Representing Mercy International Association at the United Nations.
In continuing to promote the vision of Catherine McAuley, the
Sisters of Mercy established Mercy Global concern (MGC) in 1998,
in order to bring the Mercy spirit to the United Nations (UN),
the one forum in the world where all nations have the potential
to meet as equals. MGC is the mechanism by which all those associated
with the Sisters of Mercy may interact with the UN system. At
the UN, Sisters of Mercy can advocate for the less privileged
and make explicit preferential options within a huge network
of international bodies.
Director: Deirdre Mullan rsm
777 United Nations Plaza 6th Floor
New York,
NY 10017
USA Ph: +1 646 227 1878 Fax: +1 646 227 1879 Email:mercyun@aol.com
Commissions
The Commission on the Status of Women (hereafter referred to as “CSW” or “the Commission”) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women.
The next session of the Commission (fifty-fourth session) will take place from 1 - 12 March 2010
Brief History (pdf) Pathways to Partnerships (pdf) Violence against Women (pdf) Economic Empowerment (pdf) Global Dialogue on Development (pdf) Equal Rights & Equal Opportunities for Women (pdf)
Regional Reports from the Commission
Africa (pdf) Europe (pdf) Latin America and the Caribbean (English) (pdf) Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish) (pdf) Asia Pacific (pdf) Noeleen Heyzer - Under Secretary General for Asia Pacific met with Deirdre Mullan, Director of Mercy Global Concern during the Commission on the Status of Women. (pdf) UNIFEM : educate the Girl Child (pdf) Haitian Women speak out during the CSW and demand a voice in the rebuilding process. (English) (pdf) Haitian Women speak out during the CSW and demand a voice in the rebuilding process. (Spanish) (pdf)
Briefing Notes
Briefing Notes, February 2010:
Fifteen years ago the world’s leaders signed the Copenhagen Declaration committing themselves "to promoting social integration by fostering societies that are stable, safe and just and that are based on the promotion and protection of all human rights … and participation of all people" and to "ensure the protection and full integration into the economy and society of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups and persons".
Briefing Note 6, February 2010
UN Commission for Social Development Chair Highlights the Compounding Effect of Climate Change on Social Exclusion
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Briefing Note 5, February 2010
International Conference on Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries
(pdf)
Briefing Note 4, February 2010
Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) - Discussion Paper
(pdf)
Briefing Note 3, February 2010
General to the Commission on Social Development
(pdf)
Briefing Note 2, February 2010
General to the Commission on Social Development
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Briefing Note 1, February 2010
Announcement of the Commission on Social Development
(pdf)
Reports
Report Number 1, January 2010:
The Impact and Design of the Mdgs: Some Reflections
There can be no doubt that the MDGs have become highly influential at least at the level of international discourse about development.
(pdf)
Report Number 2, January 2010:
The Mdgs and Beyond: Pro-Poor Policy in a Changing World
Ten years have passed since that declaration and the context has changed radically. The MDGs were an approach born of a benign era of relative stability, stronger economic growth and fairly buoyant aid budgets. We now face a very different world.
(pdf)
Report Number 3, January 2010:
The Millennium Development Goals and Beyond: Pro-Poor Policy in a Changing World.
The MDGs were an approach born of a benign era of relative stability, strong economic growth and fairly buoyant aid budgets. We now face a very different world. The crisis/post-crisis context is, of course, central to many MDG questions not only in terms of crisis impacts on the MDGs and poverty but also in the impact on development commitments internationally and nationally.
(pdf)
Report Number 4, January 2010:
Reducing Inequality: The Missing MDG
The Millennium Development Goals have received unprecedented political commitment and forged a strong consensus on poverty eradication. Yet implementation lags, raising questions about weak commitment ownership.
(pdf)
Special Reports
Report Number 2, February 2010:
Update on Haiti
On February 24th, 2010 a major conference entitled Rebuilding Haiti against all ODDS was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Sisters Kathleen Keenan RSM and Mary Jo Mc Ginley, RSM from Global Health Ministry both attended the conference.
(pdf)
Report Number 1, February 2010:
Haiti: Hurricane And Rainy Season Threatens To Undermine Recovery
In Haiti, one month after the earthquake struck the country, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that the urgency and generosity the world has shown in the first days and weeks after the earthquake must continue.
(pdf)
Announcements
Announcement Number 1, December 2009:
Why we need to “Seal the Deal!” on climate change
On 7 December 2009, representatives from 193 Parties will convene in Copenhagen. Here, governments have the opportunity to choose a new path. Copenhagen offers the chance to retool our global economy – to invest in clean energy, boost prosperity and lift millions out of poverty.
(pdf)
Announcement Number 2, October 2009:
Seal the Deal
When World Leaders gathered at the UN recently to look at some of the pressing issues of our time and to take part in the Climate Change debate, Non- Governmental Groups (NGOs) such as Mercy Global Concern are working hard to alert membership on some startling facts which have just emerged.
(pdf)
Announcement Number 1, October 2009:
The President of the General Assembly
We represent Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that have closely followed the preparations for and participated in the recent UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its impact on Development.
(pdf)
Announcement Number 2, September 2009:
Moral and Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change: Appeal to World Leaders
We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council, leaders of the world’s religions, and other members of civil society, urge the governments of the world to participate in the UN High Level Event on Climate Change.
A Call to Integrate Faith, Ecology and the Global Economy
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Responding to climate change: Striving for inclusive societies in a divided world
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Mercy Global Concern, representing the Sisters of Mercy at the UN will endorse this letter as part of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty.
This letter will be sent to all UN Government Missions in advance of the UN High Level Event on MDGs on September 25.
The letter is the result of a consultation with a number of
organisations including GCAP working groups. We hope that you will be able to add the weight of your organisations voice to these important comments and demands by signing the attached letter.
(pdf)
Bridging the Gap 2009
When the participants of the 2009 finished their programme on Friday October 23, 2009, 202 Sisters of Mercy from around the Mercy World had completed and participated in this wonderful opportunity of forging bridges across the Mercy World.
