WACAUNDA, Ill., Aug. 28, 2015
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "The UN Consultative Status for our
organization will enable us to actively engage with ECOSOC and its
subsidiary bodies, as well as with the United Nations Secretariat,
programs, funds and agencies in a number of ways," stated Arun
Gandhi, the organization's founder and 5th grandson of the
Mahatma Gandhi.
In a letter dated July 23, 2015
(World Peace Day, coincidently) the UN ECOSOC acting Chief
Alberto Padova wrote: "The new
status entitles the Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute to
designate official representatives to the United Nations
Headquarters in New York and the
United Nations offices in Geneva
and Vienna… and you may designate authorized representatives to sit
as observers at public meetings of ECOSOC and its subsidiary
bodies, General Assembly, Human Rights Council and other United
Nations intergovernmental decision-making bodies."
"This status will help future fund raising efforts and open up
GWEI's voice at the UN. GWEI will be allowed to host this status at
our website and make it part of our grant detail, exec summary,
business plan and press release narrative," said Lynnea Bylund the GWEI director who marshaled
the ECOSOC appointment initiative and application process over the
past two years.
The ECOSOC Special Consultative Status is reserved for
non-profit organizations. GWEI was approved by the United Nations
department's special committee to apply in August 2013. GWEI's application and work was
subsequently scheduled for review by 17 representatives from UN
member countries On May 29, 2015,
GWEI was officially recommended for Special Consultative
Status.
"GWEI now has the option to attend meetings, provided written
statements, make oral statements, organize parallel events, and
participate in debates, dialogues, panel discussions and informal
meetings. Human right issues, peace, security, poverty, status of
woman's issues, trafficking, child rights to education, sustainable
development, social development, and technology are some of the
issues GWEI will address," added Lynnea
Bylund.
In addition to the ECOSOC appointment Arun Gandhi has been invited by UN General
Assembly President Sam Kutesa to
address a high-level UN forum declaring a New Culture of Peace on
September 9, 2015 in New York.
About Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute
The Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute, a 501c-3 charitable
organization, has embarked on an ambitious multi-pronged program to
help eradicate the scourge of poverty and human degradation.
"Poverty is the worse form of violence," Mahatma Gandhi said. The
priority of the GWEI is to rescue children from the poorest
sections of Indian society, those who are the first to become
victims of criminal gangs; the second priority is to build local
institutions that serve as shelters and learning centers, where the
rescued children will receive essential nutrition and education –
nourishment for body, mind, and soul. Visit Gandhi Worldwide
Education Institute website and blog at www.gandhiforchildren.org
for further information and/or to place a donation.
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