One day after NGO representatives were escorted out of the 12th Session of the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by security staff, the global women’s network Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) together with other partners from Major Groups and Stakeholders wrote an Open Letter to the OWG Co-chairs and all Member States. The broad alliance of civil society organizations (CSO) critically stated that closing the session to them without providing a clear reason violates the right to participation and limits their capability to distribute information. Besides that, other complications like the exclusion from following the webcast are contrary to the inclusive and open spirit of the OWG.
June 24, 2014 | DAWN
Open Letter to the Co-chairs and Member States from Major Groups and Stakeholders
Sincerely,
The Organising Partners of the Major Groups and Stakeholders
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·Women Major Group
· NGO Major Group
· Trade Union Major Group
· Major Group Children and Youth
· Indigenous Peoples Major Group
· Local Authorities Major Group
· Business and Industry Major Group
· Science and Technology Major Group
· Beyond 2015 campaign
· International Federation of Medical Student’s Associations
· The International Movement of Catholic Students - Pax Romana
· Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future
· Wada Na Todo Abhiyan (India)
· Natural Resources Defence Council
· GCAP
· Feminist Task Force
· IBON International
· Gestos- HIV, Communication and Gender and
· ABONG - Brazilian Association of NGOs support this letter
· Fundacion para Estudiuo e Investigacion de la mujer
· International AIDS Women
· Caucus and the Women Want Wait International Campaign
· CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
· WECF International
· International Women’s Health Organisation
· Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
· Resurj
· FEMNET (African Women’s Development and Communication Network
· Center for Reproductive Rights
· ETC Group
· Equidad de Género: ciudadanía, trabajo y familia
· Gram Bharati Samiti (GBS)
· Center for Participatory Research and Development -CPRD, Dhaka, Banglades
· Centre for 21st Century Issues (C21st), Nigeria
· National Fisheries Solidarity movement Srilanka
· CSO Working Group on post-2015 and African Monitor
· Gestos- Hiv, Communication and Gender /Brazil
· The Brazilian Association of NGOs· LACCASO - Latin American and the Caribbean Council of Aids Organizations
· International Planned Parenthood Federation
· ICSU
· DAWN
· European Environmental Bureau
· FEMNET (African Womens Development and Communication Network
· Rio+Twenties
· Center for Reproductive Rights
· Forum of women’s NGOs of Kyrgyzstan
· SIGLO XXIII - EL SALVADOR
· AGRICULTURAL MISSIONS - USA
· Association de l’Education Environnementale pour les Futures Génération
· AEEFG Tunisie
· Campaign for Peoples Goals for Sustainable Development
· Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society (CECOEDECON), India
· Beyond Copenhagen Collective, India
· PAIRVI, India
· Gram Bharati Samiti (GBS), India
· 21st Century Issues, Nigeria
· Niger Delta Women’s movement for Peace and Development-Nigeria
· Commonwealth Medical Trust (Commat)
· NAWO - the National Alliance of Women’s Organisations (UK)
· Mining Working Group at the UN
· Council of Canadians
· Blue Planet Project
· Asia Pacific Research Network
· LSU - The National Council of Swedish Youth Organisations
· Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society (CECOEDECON), India
· Public Advocacy Initiatives for Rights and Values in India (PAIRVI), India
· Beyond Copenhagen Collective on Climate Change and Sustainable Development, India
· Adéquations, France
· Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development
· Equity and Justice Working Group Bangladesh (EquityBD)
· Equidad de Género: ciudadanía, trabajo y familia
· Center for Reproductive Rights
· International Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the GBA
· Ipas
· Soroptimist International
Source: DAWN