Other relevant bodies in the United Nations system
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• Facilitates a two-way exchange of information and experience between UNICEF and
NGOs at international and national levels;
• Encourages cooperative efforts among NGOs and between NGOs and UNICEF;
• Encourages member organizations and their national affiliates to document and make
known to UNICEF special needs of children which remain unmet;
• Shares with UNICEF innovative and successful programmes undertaken by NGOs at
local, national and international levels, and lessons learned;
• Provides input to UNICEF Executive Board meetings.
The main office of the NGO Committee is in New York. Its governing body, the Global Forum, is
an elected board consisting of six international NGO member organizations and seven regional
representatives.
Contacts and further information
All communications to UNICEF headquarters regarding minority rights should be addressed to:
United Nations Children’s Fund
Gender and Rights Unit
Division of Policy and Practice
3 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017
United States of America
Fax: 1 212 735 44 20
Website: www.unicef.org
For further information on the NGO Committee, contact:
NGO Committee on UNICEF
UNICEF House, 526-1
3 United Nations Plaza,
New York, NY 10017
United States of America
Phone: 1 212 326 77 13
E-mail: ngocommittee@unicef.org
Website: www.ngocomunicef.org
A useful resource is Promoting the Rights of Minority Children and Women: A Review of UNICEF’s
Policies and Practices (Minority Rights Group International, 2010).81
Available from www.minorityrights.org/download.php?id=920 (accessed 2 December 2012).
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