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 UN Connections
In line with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's aim to make the "UN a more effective instrument in the hands of the world's people", WFUNA produces a free monthly newsletter UN Connections. It provides practical information about the networks shaping relations between the emerging global civil society and the UN, with a particular reference to the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. Published in English, French, Spanish and Russian, the subscriber list is thousands strong and growing! Take me here >>
We the Peoples 2004: A Call to Action for the UN Millennium Declaration
We the Peoples 2004 — A Call to Action for the UN Millennium Declaration is the product of teams based at The North-South Institute in Ottawa and at the World Federation of United Nations Associations in New York. The report is a 40-page portrait of the engagement of civil society organizations in the South and North in the area of development policy and action. Its findings are based on an on-line survey of non-governmental organizations around the world.
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 We the Peoples 2003: A Call to Action for the UN Millennium Declaration
This second annual report is a sketch of civil society organizations in action, engaging with the United Nations Millennium Declaration and its Goals for development. It is based on a survey of more than 300 organizations in over 80 countries and a number of civil society events and sources.
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 We the Peoples 2002: A Call to Action for the UN Millennium Declaration
The implementation of the Millennium Declaration and its Development Goals provides fertile ground for deeper ongoing collaboration between the United Nations and civil society organizations. Civil society organizations, responding to a survey, document diverse contributions to achievement of the objectives of the Declaration and Goals. More than half have initiated projects to this end. This 2002 report details many of the building blocks and calls for civil society support for a Global Millennium Campaign. Take me here >> (pdf version)
 "We the Peoples" Brochure
An informational brochure about WFUNA. It provides details about WFUNA's mission, leadership, history and current activities. It is a useful resource for member United Nations Associations. Take me here >> (pdf)
This brochure is available in Arabic in two separate parts.
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Brochure: Global Challenge 2015: Issues and Perspectives for Achieving the MDGs in the Asia and Pacific Region
This brochure provides information about the Model United Nations conference that WFUNA convened for university students in the Asia-Pacific region. Hosted by the UNA-China, the event was held from 19-21 August 2004 in Beijing. The brochure was a resource for students and UNAs in their efforts to raise funds for travel expenses to the conference. Take me here >> (pdf)
 A Tribute to Arthur Ross, WFUNA Honorary President
On Thursday, November 7th, 2002 WFUNA honored Mr Arthur Ross, for his visionary leadership in support of the United Nations. In the presence of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, a published Tribute to Arthur Ross was presented to Mr Ross. The Tribute includes a conversation with Arthur Ross and remarks from distinguished statesmen, diplomats and writers. Take me here >> (pdf)
 WFUNA submission to the Cardoso panel on UN relations with civil society
WFUNA welcomes the establishment of the Panel of Eminent Persons on UN – Civil Society relations and the invitation from the chairman, President Cardoso to present a submission. The information and recommendations in this paper are based on: the outcomes of the WFUNA Plenary Assembly held in May 2003, interviews of WFUNA Executive Committee members, suggestions from UNAs, the discussion at the 2003 annual meeting for UNAs in which Aminata Traore and John Clark participated, WFUNA’s “We the peoples 2003 report’ on the Millennium Declaration and bi-monthly newsletter UN Connections.
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 Lobbying Governments to mobilize resources for the Global Fund Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
The WFUNA secretariat circulated a paper encouraging UNAs to contribute to the efforts to increase the level of available resources for the Global Fund Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria . The paper includes a list of government pledges and the amounts paid thus far. Take me here >>
WFUNA Task Force Launches Policy Paper on WSIS
The WFUNA Task Force on World Summit on Information Society launched a policy paper during the 3rd Preparatory Committee meeting of WSIS in Geneva. Take me here >>
Making Information Technologies Work for All
UNA-Uganda, a member of the WFUNA WSIS Task Force, held a consultative workshop to raise awareness of the information society in Uganda and to facilitate a discussion about the WSIS process. The first public consultation of its kind in the history of UNA-U, it was very successful in engaging the interest of participants in the WSIS issues and implications for Uganda.
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Friends and Enemies of the United Nations
Ambassador William vanden Heuvel, Vice-Chair of WFUNA's Executive Committee delivered a two-part lecture series on the enemies and friends of the United Nations within the United States. The first lecture, The United Nations and Its Enemies, was delivered as part of the Arthur Ross Lecture Series at the Foreign Policy Association on October 30. He identified the UN's main enemies within the United States as the disinformation campaigns carried out by a well-funded powerful group of ideological radicals determined to undermine the UN. In his follow-up lecture, The United Nations and its Friends: What if the United States Wanted the United Nations to be Successful, Ambassador vanden Heuvel explores "what an American government led by someone with the vision and pragmatic discipline of F. D. Roosevelt would do today if its purpose was to lead the U.N. in creating a better world."
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Are UN Goals Achievable?
Paper delivered by Malcolm Harper, Member of the WFUNA Executive Committee and Director of the United Nations Association of the United Kingdom at the regional Conference of Caribbean United Nations Associations, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, on 17 October, 2003. Take me here >> (pdf)
The Age of Global Transformations: New Challenges and Critical Trends of the Early 21st Century
A paper prepared by WFUNA Honorary President, Prof. Mihaly Simai of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The paper is based on his book of the same title. Take me here >> (pdf)
The Global Compact and the United Nations Associations
A paper prepared by the WFUNA Secretariat that suggests strategies for UNAs to promote support for the Global Compact and practical implementation of its nine Principles. Take me here >>
Lobbying Governments to include Youth in Delegations to the UN
The WFUNA secretariat has circulated a paper on the subject of lobbying national governments to include youth in their delegations to the most important UN meetings. The paper advises on ways to approach government officials and provides youth with practical lobbying tips. Take me here >>
“Financing for NGOs’ participation in the Financing for Development follow up process”
The purpose of this concept paper is to focus on establishing, as a basic principle, the need for the financing of NGO participation to be integrated into the new approach to development.
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The Need to Strengthen the United Nations
This address was delivered by Bruna Molina Faidutti, Director of the WFUNA Geneva office, on 13 November, 2003. Take me here >>
International Sustainable Development Law
This paper, distributed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, focuses on International Sustainable Development Law. Take me here >> (pdf)
“Strengthening the United Nations through Deepened Cooperation with NGOs, the Private Sector and Parliaments”
Recognizing the need of strengthened cooperation and involvement of NGOs and civil society in UN relations, but critical of the direction towards effective integration as set forth by the Cardoso model, the German Development Institute proposes its own solutions for UN reform. Take me here >>
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