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In 1989 SDIA became an international non-governmental organization (NGO) in Special Consultative Status with UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC ) and UNICEF and more recently also Department of Public Information (DPI).  This recognition permits SDIA to send representatives to international NGO meetings organized by ECOSOC and other UN agencies.  SDIA is active in meetings related to Human Rights, Social Development, the Millennium Development Goals and the Council of NGOs in Consultative Status (CONGO).  You can find reports by representatives who have attended UN related meetings on behalf of SDIA in this section of the library.

2007.04 - UN: Report on the Human Rights Council

Posted in: United Nations, Human Rights
By Katherine Carré, 11 April 2007

As representative of SDIA/WSA to the UN Geneva, Kathrine Carré attended some of the meetings of the Fourth Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), and has produced a summary of events and meetings.

2007.06 - UN: Report on the Human Rights Council

Posted in: United Nations, Human Rights
by Katherine Carré, June 20, 2007

The UN Human Rights Council held its fifth session in Geneva from 11th to 18th June 2007 and has successfully survived its year of transformation and institution building, but not without pains. Only a few thematic reports were presented, amongst which the Right to Food. The UN Special Rapporteur on Food will be one of the speakers at the Forum in Geneva later this month which two SD people will attend.

2007.10 - UN: Meeting on Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue

Posted in: United Nations, Peace Building
Professor Patrice Brodeur (University of Montreal) attended the UN Meeting on Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogues October 2007 in New York.

Download attachment(s): [ un_interrel_intercult_Panels.pdf ] [ un_interrel_intercult_provisionalProgramme.pdf ] [ un_interrel_intercult_ConceptNote.pdf ]


2008 - Social Enterprise: A New Model for Poverty Reduction and Employment Generation

Posted in: Community Development, United Nations
Initiatives in post-communist states often focus on bolstering the private sector or the state, ignoring organizations that combine for-profit activities with social aims. This report suggests ways to promote social enterprises, to make the legal and political environments more favourable, to support social enterprises, and to provide ‘seed money’ and small grants to sustain social enterprise.

2008.06 - UN: World Food Security Conference Fact Sheet

Posted in: United Nations, Environment
High level conference, sponsored by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). A fact-sheet created by Myra Margolin and Solen Gratiet.

Download attachment(s): [ faoFactsheet-2008-08.pdf ]


2008.09 - UN: Reaffirming Human Rights for All

Posted in: United Nations, Human Rights
Raphael Bate, chair of SD France, attended the Human Rights Conference in Paris in September, 2008.

2008.09 - UNHRC: Ninth Session Report

Posted in: United Nations, Human Rights
Katherine Carré's report on the Ninth Session of the Human Rights Council meeting in September 2008.

2009 - UNDP: Capacity Development

Posted in: Training and Capacity Building, United Nations, Development Issues
Capacity development is the process through which individuals, organizations and societies obtain, strengthen and maintain the capability to achieve their own development objectives. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) helps people to access the knowledge, experience and resources they need to build better lives.

2009.03 - NGO Committee on UNICEF

Posted in: United Nations, Education
Alexandra Woodward recently attended a meeting of the UNICEF NGO Committee in New York. She had a chance to present Susila Dharma work with children — in particular ICDP — and to make contacts with other organisations and working groups active on specific issues, such as children without parents.

2009.03 - UN Commission on Social Development

Posted in: United Nations, Community Development
In her article on the 47th UN Session of the Commission on Social Development in New York, Myra Margolin deftly pulls together definitions to clarify our understanding of social integration, what she learned from this meeting, her observations of the UN processes and her experience as a Subud member.

2009.04 - Navigating the UN in Geneva

Posted in: Human Rights, United Nations
Between the 16th and 27th March 2009, Solen Lees Gratiet attended the Advanced Geneva Training Course in Human Rights Law and Advocacy at the International Service for Human Rights. Here is her report of that experience.

2009.04 - UN: Durban Review Conference

Posted in: United Nations, Human Rights
Katherine Carré reports on a UN review of progress in combating racism since the  UN Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance held in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.

2009.04 - UNHRC: Freedom of Religion or Belief

Posted in: United Nations, Human Rights
Amalia Rasheed of Spain, reports on the UN-HRC session in Geneva on Freedom of Religion or Belief, held March 12, 2009.

