The International Day of Peace September 21, 2011 will be held in Cairo

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Millennium Development Goals Awards, Honoring Governments, President, Organizations and Individuals that have made substantial contributions towards the MDG Goals.

Our President Mrs. Sally (Salwa) Kader received one of the MDG awards for this year 2010,  recognizing her work. United Nations New York

International Peace Day Sept. 21, 2011 report

“Peace After Consciousness”

UN Concert for Harmony, Joy & Inspiration (see Advertisings Flyer

11 - 29 July, 2011, New York, 49th session  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, United Nations Headquarters in New York in Room 3 NLB (North Lawn Building). On the occasion of its 49th session, to be held in New York  the Committee will hold a general discussion on the protection of women in conflict and post-conflict situations in the context of the following provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women, USFMEP participated in the general discussion on 18 July 2011, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and provided the following  written statement 

High-Level Meeting on Youth         
25 - 26 July, 2011 , New York
As part of the International Youth Year, the General Assembly will hold a high-level meeting on youth on 25 and 26 July 2011. The high-level meeting will have as its overarching theme “Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding”. clink on the flyer to south-south news report 

UN General Assembly - Kofi Annan praised the work of civil society organizations that have adopted effective multi-dimensional, coordinated and regional collaborative approaches in their struggles to promote peace.

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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Convention text and the Ratification Status.

UN Women entity established: On 2 July, in a historic moment, the UN General Assembly voted unanimously for the establishment of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment, to be known as “UN Women.” The resolution that establishes the new entity is part of a larger resolution on System-wide Coherence (A/64/L.56) and is the result of years of negotiations between UN Member States and active advocacy of women’s groups and civil society. With the establishment of UN Women, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said the world has entered “a new era in the UN’s work for women.”  The new entity, which will be operational by January 2011, will consolidate the four existing gender entities – the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW); the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW); the Office of the Special Adviser for Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI); and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) – into one in order to ensure stronger coherence and coordination at all levels and to bring together resources and mandates for greater impact. A transition period started upon adoption of the resolution and will continue until 31 December 2010.

Dubai, May 31, 2011: Dubai chapter organized a meeting on Sunday 3 May 2011 at the University of Wollongong in Dubai to hear about the USFMEP and watch a power point presentation prepared by Ralph Kader.  Participants came from all sectors of life in Dubai; students, full time workers, part time office workers, mums and dads.  After the presentation myself and Vijaya Nair who co-hosted the session with me, asked people what had sparked their interest and in what way they would like to become involved. We had an interesting discussion about how people view the issue of personal peace and how that plays out in the world. By the end of the meeting we had a list of people who were interested in staying involved in some way and who volunteered to begin planning a one day workshop for interested friends and relatives on the issue of Peace in the Middle East.  However a number of people paid their membership fee and joined the US Federation for Middle East Peace Organization (USFMEP) and some direct contact with USFMEP New York seeking volunteer or internship opportunities were made.  It is small steps so far in getting a group organized in Dubai but those who attended the meeting had lots of enthusiasm we can tap. 
Chris Richards-Whelan, Director

September 19, 2010.

Human Trafficking Beijing + 15 Lessons Learned

Date: March 1, 2010; Time: 10:30 am to 11:30 am Place: Conference room ”C" Second floor, North Lawn Temporary Building, United Nations HQ, NYC, NY 10017 Click here to see the subjects