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Legion of Good Will at the 2012 High-Level Segment

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07/02/2012

  • Foto: Diogo Duarte
  • NEW YORK, USA — Miloš Koterec, President of ECOSOC, receives the LBVs special publication for the event from Mariana Malaman, of the LBV.
  • NEW YORK, USA — Miloš Koterec, President of ECOSOC, receives the LBVs special publication for the event from Mariana Malaman, of the LBV."
In the first week of July, the Legion of Good Will (LGW) is participating in the High-Level Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), at the UN headquarters in New York, United States. During the meeting that is taking place from this Monday (July 2) until Monday (July 9), authorities and representatives of member countries focus on “Promoting productive capacity, employment, and decent work to eradicate poverty in the context of inclusive, sustainable, and equitable economic growth at all levels for achieving the Millennium Development Goals”.

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  • Foto: Diogo Duarte
  • NEW YORK, USA — President of the 66th Session of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser.
  • NEW YORK, USA — President of the 66th Session of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser.
The LGW, which has general consultative status at the ECOSOC, presents its recommendations for the event, based on its experience of more than 60 years. Find out more about the work of the LBV at the UN.

In fact, the subject of the meeting was widely discussed in March during the 9th Multi-stakeholder Forum of the Solidary Society Network (9th MFSSN)—6th Innovation Fair, promoted by the LGW in several cities of Brazil, aside from Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Portugal and the United States, with the participation of different segments, such as civil society organizations, government bodies and representatives from the academia and several companies. The multi-stakeholder meetings had the support from the United Nations Information Center for Brazil (UNIC-Rio), from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA), and from other UN agencies and funds in Latin America. At the ECOSOC High-Level Segment 2012, the LGW presents the results obtained from the 9th MFSSN, like the proposals and recommendations of the participants (identified from their own practical experience), and mainly an innovative social technology, as experienced by the Legion of Good Will.

  • Foto: Diogo Duarte
  • NEW YORK, USA — Mariana Malaman, of the Legion of Good Will, presents the Organizations recommendations to the Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Juan Somavía, in English.
  • NEW YORK, USA — Mariana Malaman, of the Legion of Good Will, presents the Organizations recommendations to the Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Juan Somavía, in English."
The Legion of Good Will has prepared a special publication (available in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish), which presents the LBV's experience in promoting sustainable development. It also brings opinions of authorities and renowned researchers. All of them, each in their own respective area of operation, indicate ways for overcoming problems and suggest means of enriching the dialogue in the event. In this publication, you, our dear reader, will be presented with fraternal and ecumenical message from the President of the Legion of Good Will, journalist, radio broadcaster, and writer Paiva Netto; then a brief history of the participation of the LBV in the 1992 Rio Earth Summit and the Organization's actions under the banner of sustainability.

Traslation: Rob Dinham
Revision: Silvana Bosso