CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation is disappointed and shocked that the Russian Duma has approved a law requiring organisations that receive international funding to label themselves as "foreign agents," opening them up to excessive government oversight.
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As nongovernmental organizations working to promote human rights at the United Nations Human Rights Council, we are deeply concerned by the recent decision of the African Group in New York to endorse the candidacies of Sudan and Ethiopia in the upcoming UN General Assembly elections for membership in the Human Rights Council within a closed slate that does not allow for a competitive vote.
Joint Submission by CIVICUS and Ligue des Droits de la personne dans la région des Grandes Lacs to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR), 15th Session of the UPR Working Group, submitted 9 July 2012
Joint Submission by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, NGO in General Consultative Status with ECOSOC And Ligue des Droits de la personne dans la région des Grandes Lacs
Interactive debate: Forging ahead: partnering for the future of development, Friday 6 July 2012
Moderator: Bruce Jones, Director, Centre on International Cooperation, New York University
Panellists: HE Kim Bong-hyun, Deputy Minister of Multilateral and Global Affairs, Republic of KoreaRogelio Granguillhome, Executive Director of the Mexican Agency for International Development CooperationKatsuji Imata, Acting Secretary-General, CIVICUSTalaat Abdel Malek, Co-Chair, OECD/DAC Working Party on Aid Effectiveness andEconomic Adviser to the Minister of International Co-operation, Egypt
