SI is delighted to announce
that Soroptimist International has been selected to deliver an oral statement at
this year’s ECOSOC High Level Segment. The theme this year is “Implementing the
internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to education”. As far as we are aware,  this is the
first time SI has been selected to deliver an oral statement so this is a great
achievement.

We can also reveal that for the second year running, our written statement has been selected
for written distribution! The full statement can be found on the
SI website in the resources section under ‘SI Statements and Reports’: https://www.soroptimistinternational.org/resources 

The High-level Segment, to be
held at the United Nations Office in Geneva from 4 to 8 July 2011, will focus on
a broad range of issues relevant to the implementation of the UN development
agenda. The Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) is part of the High Level Segment
and the thematic review takes place during this session. SI will participate as a civil society
organisation.  The outcome of the session will be a Ministerial Declaration on
"Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to
education".

Our SI UN Representative in
Geneva, Sina Stiffler, will represent SI and will be reporting back in a few weeks!