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1325
www.peacewomen.org		 United Nations Resolution 1325  - passed unanimously on 31 October 2000, calls for the full and equal participation of women in conflict resolution and peace building. It is the first resolution ever passed by the Security Council that specifically addresses the impact of war on women, and women's contributions to conflict resolution and sustainable peace.
AGM Annual General Meeting for Women Graduates-USA.
CIR Coordinator for International Relations – The representative of each IFUW affiliate on the IFUW Council, the governing body of IFUW.
CSO
web.worldbank.org		 Civil Society Organization - includes NGOs, trade unions, faith-based organizations, indigenous peoples movements, and foundations.
MDG
www.undp.org/mdg/abcs.html		 United Nations Millennium Development Goals - The MDGs are eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world's main development challenges. They were adopted by 189 nations-and signed by 147 heads of state and governments during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000. The eight MDGs break down into 21 quantifiable targets that are measured by 60 indicators. Those goals are:
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women


Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development
NFA
www.ifuw.org/nfas		 National Federations and Associations of IFUW – for list of all NFA members of IFUW, see the website.
UHRI
www.universalhumanrightsindex.org		 Universal Human Rights Index - The UHRI is an online tool designed to facilitate access to conclusions and recommendations made by the United Nations human rights mechanisms.  So far more than 1,000 documents have been indexed, with each paragraph classified by country, right, body and affected persons.  It already includes all concluding observations from the treaty bodies since 2006 and will soon provide access to recommendations made in the framework of the Human Rights Council's UPR (see below.)

This tool that WG members can use, enables one to gain an international perspective on national and regional human rights developments, as well as an overview on cooperation between States and international institutions."
UN Status
www.un.org		 Consultative Status – a phrase used for “Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council."

There are three classes of Consultative Status, General, Special & Roster and there are currently 3051 NGOs in consultative status with the ECOSOC.

The types of NGOs that can apply for consultative status include: the NGO must have a democratic decision making mechanism, must be in existence for at least 2 years in order to apply, the basic resources of the organization must be derived in the main part from contributions of the national affiliates, individual members or other non-governmental components.

General - Organizations that are concerned with most of the activities of the Council and its subsidiary bodies and can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Council that they have substantive and sustained contributions to make to the achievement of the objectives of the United Nations and are closely involved with the economic and social life of the peoples of the areas they represent and whose membership, which should be considerable, is broadly representative of major segments of society in a large number of countries in different regions of the world shall be known as organizations in general consultative status."

Special -  Organizations that have a special competence in, and are concerned specifically with, only a few of the fields of activity covered by the Council and its subsidiary bodies, and that are known within the fields for which they have or seek consultative status shall be known as organizations in special consultative status."

Roster - Other organizations that do not have general or special consultative status but that the Council, or the Secretary-General of the United Nations in consultation with the Council or its Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, considers can make occasional and useful contributions to the work of the Council or its subsidiary bodies or other United Nations bodies.
UPR
www.ohchr.org		 Universal Periodical Review - The Human Rights Council (HRC) was mandated by the United Nations to undertake a universal periodic review of the fulfillment by each State of its human rights obligations and commitments.
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