UN President of General Assembly's 4 May 2015, High-level Thematic Debate on Strengthening Cooperation between the UN and Regional and Subregional Organizations: Apply for civil society speaking roles or selection committee
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 7:00AM
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At the request of the Office of the President of the UN General Assembly, UN-NGLS is facilitating a nomination process to identify 2 civil society speakers for the President's High-level Thematic Debate on Strengthening Cooperation between the UN and Regional and Subregional Organizations, taking place on 4 May 2015 at UN Headquarters. The concept note for the event is available here: http://bit.ly/PGA-Strengthening-Cooperation-Concept-Note

This nomination process seeks candidates for one civil society speaking role in each of two Panel Discussions:

Panel 1: "Enhancing the strategic relationship between the UN and regional and subregional organizations in the areas of peace, stability and human rights."

Panel 2: "Galvanizing support of regional and subregional organizations for the implementation of a transformative post-2015 development agenda."

The two civil society speakers will receive travel funding.

By 6 April

Submit nominations here: http://bit.ly/4May-PGA-Speakers-Nominate

Nominations received will post online automatically here: http://bit.ly/4May-PGA-Cooperation-Speakers-Received

To apply for the civil society Selection Committee, visit: http://bit.ly/4May-PGA-Cooperation-SC-Apply

The outcome of the debate will be a negotiated Declaration to be adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. 

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Susan Alzner
Officer in Charge, New York Office
United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS)
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