How to Get Involved

<body> <p>This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.</p> <table border="1" width="100%" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td width="89%"> <h1><font face="Arial Black">How to get involved</font></h1> </td> <td width="11%" bgcolor="#0000FF" height="13"><font face="Arial Black"><img align="top" border="0" src="../../wssd/logo.gif" width="75" height="82" alt="Go to www.geneva2000.org"></font></td> </tr> </table> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Active participation, critical and supportive contributions from all stakeholders is necessary to make WSSD+5 a success.</b></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"><font face="Arial" size="2">NGOs; women's groups; youth, indigenous peoples; religious communities; trade unions; business & industry; research & education; governments; local authorities have to make their voices heard and contribute their expertise to ensure that</font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"><font face="Arial" size="2">the review of progress since 1995 is accurate</font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"><font face="Arial" size="2">the discussion about new strategies and about new & emerging issues is well informed and realistic.</font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>This section provides information on how to get effectively involved in the preparations for WSSD+5:</b></font></p> <ul> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"><font face="Arial" size="2">How to participate at a UN meeting - how to get accredited , Do's and Don'ts at the UN; different UN meetings: Commissions, PrepComms, General Assembly Special Sessions</font></li> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"><font face="Arial" size="2">Lobbying (outreach article on minority influence) - how to talk to people, how to caucus, produce statements, amendments; oral statements</font></li> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"><font face="Arial" size="2">NGOs at WSSD</font></li> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"><font face="Arial" size="2">The UN and Non-Government Organisations - history, role at the summits, etc.</font></li> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"><font face="Arial" size="2">The UN in Geneva</font></li> </ul> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="2">Click here to download the complete section as TXT file (   KB) or as ZIP file (   KB).</font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3" align="center"><font face="Arial"><img src="../../wssd/Image2.gif" width="96" height="107" align="right" hspace="6" vspace="6" alt="Go to UNED-UK Home Page"></font></p> </body>