Band B-1
Representation of UN Accredited NGOs in Geneva, New York, and Vienna
Many Southern NGOs with UN consultative status are hampered by the ongoing global donor funding crisis. While this status allows NGOs to submit written communications, deliver oral statements, attend events and conferences, and network with experts and diplomats at UN headquarters, such engagement is increasingly hindered by financial and logistical constraints particularly the costs of flights, accommodation, and related expenses required to ensure physical representation in Geneva, New York, and Vienna.
Under Band B-1, Global Divide provides enhanced visibility and strategic representation for Southern NGOs at the UN and other international policy forums by leveraging its network of policy consultants based in these cities. We work with client NGOs through liaison officers situated across different geopolitical regions of the Global South. We assign team policy consultants who collaboratively draft written submissions and assist in their expert presentation and broader representation at international policy forums with respect to specific policy or human rights issues.
Global Divide emphasises the importance of preserving the voices of grassroots changemakers. Our model is collaborative and ensures that grassroots narratives remain intact and central to international discourse. The vast majority of our policy consultants in Geneva, New York, and Vienna, while possessing academic and career experience across different geopolitical regions, are from the Global South or of Global South descent, underscoring our emphasis on lived global south experience. Email us: representation@globaldivide.org
- UN Mechanisms and How We Support Your Engagement
- Human Rights Council (HRC) Mechanisms
- HRC Plenary Sessions – Draft and deliver oral or written statements under your organisation’s name, ensuring your priorities are heard in official debates.
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) – Prepare and submit stakeholder reports, coordinate advocacy meetings with State delegates, and deliver statements during UPR adoptions.
- Special Procedures – Support drafting submissions to Special Rapporteurs, Independent Experts, and Working Groups, and arrange direct briefings to them.
- Human Rights Treaty Bodies
- CEDAW – Prepare shadow reports, review State reports, and deliver oral briefings to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
- Human Rights Committee (CCPR) – Develop reports and briefings for the Committee reviewing the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- CESCR – Support reporting to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on ICESCR implementation.
- CERD – Submit reports to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and arrange advocacy with members.
- CAT – Assist in reporting to the Committee against Torture and follow up on recommendations.
- CRC – Draft and submit reports on children’s rights to the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
- CRPD – Support engagement with the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including accessibility of advocacy materials.
- CMW – Assist in submissions to the Committee on Migrant Workers.
- SPT – Facilitate communications with the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture.
- CED – Assist in preparing submissions to the Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Functional Commissions and Thematic Bodies
- CSW – Support engagement with the Commission on the Status of Women, including statement drafting and targeted advocacy.
- PFII – Facilitate participation in the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
- CSocD – Support advocacy with the Commission for Social Development.
- CCPCJ – Prepare inputs for the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
- CND – Assist with advocacy at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
- Other UN Engagement Avenues
- UNGA Thematic Debates and High-Level Meetings – Prepare speeches and arrange mission meetings during the General Assembly.
- Security Council Arria-formula Meetings – Facilitate NGO participation where invitations are extended.
- OHCHR Consultations – Prepare and represent your input during thematic and regional consultations.
- Expert Meetings and Public Consultations – Ensure your voice is present in the development of UN reports, studies, and resolutions.
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