100 Years International Women’s Day
March 8, 2011 by Maria
Filed under Associated Partners, Best Events, Peace
Happy International Women´s Day to all our female readers, friends and associates!
Panel discussion on “100 Years International Women’s Day:
Time to celebrate? Achievements and Prospects”
To mark
International Women’s Day 2011
the Vienna NGO Committee on the Status of Women
in cooperation with
the United Nations lnformation Service (UNIS) Vienna
organized a panel discussion on
“100 Years International Women’s Day:
Time to celebrate?
Achievements and Prospects”
on
Thursday, 10 March 2011, 15:00 hours – 17:30 hours
Vienna International Centre (VIC)
Conference Room M7
M-Building
Welcome remarks
by Marlene Parenzan
Chairperson of the Vienna NGO Committee on the Status of Women
Sonja Wintersberger
Officer-in-Charge, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna
Speakers:
Helga Konrad, Consultant on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, former Austrian Federal Minister for Women
Karin Lukas, Senior Legal Researcher, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
Anna Sporrer, Women’s Rights Expert
Alice Wells, President Elect, Soroptimist International
Moderator:
Sibylle Hamann, freelance Journalist
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For further information, please contact:
Maria Naderhirn
NGO/CSO Liaison, UNIS Vienna
Telephone: (+43-1) 26060-3324
Website: www.unis.unvienna.org
Information received from our associate:
Österreichische Frauenföderation für Weltfrieden
1230 Wien, Erlaaer Platz 5/19
NGO-ECOSOC/DPIUN/VIE
Z.V.R. 367192876
Weltfriede – Universal Peace Federation
February 22, 2011 by Maria
Filed under Best Charities, Clubs & Associations, Inspirational, International and Highlights, Peace
Mother Teresa
UPF ist eine NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
Die Föderation für Weltfrieden wendet sich in ihren Tätigkeiten den Herausforderungen unserer Gesellschaft in einer globalisierten Welt zu:
UPF entstand aus einem Netzwerk von wissenschaftlich interdisziplinären, interreligiösen und internationalen Institutionen:
Die Interreligious Federation for World Peace veranstaltet seit über 20 Jahren Konferenzen und Bildungsprogramme in aller Welt, um den Frieden zwischen und unter den Religionen durch Begegnungstreffen, durch intensiven Dialog mit weltweit allen religiösen Strömungen und durch interreligiöse Kooperation auf Sachebenen zu verbessern.
Das Summit Council for World Peace, gegründet 1981, ist ein Weltforum für amtierende und ehemalige Staatsoberhäupter, für hochrangige Persönlichkeiten des öffentlichen Lebens und für politische Entscheidungsträger. Ziel dieses Forums ist die Erörterung globaler Probleme und die Suche nach Lösungen im sozialen, wirtschaftlichen und politischen Bereich.
Zu nennen sind auch das IRFF, eine NGO der Vereinten Nationen, die sich vor allem den Menschen in den armen Ländern zuwendet. Des weiteren das Religious Youth Service, das die Jugend aus verschiedensten religiösen Traditionen durch gemeinsame Reisen und Projekte zu gegenseitiger Akzeptanz, Toleranz und gemeinsamen karitativen Aktivitäten inspiriert.
In English:
UPF advocates renewal of the United Nations, including a proposal that the UN create an interreligious council within its structures. UPF implements its programs through a global network of Ambassadors for Peace.
Statement of Purpose
Of particular importance to UPF is cooperation with other significant international organizations, especially the United Nations. It is hoped that, by bringing religious leaders and other non-governmental leaders into closer collaboration, not merely as advisors but as partners with the representatives of sovereign nations, the way to peace will be both smoother and swifter. Much wisdom, indeed power, is vested in extra-political institutions, UPF seeks to harness that power and to promote reforms within the United Nations that reflect that vision.
UPF is a worldwide, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of world peace through education programs, workshops, conferences, and publications. UPF seeks to encourage and support the efforts of world leaders from all disciplines and to build coalitions among a wide range of non-governmental, religious, cultural, and educational institutions in advancing solutions to pressing world problems.
UPF supports the mission of the United Nations in pursuing peace, reconciliation, and human welfare. UPF intends to actively collaborate with the United Nations and other international and regional organizations similarly dedicated to the cause of achieving justice, world peace, and human prosperity.
UPF is a global alliance of individuals and organizations dedicated to building a world of peace in which we live in freedom, harmony, cooperation and co-prosperity for all. UPF is guided by a vision of humanity as one global family of God, living in accordance with universal principles.


