Other relevant bodies in the United Nations system 75 • 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). 81

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