WORKING GROUPS:
NGO Committee on Social Development – CSoCD. The NGO Committee on Social Development was founded to work toward the achievement of the World Summit for Social Development goals and to continue reviewing UN progress toward those goals, notably by actively following and preparing the UN Commission on Social Development. Committee members are currently active in the articulation and promotion of SDGs and Agenda 2030, helping align advocacy work on social development with the activities of the UN High-Level Political Forum. Click here to view an introduction to the NGO Committee on Social Development.
NGO Committee on Finance for Development – (NGO FfD) . This committee advocates to end poverty and hunger and for inclusive economic growth that is environmentally and socially sustainable, ethical, and people-centered. Guided by the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and the Monterrey Consensus, it urges policymakers to support development strategies that end global poverty and advance human rights. Click here to view an introduction to the NGO FfD.
NGO Committee on Migration – (NGO CoM). This committee is a coalition of NGOs, with UN accreditation, who seek to realize justice for migrants, refugees, stateless persons, and internally displaced persons. Click here to view an introduction to the NGO CoM.
NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – (NGO CRIP). The mission of this committee is to promote respect for and implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples around the world. Click here to view an introduction to NGO CRIP.
NGO Committee on the Status of Women – CSW. The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality, the rights, and the empowerment of women. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it was established by ECOSOC resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946. The CSW is instrumental in promoting women’s and girls’ rights, documenting the reality of their lives throughout the world, and shaping global standards on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. Click here to view an introduction to NGO CSW/NY.
NGO Committee to Stop Trafficking in Persons – CSTIP. The NGO Committee to Stop Trafficking is a coalition of non-governmental organizations working together with private sector partners to strengthen the programs and policies of the United Nations and member states that will bring an end to human trafficking in all its forms worldwide. Click here to view an introduction to CSTIP.
NGO Mining Working Group – (MWG) The NGO Mining Working Group (MWG) Click here to view an introduction to the MWG.
The NGO Mining Working Group (MWG) is a coalition of NGOs that, in partnership with our members and affected local communities, advocates at and through the United Nations for human and environmental rights as related to extractive industries. The MWG addresses unjust and unsustainable extractive practices and policies through the lens of the rights of local communities and indigenous peoples and Earth’s carrying capacity. The MWG promotes a human and ecological rights framework as the foundation for sustainable and just natural-resource management, through: just and transparent international policies; national laws and practices that meet the highest international standards and obligations; and intervention to address violations. In this context the MWG also advocates for the use of economic benefits of resource extraction for the holistic and long-term social, economic, and sustainable development needs of local communities.
NGO Working Group to End Homelessness – WEGH. This working group is committed to advocating for the alleviation and eventual elimination of homelessness at the United Nations, in collaboration with like-minded organizations and academic centers. Its mission is to advocate at the UN for vulnerable persons, pursuing the human right to adequate housing for all and to end homelessness, so that all people can realize their full human rights and potential, and flourish. Its vision is a future in which every person experiences the dignity of having a safe, habitable, affordable, secure home achieved through social protection/advocacy at the UN, safeguarding human rights, and supportive, sensitive policies and programs to end homelessness. Click here to view an introduction to the NGO WGEH.
CRNGO, Climate Working Group – CWG. The objectives of the New York-based UN Climate Working Group of the Committee of Religious NGOs work to:
- Complement the work of the Interfaith Liaison Committee of the UNFCCC and to serve as a New York-based climate change work stream.
- Elevate the awareness and voices of our grassroots constituencies and illuminate the impacts of climate change for the New York-based United Nations community.
- Advance a holistic and interdependent understanding of climate change.
- Building collaborative relationships and coherence with other organizations in New York (and elsewhere) working on similar issues.
- Become a resource to those in the New York UN community who are curious about the intersection of climate and faith. CRNGO CWG Hub
JUSTICE COALITION OF RELIGIOUS – JCoR is a coalition of 23 nongovernmental organizations that are accredited to collectively represent over 200 congregations of Roman Catholic women and men at the United Nations (UN). For centuries, congregations of Religious have served people who have been rendered poor, vulnerable, oppressed, and marginalized by existing global systems. Through our membership in JCoR, we are united with our sister and brother organizations to enhance collaboration among our members – at UN Headquarters and around the world – in our common mission: to improve the quality of life for people who are living in poverty and to enhance our stewardship of the natural environment. The primary aim of our collaboration is to strengthen the capacity of Catholic Religious and their partners to address the root causes of human and environmental suffering. We work toward this goal by coordinating national, regional, and global efforts of Religious to call on political leaders to take action for a just, equitable, and rights-based implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the United Nations’ Agenda for 2015-2030. To know more about JCoR, click here.