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February 2010

In this International Monthly Update you will find:

Update from the Executive Committee
Update from the UN Office in New York
Highlights from the IB meeting
a. Resolutions on the Middle East and War Crimes
b. Building WILPF
c. 100th Anniversary
d. WILPF Finances and Fundraising
e. Decisions
RCW Update
International Women’s Day Seminar
Human Rights Update
Security Council Monthly Action Points
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook!
Section Highlights:  New WILPF Group Formed in Mexico and Political Action from WILPF in the Netherlands

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Past updates are archived on the website at: http://www.wilpf.int.ch/updates/

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December 2009

Message from the SG
Update from the Executive Committee
Copenhagen Climate Summit
a. Update from the WILPF Delegation:  Report from WILPF Presidents Annelise Ebbe
and Kerstin Grebäck
b. A Peoples Declaration from Klimaforum09
c. WILPF’s position on Gender and Climate change
d. WILPF statement on Climate Security at the last IB meeting
Human Rights Update
Security Council Monthly Action Points
Section Highlight:  WILPF Connection Session in the DRC

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November 2009

In this International Update you will find:

Message from the Secretary General
WILPF and the Goldstone report- activities at the Human Rights Council
UN Security Council Resolution 1325 Anniversary
First Committee Monitor- more WILPF resources the UN General Assembly 1st Committee
Section Highlight:  UK WILPF’s new Edinburgh branch sponsors Africa in Motion film festival
Remember:  Send a letter:  No Nukes in the Climate Agreement!
International NGO Conference on Disarmament
UNECE  Beijing+15
CEDAW  turns 30

September 2009

Included in this WILPF International update you will find:

1. Message from the Secretary General
2. UN General Assembly Opens- WILPF Resources on Disarmament, Women, Peace and Security
3. UN General Assembly agrees establish single new agency to deal with rights of women
4. Building WILPF in Mexico, Trip Report by Amparo Guerrero WILPF International Vice President
5. Keep Space for Peace Week
6. International Day Of Peace Activities, French Polynesia (en français)

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August 2009

Included in this WILPF International update you will find:

1. Message from the Secretary General
2. International Board Meeting – Registration now open!
3. Colombia and Racial Discrimination
4. Take Action:  Keep Nuclear Power out of the Copenhagen Summit!
5. Statement:  WILPF Endorses the Women's Tent City at G20 Summit- September 2009

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July 2009

Included in this WILPF International update you will find:

1. Message from the Executive Committee
2. Message from the Secretary General
3. PeaceWomen Update: Civil Society: Taking Steps to Ensure Accountability
4. An update on the Conference on Disarmament (CD) – Adoption of a new programme of work: A step forward
5. Human Rights update
6. WILPF Response to the North Korean Nuclear Weapons
7. WILPF’s 94th  Anniversary
8. UNCTAD – Expert meeting on mainstreaming gender in trade policy
9. New interns at the Geneva Office
10. International Peace Updates (IPU) now online!

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March 2009

Included in this WILPF International update you will find:

1. Message from the Executive Committee
2. Message from the Secretary General
3. Message from the United Nations Office of WILPF
4. Durban update & talking points, Register by 28 March!
5. 100th Anniversary- Call for Logo and Title Suggestions!
6. Section updates Netherlands- 1 year on, national action plan on 1325
7. Report from UN Climate Change conference in Poznan, Poland
8. Human Rights Update

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January/ February 2009

Included in this WILPF International update you will find:

1. Message from the Executive Committee
2. Message from the Secretary General
3. WILPF actions to stop the Violence in Gaza
1. Argentina
2. Australia
3. Denmark
4. France
5. French Polynesia
6. Germany
7. Italy
8. Israel
9. Japan
10. Norway
11. Palestine
12. Sweden
13. Switzerland
14. USA
4. Human Rights Council Special Session on Palestine
5. WILPF Call to Action-  No to War!  No to NATO!

