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Welcome!
NGO Committee on Sustainable Development Vienna
The Committee
The focus of the committee is on the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development. It provides a forum for NGOs interested in discussing and analyzing the work of the UN intergovernmental bodies in the field of sustainable development, as well as the related activities of the Vienna-based UN organizations. It encourages new initiatives and seeks inputs into civil society’s contribution to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in September 2015.
President
Ingeborg Geyer
ZONTA International
Vice President
Brigitte Landesmann
Women’s International Zionist Organization-WIZO
Secretary
Sieglinde Teuwen
Verein für Völkerverständigung-VFV
Deputy Secretary
John Clark
World Union for Progressive Judaism -WUPJ
Treasurer
Marion Prechtl
SOROPTIMIST International
Vice-Treasurer
David Menham
SERVAS
Auditor
Elisabeth Francis
Graduate Women International
The work we do
The Committee interacts with the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the Vienna-based UN organisations (UNOV, UNIDO, UNODC, IAEA, CTBTO, UNEP) and the Conference of NGOs (CoNGO) as well as the Vienna-based NGO Committees and with other international organisations based in Austria, such as IIASA, IOM.
- Campaigning for signing and ratification of the Aarhus Convention
- Identifying missing links of crime that affect the environment in international Conventions and try to get in dialogue with member states.
- Promoting Civil Society participation in negotiations of new Conventions such as the “Cybercrime Convention”
- Advocating for the possibilities and tools provided by UNODC to get involved in the review mechanism of UNTOC, UNCAC
- Strengthening civil society voices in UNODC Synthetic Drug Strategy 2021-2025
News
Working paper on
non-State torture
by the Working Group on GBV
