
1 April 2008 - 31 March 2009
Strategy Council (two year term)
1 April 2008 31 March 2010
RENEWAL OF MEMBERSHIP OF EXISTING MEMBERS
The Secretariat kindly requests current members, who have not yet done so, to
indicate whether they would be available and interested to be considered as a
candidate for renewal.
We would be grateful to receive this information (addressed to
dejesus3 at un-gaid.org) no later than 30 November 2007, both for Steering
Committee members and Strategy Council members.
NOMINATIONS OF NEW CANDIDATES
The Secretariat invites nominations for new candidatures for the Steering
Committee for approximately 4 seats, and the Strategy Council for approximately
20 seats (1/3 of the membership of each stakeholder group) by 30 November 2007.
(Please see http://www.un-gaid.org/en/about/howgaidworks for the list of
current members.)
As is established practice, nominations for Member States are being solicited
through the United Nations regional groups. Civil society and trade
organizations are being invited to identify nominations from among their
constituencies. There is no limit to the number of nominations that may be
submitted. Qualified organizations may also independently express interest in
membership. Nominations should be submitted to the Secretariat by the
appropriate deadline noted above through the email address
nominate at un-gaid.org.
APPOINTMENT
The list of recommended candidates will be developed, following consultations
with the Strategy Council and the Steering Committee, and approved on behalf of
the Secretary-General by the Under-Secretary-General of the Department of
Economic and Social Affairs. The appointment of new members is anticipated to
be announced by the end of December 2007.
With my best personal regards,
Sincerely,
Sarbuland Khan
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Dear all,
As indicated in my previous e-mails, the renewal of the
membership of GAID structures was postponed, to allow for greater consultation
among stakeholders’ groups. The deadline
for nominations is 30 November 2007. We therefore have until that date
to come out with a CS self-organised recommendation on the membership of both
the Steering Committee and the Strategy Council. Is there anyone among you willing to moderate any of these
self-nomination processes?
Our problem so far is that we have not yet any idea
of who, among the outgoing StratC and Steering Committee members, will be
maintained and which ones will go out. The GAID Secretariat had asked all
outgoing members to express their interest to continue.
As regards the Steering
Committee, I understood that both Titi and Renate informed the GAID
Secretariat of their interest to continue one more year. But there is no more
information so far on who would stay on Board. There were also some discussions
on whether the Steering Committee membership should be increased to 12 members
(currently 10), but there is not yet any definite information on this
(hopefully this would be one more for CS).
As for the Strategy
Council, it is understood that approximately one-third of the
membership should rotate. But I have very little information of who expressed
the willingness to continue. Out of 10 CS members so far, this would mean that
3 or 4 new members should be identified. But the deadline for expression of
renewal by outgoing members is also 30 November, meaning that we would not be
able to know before 30 Nov. who would go out…
We would anyway need to have 2 parallel processes to
go with by 30 November, in identifying one individual for the Steering
Committee membership. Any process such as this one would approximately need one
month to be finalised, so that we need to start both no later that end October
(next week!).
A note by the GAID secretariat might be circulated
soon, but I preferred to forward you what we knew so far!
Let me remind that the deadlines
for the nominations and appointment processes are as follows:
GAID Steering Committee
GAID Strategy Council
Deadline for expression of renewal by outgoing
members
15
August 2007
30
November 2007
Deadline for new nominations for membership
30 November
2007
30
November 2007
Announcement of the Appointment of new members
End of
December 2007
End of
December 2007
Office taking of the new members
1
April 2008
1
April 2008
Date of the GAID structure with its renewed
membership
May
2008
Kuala Lumpur
May
2008
Kuala Lumpur
All the best,
Philippe
Philippe Dam
11,
Avenue de la
Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: wsis at ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org
The Conference of NGOs (
CONGO )
is an international, membership association that facilitates the participation
of NGOs in United Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948,
CONGO 's
major objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the
world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global
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Dear all,
As indicated in my previous e-mails, the renewal of the
membership of GAID structures was postponed, to allow for greater consultation
among stakeholders’ groups. The deadline
for nominations is 30 November 2007. We therefore have until that date
to come out with a CS self-organised recommendation on the membership of both
the Steering Committee and the Strategy Council. Is there anyone among you willing to moderate any of these
self-nomination processes?
Our problem so far is that we have not yet any idea
of who, among the outgoing StratC and Steering Committee members, will be
maintained and which ones will go out. The GAID Secretariat had asked all
outgoing members to express their interest to continue.
As regards the Steering
Committee, I understood that both Titi and Renate informed the GAID
Secretariat of their interest to continue one more year. But there is no more
information so far on who would stay on Board. There were also some discussions
on whether the Steering Committee membership should be increased to 12 members
(currently 10), but there is not yet any definite information on this
(hopefully this would be one more for CS).
As for the Strategy
Council, it is understood that approximately one-third of the
membership should rotate. But I have very little information of who expressed
the willingness to continue. Out of 10 CS members so far, this would mean that
3 or 4 new members should be identified. But the deadline for expression of
renewal by outgoing members is also 30 November, meaning that we would not be
able to know before 30 Nov. who would go out…
We would anyway need to have 2 parallel processes to
go with by 30 November, in identifying one individual for the Steering
Committee membership. Any process such as this one would approximately need one
month to be finalised, so that we need to start both no later that end October
(next week!).
A note by the GAID secretariat might be circulated
soon, but I preferred to forward you what we knew so far!
Let me remind that the deadlines
for the nominations and appointment processes are as follows:
GAID Steering Committee
GAID Strategy Council
Deadline for expression of renewal by outgoing
members
15
August 2007
30
November 2007
Deadline for new nominations for membership
30 November
2007
30
November 2007
Announcement of the Appointment of new members
End of
December 2007
End of
December 2007
Office taking of the new members
1
April 2008
1
April 2008
Date of the GAID structure with its renewed
membership
May
2008
Kuala Lumpur
May
2008
Kuala Lumpur
All the best,
Philippe
Philippe Dam
11,
Avenue de la
Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: wsis at ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org
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of NGOs in United Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948,
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world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global
concern. For more information see our website at www.ngocongo.org
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