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2008
January | March | September | October | December

December

In this mailing you will find:

1. Message from the Presidents
2. Message from the Secretary General
3. Welcoming AnnJanette Rosga to WILPF
4. WILPF Letter to the UN on Israel and Palestine
5. WILPF International Board Meeting- Summary of Decisions
6. UN Security Council open debate on Article 26 of the Charter

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October

In this mailing you will find:

1. Brief Report From the European Social Forum
2. Take Action – Stop Uranium Weapons, send a letter to your Foreign Ministry
3. Update on the General Assembly – check out the indices!
4. Keep Space for Peace Week of Action – WILPF International Statement
5. Focus On 1325: Public Manifestation In The Peace Palace In The Hague – WILPF Netherlands
6. Support the Convention on Cluster Munitions

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September

In this mailing you will find:

1. Update from the Executive Committee
2. Message from the Secretary General
3. Update and Action at the UN General Assembly
4. UN Security Council Resolution 1820- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
5. Report on the 8th Session of the Human Rights Council
6. Section Update - IKFF in Almedalen
7. Letter to Nordic governments
8. WILPF at the European Social Forum
9. WILPF and CEDAW
10. A brief history of missile defence in South Korea
11. ACT:  Appeal for a Nuclear Weapons Free World

March

In this mailing you will find:

1. Message from the Executive Committee
2. Take Action!
3. Executive Committee Open Letter on Gaza
4. Update from WILPF Sections
5. Update from WILPF Working Groups
6. WILPF International Directory
7. Introducing Online Payments
8. International Peace Update

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January

In this mailing you will find:

1. Message from the Secretary General
2. WILPF International Directory- updates needed
3. Introducing new members of the Geneva team
4. WILPF Supports Article 9!  The Japanese Peace Constitution
5. WILPF Section Newsletters
6. Calling for WILPF Delegates to the NPT, 28 April – 9 May, Geneva

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2007

January | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December

December 2007

In this mailing you will find:

1. Message from the Executive Committee
2. Message from the Secretary General
3. Save the Date!  Come to Geneva 5-6 March 2008!
4. Report on recent 1325 Workshop held in Thailand
5. WILPF European Statement on the EU Reform Treaty
6. WILPF Environment Working Group E-Newsletter available
7. WILPF Statement and report from Biological Weapons Convention Meeting
8. WILPF Statement on International Human Rights Day
9. WILPF Canada follows up “Comfort Women” resolution in Canadian parliament
10. WILPF PeaceWomen project action for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
11. WILPF Statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
12. WILPF’s paper on Gender and Cluster Munitions

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22 November 2007

In this update you will find:

1. WILPF’s International Directory
2. Update from the Executive Committee
3. Save the date for International Women’s Day Disarmament Seminar in Geneva
4. WILPF International’s wonderful interns (Geneva and New York)
5. Update from the UN Team
6. Side-events proposals for CSW52
7. PeaceWomen Project update
8. ReachingCriticalWill Project update
9. Recommendations from WILPF’s delegation to Colombia
10. Listen to the Women for a Change
11. WILPF’s Middle East committee statement

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30 October 2007

In this update you will find:

1.  Update from the Executive Committee
2.  Message from the Secretary General
3.  Report from WILPF’s Fact Finding Mission to Colombia now available
4.  New Look to the WILPF Website!
5.  Human Rights Council – focus on DRC and Burundi
6.  Keep Space for Peace
7.  The European WILPF meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, the 17th - 18th of November
8.  First Committee Monitor
9.  Invitation to participate in the WILPF delegation to the Commission on the Status of Women- February/ March 2008 
10. Krishna Ahoojapatel’s new book: Development Has a Woman's Face: Insights from within the UN
11. Is WILPF a feminist organization?

28 September 2007

This mailing contains the following information:

1. WILPF Executive Committee- Update on activities
2. Update from the Secretary General
3. DRAFT International WILPF programme
   1. Build WILPF
   2. Challenge Militarism: Invest in Peace
   3. Strengthening the United Nations system and multilateralism
4. WILPF Delegation to the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court
5. WILPF Constitution
6. Building WILPF
7. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Conference and Statement.
8. WILPF at the Human Rights Council

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15 August 2007

This mailing contains the following information:

1. New Committee Convenors
2. Resolutions adopted at the Congress
3. Congress Photos
4. Revised International Directory
5. Upcoming Events
1. Durban Prepcom
2. Keep Space for Peace Week

18 July 2007

This mailing contains the following information:

