How to lobby at intergovernmental meetings : mine's a caffe latte

How To Lobby at Intergovernmental Meetings......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes......Page 8
About the Authors......Page 9
Foreword
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Preface......Page 12
Key Messages......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
List of Acronyms, Abbreviations and General Terms......Page 17
Introduction......Page 24
Why Attend a UN Commission, Convention, Conference or Summit Meeting?......Page 29
Progress in Involving Stakeholders......Page 33
Tools to Prepare: Scenario-building and SWOT Analysis......Page 40
National Preparations......Page 43
Global Preparations......Page 48
Innovations......Page 56
How to Attend and Participate in UN Meetings......Page 59
Before You Arrive......Page 62
At the UN Meetiing......Page 63
Follow-up......Page 67
The Negotiations: Some Tips......Page 68
NGO/Stakeholder Papers and Statements......Page 70
Structure of a Document......Page 81
So You Want To Be An Activist?......Page 83
Agreements, Charters, Conventions, Declarations, Protocols and Treaties......Page 85
The World of Brackets......Page 90
Terms in Negotiations......Page 91
Media Campaigning......Page 95
Getting Around Geneva and New York......Page 99
Staying in Geneva and New York......Page 102
Permanent Missions to the UN in Geneva and New York......Page 106
Maps of the UN in Geneva and New York......Page 144
UN Addresses in Geneva and New York......Page 146
List of Key Countries To Lobby......Page 149
NGO Issue Caucuses and Stakeholder Groups......Page 152
UN Commissions......Page 165
UN Conferences and Summits......Page 172
Notes......Page 182
References......Page 185
Index......Page 186