-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- -------- Forwarded message -------- From: The Millennium Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: United Nations NGO Community <> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 Subj: [mf] Registration Deadline - Update on the Millennium Forum To: All non-governmental organizations, humanitarian and community-based organizations, private voluntary organizations, academic institutions, religious organizations, unions, parliamentarians, local authorities and other representatives and groups of global civil society. From: The Millennium Forum Date: 2000.03.08 - 8 March 2000 Re: Registration Deadline Extended -- Update on the Millennium Forum ** Please distribute as widely as possible ** ** Please forward to other interested groups and organizations ** ** Please accept our apologies for cross-postings ** Dear Friend(s), In an effort to accommodate the vast numbers of grassroots-level non-governmental organizations and civil society groups in remote areas of the world who have expressed a keen interest in participating in the Millennium Forum, the deadline for applications to attend the Millennium Forum has been extended to 31 March 2000. The Millennium Forum is scheduled to be held 22-26 May 2000 at United Nations headquarters in New York. It strives to solicit the best thinking of civil society in all its sectors worldwide as they relate to six broad themes: * Peace, Security & Disarmament, * Poverty Eradication * Human Rights, * Sustainable Development and the Environment * Facing the Challenge of Globalization: Achieving Equity, Diversity & Sustainability * Democratizing and Strengthening the United Nations and Global Institutions The Forum will also be GENDER BALANCED in its representation. As of the initial deadline of 1 March 2000, the Forum had received more than 750 applications for participation in the Forum, from organizations and individuals in more than 90 countries. However, the Forum has also received many inquiries from remote regions of the world, and the time-delay in getting information out to and back from civil society organizations in such regions has necessitated extending the deadline. To be assured of being considered for participation in the Forum, then, organizations and individuals should ensure that their printed application forms are postmarked no later than 31 March 2000 -- or that their on-line, email or fax applications have been sent to the Forum by the end of the day on 31 March 2000. To Register on-line, or to learn more about the Forum, please visit our website at: http://www.millenniumforum.org REGISTERING ON-LINE IS THE QUICKEST AND MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION. In other developments, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan gave the Forum a boost recently during remarks to civil society in New Zealand, when he said that the "NGO Revolution" has been "the best thing that has happened to our Organization in a long time." He invited civil society organizations to the Millennium Forum, calling for a stronger partnership between the UN and civil society. "Civil society organizations have already given new life and new meaning to the idea of an international community," said Secretary General Annan on 23 February 2000. "And you can give us your ideas about the role the United Nations should play in the twenty-first century. "I hope you will come to the Millennium Forum in May full of constructive suggestions on how to approach the world’s most pressing problems, and how to deal with them in a spirit of global solidarity," Mr. Annan concluded. "I hope you will help us achieve our goal of bringing the United Nations closer to the people." The Millennium Forum represents the next step towards strengthening the influence of global civil society in international affairs, particularly at the United Nations. It is the next in the series of major global NGO conferences, following on The Earth Summit, the Social Summit, the Beijing NGO Forum for Women, the Hague Appeal for Peace, and other great conferences of the 1990s. In tackling such a wide range of issues, from peace to human rights to globalization, and in its attempts to reach a new level of global diversity and participation, the Forum is unique for a United Nations-related civil society conference. We continue to seek your participation in this process, which we believe will result in more effective efforts by NGOs and civil society organizations in global decision-making and the implementation of action plans, especially at the United Nations and in other international organizations. In particular, we hope that you will take one or more of the following actions: -- Log-on to our Website at http://www.millenniumforum.org and read through the various draft papers on the themes that interest your organization and send comments on those drafts to the thematic convenors, which are listed on the website. ** Your input into these papers is vital if we are truly to represent the views of civil society worldwide. -- Log-on to our Website at http://www.millenniumforum.org and register for participation in the Forum's main meeting in May via our on-line registration form (which can be found under the "How to get involved" section). (Please note: we do hope to have some travel funds available in the near future for organizations from the Global South.) -- Send this message to other NGOs and civil society organizations in your network and/or to the appropriate person within your own organization. ** We want, particularly, to widen the network. so please forward this to other people you are working with on local-to-global issues. ** -- Print out this message and share it with others at various NGO/Civil Society organization meetings such as you may be attending or organizing in the next few weeks. We do understand that many organizations in the Global South do not have email, so we are counting on those that do to spread this message. -- Publish news about the Forum in your organization's newsletter, magazine or website. We have on our website a range of press releases and publishable background materials that are available for downloading and publication. Visit http://www.millenniumforum.org for more information. Up to 1,400 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other groups of civil society will be able to gather at the United Nations in May to discuss these topics through an innovative program of "interactive plenaries" focusing on the main themes of the Forum. Plans are also being made to allow representatives of civil society worldwide to participate through various on-line and satellite meetings. Among the main expected outcomes of the Forum will be an extended document on the topics of peace, poverty, human rights, environment, globalization and "strengthening and democratizing the United Nations and other International Organizations," all under the main theme of "the United Nations for the Twenty-First Century." This document will be presented to the world leaders who gather at the Millennium Summit in September. As explained in previous emails, you been subscribed to this general Millennium Forum announcement list because of interest you or your organization has express in previous NGO/Civil Society/United Nations - related conferences or issues. Some of you are also new to this list. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, please rely with the words "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line. Please understand, however, we are seeking to reach as many NGOs and civil society organizations as possible around the world and you may end up on our list again, especially if you subscribe to any of the various listservs on the Forum's main topics. We expect to be making periodic announcements about the Forum to this list, at a rate of roughly no more than one per week until the Forum takes place in May. 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