If you are searching for information about NGOs associated with the United Nations and also finding helpful resources on issues such as including sustainable development, creating a safer and more secure world, helping countries in transition, empowering women and young people, and addressing poverty, among others, the NGO Relations Section of the UN Department of Public Information will be very useful.
You can also access necessary information on how you can partner with the UN from its website.
It also announces important UN events where NGOs are able to attend.
Some of the publications you can download free of cost from its Online Resources section are ‘Agricultural Outlook 2010-2019’ which gives introduction to the global agricultural outlook with comments on risks uncertainties, projection highlights, price volatility, trends in commodity markets, and more.
‘Promoting Gender Equality in HIV & AIDS Responses’ which offers a variety of case studies and articles to highlight the importance of promoting gender equality in HIV/AIDS responses.
‘A World Fit for Children’ introducing you to the Rights of the Child, MDG, and how these conventions and goals can make the world fit for children; ‘Global First Initiative’ aiming to raise the political profile of education, strengthen the global movement to achieve quality education and generate additional and sufficient funding through sustained advocacy efforts.
The ‘Working with the UN Human Rights Programme- A handbook for Civil Society’ gives detailed report on the committees, treaty bodies, councils, special procedures, and review that create the systems and organization of the Office of the Higher Commissioner for Human Rights.
You can view more resources here.
