Table of contents PREFACE .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4 FOREWORD.......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................... 6 What is this Guide? ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 Why? ............................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Who is it for? .................................................................................................................................................................. 6 ABOUT THE UNITED NATIONS........................................................................................................................................ 7 WHAT IS THE UNITED NATIONS? .......................................................................................................................................... 7 HOW DOES IT WORK? ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 WHAT ARE THE AGENCIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS? .......................................................................................................... 8 THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGS)............................................................................................................. 10 WOSM AND THE UN FAMILY ......................................................................................................................................... 13 HISTORY OF WOSM RELATIONS WITH THE UN SYSTEM ................................................................................................... 13 FORMAL STATUS OF WOSM IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE UN AND ITS SPECIALISED AGENCIES ......................................... 13 LEVELS OF ACCREDITATION AND COOPERATION .................................................................................................................. 15 WOSM’S OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE IN RELATIONS WITH THE UN ...................................................................................... 21 WORKING TOGETHER..................................................................................................................................................... 22 GLOBAL LEVEL .................................................................................................................................................................... 22 REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL ........................................................................................................................................ 32 NGO COOPERATION WITH THE UN SYSTEM ....................................................................................................................... 38 LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE ............................................................................................................................. 41 APPENDIXES...................................................................................................................................................................... 43 A. MISSION OF SCOUTING .................................................................................................................................................. 43 B. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE WORLD SCOUT CONFERENCE CONCERNING THE UN................................................. 43 Partners ........................................................................................................................................................................ 43 Children and Youth...................................................................................................................................................... 44 Culture and Education ................................................................................................................................................ 45 Peace, Security and Human Rights.......................................................................................................................... 46 Environment ................................................................................................................................................................. 49 Health ............................................................................................................................................................................ 50 Labour and Development ........................................................................................................................................... 52 Refugees and Displaced Persons............................................................................................................................. 53 C. FORMAL AGREEMENTS SIGNED BETWEEN WOSM AND UN AGENCIES............................................................................... 54 ECOSOC General Consultative Status (1998) ....................................................................................................... 54 Memorandum of Understanding with FAO (2000) .................................................................................................. 55 Memorandum of Understanding with ILO (2004).................................................................................................... 58 Agreement for the UN’s Fiftieth Anniversary (1994)............................................................................................... 62 Memorandum of Understanding with UNEP (2004) ............................................................................................... 65 Joint UNESCO-WOSM kit for the Decade for a Culture of Peace (2002) ........................................................... 69 Memorandum of Understanding with UNHCR (1995)............................................................................................ 70 Partnership agreement with UNICEF on Oral Rehydration Therapy (1994)....................................................... 74 Memorandum of Understanding with UNICEF (2005) ........................................................................................... 75 Memorandum of Understanding with the UN’s Millennium Campaign ................................................................ 79 Memorandum of Understanding with WHO and AHM to fight Leprosy (1997)................................................... 85 D. CURRENT CONFIGURATION OF WOSM’S UN TEAM ...................................................................................................... 89 E. USEFUL ADDRESSES OF CONTACT ................................................................................................................................. 91 F. GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND TERMS .......................................................................................................................... 94 G. LOCATION OF UN PROGRAMMES AND AGENCIES ............................................................................................................. 95 H. THE UNITED NATIONS YOUTH AGENDA ......................................................................................................................... 96 Empowering Youth for Development and Peace .................................................................................................... 96 The World Programme of Action for Youth — A Blueprint for Action................................................................... 97 The Global Youth Conferences ................................................................................................................................. 97 Youth — A Challenge and a Resource .................................................................................................................... 98 The UN: Working for and with Youth ........................................................................................................................ 99
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