[governance] REQUEST FOR AFRICAN REGIONAL COMMITTEE UNDER CONGO

[NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS]

Dear Colleaques and Friends,

At the just concluded Board Meeting of CONGO held in
Geneva,from August 28-29 2007, Nurses Across the
Borders Humanitarian Initiative (NABHI)in
collaboration with African Women's Development and
Communication Network (FEMNET)drew the attention of
the BOARD to extant Rule 32 of CONGO RULES which
states inter alia:

"Regional committees may be established by NGOs under
the auspices of the Conference, corresponding to the
regions of ECOSOC. Regional committees shall promote
and facilitate collective work among NGOs in a manner
consistent with the rules and procedures of the
Conference and related to programmes, policies and
activities of the United Nations system". 

It is worthy of NOTE that since the over 50 years of
CONGO's existence, this Regional Committee has been
non existent, and the implications has been the non
coordination of the Civil Society activities within
CONGO and other major UN Related organs.

The next Triennial Conference of CONGO comes up in
Geneva from December 5-7 2007. And it IS this General
Assembly that can APPROVE such establishment in line
with Rule 33:
33.	"The establishment of a regional committee of the
Conference may be recognized either by the General
Assembly or by the Board at the request of twenty or
more Members from that region or having structures in
that region. When a decision has been taken to
establish a regional committee, the Board shall notify
the Members of the Conference"

To fulfil the above obligation, you are please
enjoined to join both Nurses Across the Borders
Humanitarian Initiative and African Women's
Developemnt and Communication Network-FEMNET in
endorsing this request by forwarding your request to
the undersigned NOT LATER THAN 20TH SEPTEMBER 2007.

This will allow the Secretariat of CONGO forward this
request to all memebers of CONGO on time before the
December General Assembly.

Please use the attached letter as a guide and make the
necessary changes and enter it into the body of your
email to the undersigned:

1). congo at ngocongo.org
2). rbloem at ngocongo.org
3). adina.fulgaradi at ngocongo.org
4). philipe.dam at ngocongo.org
5). admin at femnet.or.ke
6). nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com

PLEASE TREAT AS VERY URGENT AND IMPORTANT as missing
this opportunity will mean waiting ANOTHER THREE
YEARS.

Do also forward to other NGOs within Africa yours
relate with-NGOs in Africa and NGOs having
structures/presence in Africa.

Thanking you for your anticipated cooperation 

Pastor Peters Osawaru OMORAGBON
For NABHI and FEMNET




   Pastor Peters OMORAGBON 
Executive President/CEO 
Nurses Across the Borders Humanitarian
Initiative-Inc.-(Nigeria & U.S.A) 
An NGO On Special Consultative Status with The
Economic and Social Council of the United
Nations-(ECOSOC) 
Member(OBSERVER),United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
295, IKORODU ROAD, IDIROKO BUS STOP MARYLAND IKEJA
LAGOS NIGERIA 
350, MAIN STREET, EAST ORANGE NEW JERSEY 07018 U.S.A 
Tel:+234-1-812-8649,
+234-1-818-6494,+234-802-308-5408(Mobile) 
FAX:+234-1-493-7203 
Email:nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com 
URL: www.nursesacrosstheborders.4t.com




   Pastor Peters OMORAGBON 
Executive President/CEO 
Nurses Across the Borders Humanitarian Initiative-Inc.-(Nigeria & U.S.A) 
An NGO On Special Consultative Status with The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations-(ECOSOC) 
Member(OBSERVER),United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
295, IKORODU ROAD, IDIROKO BUS STOP MARYLAND IKEJA LAGOS NIGERIA 
350, MAIN STREET, EAST ORANGE NEW JERSEY 07018 U.S.A 
Tel:+234-1-812-8649, +234-1-818-6494,+234-802-308-5408(Mobile) 
FAX:+234-1-493-7203 
Email:nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com 
URL: www.nursesacrosstheborders.4t.com

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