Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Aging
Children
Climate Change
Culture
Development
Disarmament
Education
Energy
Environment
Family
Habitat
Human Rights
Indigenous Peoples
Information
Media
Sustainable Development
Values
Violence
Water
Women
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Indigenous women
Information and communication technologies
Men and boys
Millennium Development Goals
Policy advice
The girl child
Trafficking in women and girls
Violence against women
Women and armed conflict
Women and health
Women and poverty
Women and the economy
Women and the environment
Women and the media
Women and the media
Women in power and decision-making
Social Development:
Aging
Conflict
Cooperative
Disabled persons
Employment
Indigenous issues
Information and Communications Technologies
Poverty
Technical cooperation
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Climate change
Disaster management and vulnerability
Education
Energy
Freshwater
Gender equality
Health
Human settlements
Major Groups
Marine Resources
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Nepal
United States of America
Kenya
India
Italy
Indonesia
Trinidad and Tobago
Fiji
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2015 |
| Organizational structure: |
Members of the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY Board of Directors of which there are four founding members who shall serve until removed by a vote of the majority of the Board of Directors or upon their resignation. Additional directors are elected by a majority of the directors then in office. The number of directors shall be a minimum of three (3). Directors need not be residents of the State of New York. The business and affairs of the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY are managed by its Board of Directors and shall include fundraising. The officers of the Board of Directors shall consist of a President, two Vice Presidents, an Administrative Treasurer and a Recording Secretary. Every four years there are elections of the NGOCSD-NY Executive Board. There is a nomination committee formed to conduct the nomination process from the membership. Following the nomination process the Nomination Committee creates a slate of qualified candidates and there is an election in December of that year at a General Membership Meeting and the vote is with full members of the NGOCSD-NY. The Executive Board consists of a Chair, two Vice Chairs, Treasurer, a Secretary and a Corresponding Secretary plus the Chair Ex-Officio with a minimum of six additional Executive Board members, each of who shall be elected by the General membership. NGOCSD-NY Executive Board members shall be elected for a term of four (4) years or until a successor has been duly elected and qualifies or appointed by the President with the approval of the Executive Board. |
| Number and type of members: |
139 NGOCSD-NY Members consist of NGOs in Consultative Status with ECOSOC, NGOs associated with the UN Dept. of Public Information or the UN Dept. of Global Communications, Members from universities and colleges including individuals and youth from civil society and organizations interested in supporting the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda to Leave No One Behind. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
UN Department of Public Information, UN Habitat Civil Society Working Group, HLPF NGO Major Group & Women's Major Group |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
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| Funding structure other: |
no other structure |
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