[Ftffacilitationteam] Fwd: Important letter for your review andsign-on

Jue Sep 10 09:23:38 UYT 2009

Great suggestion, Marcela.  Will do, if ok with others.  Will add  FTF as 
well.

Best,
Rosa

In a message dated 9/10/2009 7:05:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Marcela.Ballara en fao.org writes:

Dear  Rosa ood news and agree on singing the letter. Suggest also to  
include
ICAE/GEO name in the letter.

Marcela 

2009/9/9  <RosaenCasa en aol.com>

>  Dear friends,
>
> Am  back in New York after days in Portugal for the Global Foundation and
>  Global Council meetings.  They were very productive meetings and  am
thrilled
> to inform that the FTF was well involved in the  meetings.  I will send
> highlights separately but for now, I would  like to forward information
> regarding the follow-up to the UN  Conference on the Financial and 
Economic
> Crisis and its Impact on  Development which took place this past June.  
As a
> follow-up  mechanism to that Conference which we FTF are following, the
> President  of the General Assembly(PGA) D'Escoto Brockman has proposed an 
Ad
> Hoc  Open Ended Working Group to attend to the work and proposals of the
>  Outcome Document of that Conference (not to be repetitive, please see  
the
> details in the message below.)  The group is meeting today  for the first
> time.  At the moment, there is no formal mechanism  for civil society/NGO
> intervention.  The Global Social Economy  Group / Global Crisis Group is
> proposing that a letter be sent to  President D'Escoto and the upcoming
(PGA)
> to include CSOs/NGOs in  the work of the Working Group.  I am proposing 
that
> the Feminist  Task Force be a signatory to the letter and unless I hear
> otherwise, I  will add our name to the list tomorrow (deadline is Thursday
> COB in  NY).
>
> If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to  skype me, call me or
> write me.
>
> Warm regards to you  all,
>
> Rosa
>
>   ------------------------------
> From: Matt.Simonds en ituc-csi.org
>  Reply-to: global-social-economy en googlegroups.com
> To:  global-crises-2008 en googlegroups.com,
>  global-social-economy en googlegroups.com
> Sent: 9/9/2009 8:41:42 A.M.  Eastern Daylight Time
> Subj: Important letter for your review and  sign-on
>
>
> To the Global Social Economy/Global Crisis  Groups:
>
>
>
> Re: Important Letter for your review  and sign-on
>
>
>
> This is by way of an update on  important developments at the UN, giving
> particular attention to those  items that relate to the outcome of the 
June
> Conference on the  Crisis.  Recalling paragraph 54 of the June Conference
> Outcome  Document which called on the General Assembly (GA) to establish 
an
> Ad  Hoc Open Ended Working Group of the GA to follow up issues contained  
in
> the Outcome Document, we can report that the process is underway.  
Notably,
> on 31 July, the GA agreed to establish the Working Group. The  President 
of
> the 63rd GA, Father Dâ€™Escoto, recently appointed (and  they have agreed to
> serve) H.E. Mr. Lazarous Kapambwe, Permanent  Representative of Zambia and
> H.E. Mr. Morten Wetland, Permanent  Representative of Norway as co-Chairs 
of
> the Ad Hoc Working Group.  (see PGA letter attached). The first meeting of
> the Working Group will  take place at the UN on Wednesday 9 September 2009
at
> 11am in  Conference Room 4.  We will be following this meeting and  
reporting
> on any key developments.
>
>
>
>  Also, you may recall that Martin Tsounkeu had suggested on 11 August  
that
> we write a letter directly to the Office of the President of the  General
> Assembly requesting some sort of consultative arrangement to  ensure
> continuing involvement of Civil Society Organizations and NGOâ€™s  in the
> Working Group.  Taking up on this very important  suggestion, we have
> prepared a letter to be presented to both the  outgoing President of the 
63
> rd GA, and the incoming President of the  64th GA, (Mr. Ali Abdussalam
> Treki â€“ Libya), who will take over on  Tuesday 15 September 2009.  We
> attach the letter for your review,  comment, and sign on.  Given the short
> time available, and the  critical importance of this initiative for 
staying
> engaged in the  follow-up process, we would request that you refrain from
> suggested  modifications or restrict them to the minimum.
>
> We seek  organizational, not individual sign-ons. Please indicate whether
> your  organization agrees to sign-on, and provide the exact organizational
>  details
>
> * *
>
> *We would like to have the letter  finalized by the evening of Thursday 10
> September, and ready for  sending by Friday 11 September, 2009.  *
>
>
>
>  Thanks and best regards,
>
> Gemma Adaba and Matt  Simonds
>
> International Trade Union Confederation  (ITUC)
>
> ITUC United Nations Office
>
> 211 East  43rd St. Suite 710
>
> New York, NY 10017
>
> Tel: 212  370 0180 Fax: 212 370 0188
>
> Email:  matt.simonds en ituc-csi.org
>
> Website:  http://www.ituc-csi.org
>
> *P** **Save Paper - THINK before you  print!*
>
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