Important Links to Visit

This page provides links to groups and organisations involved in the development of the consultation process, as well as international agencies responsible to the themes included in the Coalition for the Global Commons.

Global Marshall Plan Initiative
The Global Marshall Plan Initiative aims at improving and binding frameworks for the global economy, which create balance between economy, environment, society and culture. The GMPI receives further support and cooperation from numerous organisations throughout Europe and the world.

Centre for Global Negotiations
The Centre for Global Negotiations was formed to carry on the original work of the Brandt Commission (1978-80). Comprised of interested persons from across the world, the objectives of the Centre for Global Negotiations are to: update the proposals of the Brandt Commission; provide information to the media and generate a new public dialogue on international development; involve government leaders, congressmen and parliamentarians, international agencies, non-governmental organizations, and the public in an international campaign for global negotiations; and publicize and support an emergency relief program for developing nations, as well as a restructuring of the global economy

Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP)
The Network of Spiritual Progressives is a grassroots organisation in the USA dedicated to: fostering a new bottom line of love, generosity and ecological sensitivity in our economy, education, media, and government; fostering a new global consciousness and solidarity; promoting awe, radical amazement, gratitude and developing an inner spiritual life; and challenging the misuse of God and religion by the Religious Right and religio-phobia on the Left, in the United States.

United Nations
The official website of the United Nations. Includes mission statements, structure of the organization, NGO section and information on current events and projects.

UN Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals as adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 8 September 2000.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
With stations in 166 countries, the UNDP uses its global network to help the UN system and its partners to raise awareness and track progress, while it connects countries to the knowledge and resources needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

The UNDP also focuses on helping countries build and share solutions to the challenges of: a) democratic governance, b) poverty reduction, c) crisis prevention and recovery, d) energy and environment and d) HIV/AIDS.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Established in 1964, UNCTAD aims at the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy

New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
The primary objectives for NEPAD are to: a) eradicate poverty; b) place African countries, both individually and collectively, on a path of sustainable growth and development; c) halt the marginalisation of Africa in the globalisation process and enhance its full and beneficial integration into the global economy; and d) accelerate the empowerment of women.

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
The UNCED was held from June 3 - 14, 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The conference was the culmination of two years of negotiations by the Preparatory Committees. Five major agreements on global environmental issues were signed. Two of these, The Framework Convention on Climate Change and The Convention on Biological Diversity, were formal treaties whose provisions are binding on the parties. The other three UNCED agreements were non-binding statements on the relationship between sustainable environmental practices and the pursuit of social and socioeconomic development. Agenda 21 is a wide-ranging assessment of social and economic sectors with goals for improving environmental and developmental impact of each. The Rio Declaration summarizes consensus principles of sustainable development, and the Statement on Forest Principles pledges parties to more sustainable use of forest resources.

World Health Organisation (WHO)
The World Health Organization, the United Nations specialized agency for health, was established on 7 April 1948 and is governed by 192 Member States through the World Health Assembly. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Commission for Africa (CFA)
The Commission for Africa was launched by Prime Minister Tony Blair on 26 February 2004 to generate action for a strong and prosperous Africa. The objectives and background to the Commission describe the efforts being made in six major themes in African development: Culture and Participation, Human Development, Peace and Security, Governance, Economy and Natural Resources.

Commission on Global Governance
The Commission - an independent group of 28 public figures - was inspired by the belief that the end of the cold war offered opportunities to build a more co-operative, safer and fairer world.

It presented proposals for improving the world's governance and better managing its affairs in a report published in 1995 - the year the United Nations marked its fiftieth anniversary.

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)
The WSSCC is a leading international organisation that enhances collaboration in the water supply and sanitation sector to accelerate the achievement of sustainable water, sanitation and waste management services to all people, with special attention to the unserved poor, by enhancing collaboration among developing countries and external support agencies and through concerted action programmes.

The WSSCC secretariat is hosted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland. One of the main tasks of the WSSCC secretariat is to facilitate, advise and guide the council members on the strategic opportunities for promotion of VISION 21 and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) issues.