2009.04 - UNHRC: The Right to Food

Posted in: United Nations, Human Rights
Amalia Rasheed of Spain reports on the UN-HRC session held in Geneva on the Right to Food.

2009.04 - UNHRC: The Rights of the Child

Posted in: United Nations, Human Rights
Amalia Rasheed of Spain reports on the UN Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva on The Rights of the Child, March 2009.

2009.09 Human Rights and Climate Change

Posted in: Human Rights, United Nations
Katherine Carré reports on a Panel Discussion in the United Nations Human Rights Council Plenary.

2010.04 Parks in Rio

Posted in: United Nations
"It opened muy eyes to see that internationally in urban assessment there was no awareness of the importance of parks for playing and earth for planting."

—Illene Pevec on Child-friendly Cities.

2010.07 Planning for the MDG Summit

Posted in: United Nations
From June 14-15, 2010, Myra Margolin attended the Informal, Interactive Hearings of the General Assembly with Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the Private Sector at the UN Headquarters in New York. There NGOs, CSOs and members of the private sector provided input into the planning process for the upcoming high-level plenary meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (also called the MDG Summit) that will occur this September.

2010.07-UNHRC The Right To Freedom Of Religion Or Belief

Posted in: United Nations

2010.08 - The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples

Posted in: United Nations
The Expert Mechanism is a new UN mechanism on the rights of the indigenous peoples which continues the work of the Working Group on Indigenous Peoples

2010.10 The Right to Food-unhrc

Posted in: United Nations
One of the U.N.'s Milleneum Developement Goals (MDG's) concerns the Right to Food. Katherine Carré reports on the various food related issues under consideration by the UN Human Rights Commission's Advisory Committee.

2010.12 SDIA and the UN Millenium Development Goals

Posted in: United Nations
End poverty by 2015? The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the United Nations' targets and clear deadlines for improving the lives of the world's poorest people. These goals are theoretically achievable and, in some countries they have already been reached. SDIA and its members are doing valuable work to help reach the targets.

2010.12 UN Committees in Geneva, Sept 2010

Posted in: United Nations
Clean water, social equity, sustainability, cost sharing for the rich as well as the poor, Sharifin Gardiner explains that these and many other crucial issues are gaining practical momentum in the UN in Geneva.

2010.12 UN NGO Conference in Melbourne, Australia

Posted in: United Nations
Rohana Fravel reports on a United Nations conference in Melbourne, Australia aimed at creating an unbiased and balanced interactive dialogue between non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society activists and experts on the subjects of advancing global health and achieving the eight Millennium Developing Goals (MDGs) before 2015.

2010.12 UN-HRC: Civil Society and Women's Rights

Posted in: United Nations
Hesther Bate reports on a UN forum on the development of Civil Society, paying special attention to the growing awareness of the importance of women's rights.

2010.15 UN Conference on Sustainable Development

Posted in: United Nations
The Earth Summit in Rio 1992 has not achieved its aims and objectives. Our planet and its people are in a far more critical situation today than we were 20 years ago. With two years to go before the reunion of stakeholders and world leaders at the Rio+20 Conference in 2012, Sharifin Gardiner reports on this crucial effort by the United Nations.

2011-04 Summary Report on the Earth Summit Prepcon 2

Posted in: United Nations, Environment
A report on Sharifin Gardiner's trip to the New York plenary meeting of for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, UNCSD, or "Rio +20" on the themes:
  • A green economy in the context of poverty eradication and sustainable development
  • An institutional framework for sustainable development.


2011.11.10 NGO Committee on UNICEF

Posted in: United Nations
Uraidah Hassani, in her role as SDIA representative to the UN, reports on a meeting to create a new mandate for the NGO Committee on UNICEF (NGOCU).

2012.01 Susila Dharma and the MDGs

Posted in: United Nations
What is the contribution of Susila Dharma towards acheiving the UN Millennium Development Goals? Download this Matrix and see it all in one place.

SDIA MDG Acheivements

Ban Ki-moon briefs NGOs on his vision for his next term

Posted in: United Nations
Ban Ki-moon focused heavily on the importance of disarmament, assisting countries in transition, and the power of partnership. The Secretary General stressed the significance of a healthy civil society in the success of a country’s development. He called for the NGOs to help women’s groups, social media activists and others fulfill their roles as nations move forward and develop.