Consultation-Orientation on ASEAN HR Body

31 October 2008

Dear Colleagues,

First of all, please allow us to thank you for your participation in the series of consultations regarding the NGO alternative report on the UNCRC implementation held early this year. A final report has been made already for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and our inputs have given it a national color.

If you will still remember, one major recommendation during the NGO consultation at Mergrande Resort, Toril, Davao City was our continued monitoring of the implementation of the UNCRC by the government. Frankly it is hard to do this without the network of like-minded NGOs working together for this purpose so that our collective efforts would spell a difference to the lives of marginalized children and young people in Mindanao.

In view of this, the MCCoP with assistance from Save the Children Sweden, invites you and _______ of your key staff to attend the following activity:

What : Mindanao Orientation and Consultation on the proposed ASEAN
HR body and UN CRC-NGO Monitoring and Reporting Process
When : November 10 – 11, 2008
Where: Episcopal Seminar House, Matina, Davao City

This activity shall hopefully provide us with an overview of the proposed formation of a human rights body under the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the monitoring and reporting process of UNCRC implementation.

We look forward to your continued cooperation and support for the benefit of our children and people of Mindanao.

Sincerely yours for the
MCCoP External Affairs Committee,


EMMANUEL C. ROLDAN ROLDAN GONZALES CHRISTOPHER PINALES
Kabataan Consortium Gitib, Inc. FPOP-Socsargen

Uphold the rights of the child, now and all the time!