NGO Highlights 2005

The UN

• Holds UN General Assembly World Summit Holds a World Summit on the Millennium Development Goals
• Holds Beijing plus Ten, 10 year review of the Beijing Women’s World Conference on women
• Review of the Copenhagen World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen +10, 10-year review
• Initiates Study on violence against children, Special Rapporteur
• Issues report of the Secretary General In Larger Freedom
• Holds first General assembly NGO hearings on the issue of Secretary General Report, In Larger Freedom
  
  

The NGO office

• Accepts its first two Good Shepherd interns, Hiam and Melania from Lebanon and Indonesia
• Sponsors a speaker in the NGO hearings on Trafficking and Violence Against Women
• Presents at a workshop at the Annual DPI/NGO Department of Public Information Conference in September
• Co-hosts five CSW workshops for B+10 and co-sponsors a reception for the Special Rapporteur Against Trafficking
• Submits 1st GS report to The Convention to Eliminate all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, CEDAW, Lebanon
• Contributes, through international participation, to the UN Study on Violence Against Children
• Rejoices that GS NGO Regional reps are named by Central Leadership Team

Good Shepherd Raising the Voice: Hiam Baroud, GS intern, Lebanon: Teresa Ullora, GS friend, Mexico; Phyllis Molle, GS staff, Handcrafting Justice

Many pieces of this Quilt, internationally displayed to highlight Violence Against Women, were contributed from GS around the world

Pioneer GS NGO interns: Hiam Broud, Lebanona & Gertrudis Melania Samoudy, Indonesia.

Activities

Visit by Brigid and Cecilia of the Congregational Leadership Team

Aussies visit Christine Carolan of Australia/New Zealand JP Office;	Jan Ryan