1. Call for 2007 & 2008 Interns and Internship Funding
2. Update related to Communications and IPU & Membership
3. Call for funding of the International Secretariat Projects and Equipment
4. Update on Disarmament Issues
5. Update on the Human Rights Council and Related Issues
6. Update on Economic Justice Issues

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15 June 2007

This mailing contains the following information:

1. Suggested Vaccinations for Bolivia travelers
2. Saying “see you later” to Jennifer Nordstrom
3. Introduction to the Geneva Team
4. Update on the Human Rights Council, 5th Session
5. Update on Cluster Munitions and the Conference on Disarmament
6. Update related to Communications Committee, Organizational Development Committee and IPU
7. Update on Economic Justice Issue

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24 May 2007

Dear All,

We hope that you are all well. Please find enclosed in this mailing a number of items related to:

1. Communications

2. Programme (update from our Secretary General)

3. Congress Nominations

4. WILPF Constitution

January

Included in this update, please find:

Congress information:

• Invitation to Congress
• Is your section eligible to vote at Congress? How many delegates can you have?
• Registration information for Congress, including registration forms.
• A letter and request from the Nominations Committee
• Does your section want to propose an amendment to the constitution or bylaws of WILPF? Here's how.
• Reports! Reports! Reports! Schedule of deadlines.

General information, updates, actions and upcoming events:

• Welcome Julia, Yuki and Theresa to the Geneva office team!
• Reminder- help raise money for WILPF by searching the web
• Upcoming Events:
• Civil Society Forum on Cluster Munitions
• Commission on the Status of Women
• International Campaign to Ban Uranium Weapons Seminar and discussion
• Military Expenditures or Human Security- Where do we want our money?
• International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases
• Fourth Session of the Human Rights Council
• Nuclear Non Proliferation (NPT) Preparatory Committee meeting information
• Commission on Sustainable Development- CSD - 15
• Upcoming Reports from WILPF

2006
January, February, March, April, May, June, December.

December 2006

Included in this mailing you will find:

1. International Directory Update- Request for information.
2. Intern, volunteer and staff update from the Geneva office.
3. WILPF and the Wallet- some fundraising and financial information
4. An Update on Economic Justice Issues
5. Disarmament Update
6. WILPF at the World Social Forum
7. WILPF and the Environment
8. WILPF and Human Rights
9. WILPF's 29th Triennial Congress

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June 2006

This mailing includes:

• IEC Updates:
  • Reports online!
  • Proposed Resolutions online!
  • Reminder to register & Pay!
  • Request for help.
• Update on the Peace Building Commission
• WILPF Pushes Commission on Sustainable Development for Sustainable Energy Agency
• Human Rights Council begins- WILPF preparations, activities and reporting.
• Nominate an Intern for Geneva!

May 2006

This mailing includes:

• 2006 International Executive Committee Meeting and Gertrud Baer Seminar
• Iran Action Pack
• Update: WGEJ working group
• Update: Indian section
• Space for Peace Week
• Request from the UN Office (New York): Women & UN Reform

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April 2006

This update includes:

• International Executive Committee Meeting 2006 Update
• Update: Philippines
• Reminder & Request: Chernobyl Activity Reports
• Update: Nepal Section
• Report from the WILPF delegation to the World Social Forum
• Letter from the Communications Committee
• Fun with Fund-raising- this month- UN Democracy Fund
• Request: How does your section define membership? Also information on subscription lists and membership lists, and the international directory.

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March 2006

This update includes:

Program Issues

• Commission on Human Rights- update
• Call to WILPF Sections for Nominations for 1325 Award

Organizational Issues

• Inside WILPF Geneva
• Fun with Fundraising- this month's tip
• Request for Section Membership lists.

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February 2006

This update includes:

• WILPF International Women’s Peace Conference- Voices for Peace, Ecology, Dignity and Life
• International Women’s Day
• Section News
  • Nepal
  • Sweden
  • Canada
  • Israel
• Energy, Environment, and WILPF
• Disarm one, disarm all!
• Keeping in touch with WILPF Projects
• Fun with Fundraising- this month’s tip

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January 2006

This update includes:

• Commission on Sustainable Development – CSD 14
• Iran Update
• Commission on the Status of Women
• Commission on Human Rights
• WILPF at the World Trade Organization
• Inside WILPF- Organizational Issues

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