GFDD partners with the Conference of NGOs to Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations and the importance of Civil Society Relationships

The Conference of NGOs in consultative relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) and the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) will partner on May 7th to hold a commemorative panel discussion in the presence of H.E Ambassador Martin Sajdik, as well as several representatives of UN Agencies and NGOs, to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations.

GFDD and its sister organization in the Dominican Republic, Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), are non-governmental organizations with consultative status with the following UN bodies: Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Department of Public Information (DPI), the Global Compact Office, the Office on Drugs
and Crime, and the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS). GFDD and Funglode are dedicated to promoting and advancing issues at the forefront of the United Nations” agenda.

About the commemoration
Following the creation of the United Nations organization in 1945,  and the granting of Consultative Status with ECOSOC to the first NGOs,   CoNGO was created in 1948  “to foster cooperation and dialogue among all
NGOs  and with groupings of NGOs related to the UN System”  and  to “strengthen the relationship between NGOs and the United Nations,  including the contributions which NGOs can make to promoting the principles, purposes , and effectiveness of the UN and its related agencies and programmes”.  Moreover, the early visionaries also mandated CoNGO “to mobilize public opinion in support of the aims and principles of the United
Nations”.

With this in mind, the 70th Anniversary of the UN offers an opportunity to examine these ongoing relationships. The relationships are vital, challenging, sometimes fraught, always evolving, and increasingly essential to continue moving towards a world of peace, equity and social justice, a world where poverty is eradicated and the rule of law prevails.

About CoNGO
CoNGO is the primary support and
platform for a civil society represented by a global community of informed, empowered and committed NGOs that fully participate with the UN in decision-making and programs leading to a better world, a world of economic and social justice.

When: May 7th, from 10:00 am to 12:30pm
Where: Conference Room 11, General Assembly Building, UN Headquarters, New York
Questions? Contact: mjourdan@globalfoundationdd.org