How do the NGOs and the DPI work together?
NGOs with effective information programs on issues of concern to the UN are associated with the Department of Public Information (DPI) with the goal of giving the UN valuable links to civil society, world wide. In turn, the DPI helps NGOs gain access to and disseminate information about the whole range of UN issues to enable the public to better understand the aims and objectives of the UN. FAWCO disseminates information from DPI briefings, mailings, conferences and meetings to member clubs through the FAWCO global committees, the FAWCO website, FAWCO publications and email distribution lists. FAWCO was first recognized by the DPI in 1995. What is FAWCO’s ECOSOC relationship? ECOSOC is the UN’s Economic and Social Council. FAWCO received special consultative status with ECOSOC in 1997. This status gives FAWCO the privilege and the opportunity to submit opinions to the Council and the responsibility to submit a report every four years detailing its activities in support of the UN. It en
