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GFDD and FUNGLODE Collaborate with United Nations System in DR to Screen Documentary Surviving Progress in Honor of Earth Day Celebrations
As part of the follow up on the II DR Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), which took place last September, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development and its sister organization, Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo, in collaboration with United Nations System in the Dominican Republic, will present an Earth Day screening of the documentary Surviving Progress.

GFDD and FUNGLODE to Deliver Intervention on Financing for Development during High-Level Meeting of ECOSOC with the Bretton Woods Institutions, the WTO and UNCTAD
For the third time, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) will deliver an intervention regarding its stance on financing for development during the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods Institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, “Coherence, coordination and cooperation in the context of Financing for
Development and the post 2015 development agenda,” scheduled to take place April 22, at United Nations headquarters in New York City.

GFDD and FUNGLODE Support Dominican Youth at New York Dominican Republic Model UN (NYDRMUN)
On March 21-24 the United Nations General Assembly Hall and the Convention Center of the New Hilton Hotel were hosting some 600 Dominican students who came to New York to participate in the ninth edition of the Dominican Republic Model United Nations (NYDRMUN).

Dominican Youth Gather to Help Resolve Current Global Issues in Collaboration with the UN
On March 21-25, 2013, GFDD and FUNGLODE in partnership with the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic (UNA-DR), a non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to support the work of the United Nations, will be welcoming over 400 Dominican students to New York City. They will meet to participate in the ninth edition of the Dominican Republic Model United Nations (NYDRMUN) which will take place at the Convention Center of Hilton Hotel.

UN Official Discusses Reform Measures during GFDD’s Global Roundtable
The March edition of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development’s online broadcast program, “Global Roundtable” featured a discussion with Ion Botnaru, Director of General Assembly and Economic and Social Council Affairs Division, Department for General Assembly and Conference Management.

United Nations Panel During the Commission on Status of Women Affirms Education is Key to Women Empowerment
On Wednesday, March 6, GFDD and FUNGLODE, in partnership with the Dominican Republic Mission to the UN, the Dominican Republic Ministry of Women, Reso-Femmes-International and the Alliance of Civilizations extensively collaborated on a Side Event within the framework of the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.

GFDD Strengthens Association with United Nations DPI NGO
As part of its mission to promote and advance issues at the forefront of the United Nations’ agenda, in February 2013, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development as a non-profit, non-partisan organization applied for its official “Association” with the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI).

Dominican Model of the Inter-American System Officially Inaugurated
On Wednesday, February 21, the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic (UNADR), in association with Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and its sister organization in the United States, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), inaugurated the third annual Dominican Model of the Inter-American System (MODOSI
2013).

GFDD and FUNGLODE Convey Importance of Education As Crucial to Women Empowerment
GFDD and FUNGLODE, in partnership with the Dominican Republic Mission to the UN, The Dominican Ministry of Women, Reso-Femmes-International and the Alliance of Civilizations, will collaborate on a discussion panel “Education and other important tools for women empowerment and the Prevention of Violence Against Women” during the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women to be held on
Wednesday 6 March, 2013, from 1:15pm to 2:30pm at the United Nations NLB, Conference Room 7.

Director of General Assembly and Economic and Social Council Affairs Division Confirms Participation in next GFDD Global Roundtable
On Monday, March 4, to discuss the work done by the General Assembly and ECOSOC Division, its role as one of the “wheels” to make the meetings move in the right direction, GFDD and FUNGLODE will have the pleasure to host Ion Botnaru, the Director of the Division and who interestingly also served as former Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova to the UN.