United Nations Advocacy

Mercy Global Action’s advocacy at the United Nations is accomplished primarily in collaboration with civil society partners through NGO Committees and working groups, through engagement with UN Member State delegations and UN agencies, and through the submission of reports and statements. Mercy Global Action  brings the grassroots experience of its members worldwide to bear on the decision-making and policy agenda of the global community.

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United Nations Advocacy
United Nations Advocacy

United Nations Statements and Interventions

NGOs enjoying Special Consultative Status through ECOSOC at the United Nations are entitled to make formal written interventions in UN spaces, including UN Commissions and UN Intergovernmental negotiations and meetings open to ECOSOC accredited NGOs.

All Mercy Statements to the United Nations

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2021 Statement on the Commission on the Status of Women

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2020 Commission for Social Development: Statement 1, homelessness

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2020 Commission for Social Development: Statement 2

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Women, Water, and Wellbeing: The Human Right to Water and Sanitation

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Human Trafficking - Eradicating Modern-Day Slavery through Sustainable Development

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MGA's United Nation's Network

MGA's United Nation's Network

Mercy Global Action is members of the following coalitions and partnerships:

  • NGO Committee on Migration: The mission of the NGO Committee on Migration (CoM) is to encourage the protection and promotion of migrants’ human rights in accordance with the United Nations Charter. Cecilie Kern, MGA’s Global Policy and Research Advocate, is currently Vice Chair of the Executive Committee of the Committee on Migration.
  • Committee to Stop Trafficking In Persons: Mercy Global Action at the UN is a member of the NGO Committee to Stop Trafficking in Persons. The NGO CSTIP is committed to the prevention and eradication of human trafficking in all its forms through advocacy and education. The Committee recognizes trafficking in persons as a violation of human rights and advocates for policy and action plans to address all aspects of human trafficking.
  • Mining Working Group:  The Mining Working Group (MWG) is a 30 member NGO coalition. In partnership with its members and affected local communities, it advocates at and through the United Nations for human and environmental rights as related to extractive industries. The MWG addresses unjust and unsustainable extractive practices and policies through the lens of the rights of local communities and indigenous peoples and Earth’s carrying capacity.
  • Working Group to End Homelessness:  Mercy Global Action is an active member of the UN NGO Working Group to End Homelessness (WGEH), a group of NGOs that evidence a concern for poor and marginalized people around the world in programs and advocacy. The WGEH is dedicated to the alleviation and eventual elimination of unsheltered homelessness working with the United Nations, global platforms to end homelessness, and academic centers such as the Institute for Global Homelessness at DePaul University.