U NITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA
NATIONS UNIES
CO MMISSION ECONOMIQUE POUR L'AFRIQUE
No. 617 11 reh 1994
(Africa Ball, Addis AhabEl, 1,4-1 7 March 19 9 4 )
The united Nations Ec onom:Lc Commi ss i on for Afr'ca (UNECA)" T e International council of Voluntary Agencies (l CVA), the Chr istia n Relief and Develo pme nt Assoc i a.t i o n (eRDA) , the ccnsor-t Lum of Ethiopian Voluntar y Orga niz ati on s (CEVO) and the Inter fr iea Grr u p
(rAG), will jointly organ ize a Glob a l NOO Fo r um on t he t.h eme
"Building Sustaina ble Soc ieties: The Role of Noos 1n E ergenc ies and Social Developme nt" fr om 14-1 7 M.arch 1994 at Afric a Ha l l , Ad is Ababa, Ethiopia.
The objectives of the Global Forum are to:
• analyse the rol e of NGOS in promoting peac e f u l con 1'1i t resolution;
• identi f y the op po r t un i ti e s and constrai nt s in t he trans ition from reli e f to development and s a le u N Os long- t e rm sustainable huma n development efforts~
• identify NGO modal iti~s and strategies to promo t e the development of strongt viabl e and ac t i ve civil so c ie t i -51
• identify and develop NGO concerns, posit i o ns and perspectiv e s on t.he upcomi ng World SummIt for SCI ' i
Developme n t.
The Global NGO Forum wi 1 prov i de an impor t a n t opport un i t y for all concerned to share experiences, ide nt ify curr ent and r challenges and pri o r i t i e s for act i o n a d outii e pract.·c I modalities for coor d i na t i ng ac1:ivi ti e s , sha ing in f ormat i on and networkinq as relat e d to the conce rns of peac I poverty allevia. ion and sustainable huma n developmen-.
The Global Forum will be formally opene d by His l~x(:ellency
prime Minister of the Transi ticmal Govern en t of Ethiopia , t o Tamrat Layne, at 14: 30 p.m. on Monday, 14 Marc h 1994 , a d {,\/ill be
attended by over 400 partici pants from all ove r the world .
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