ECOSOC Status, granted to NGOs by the United Nations – is not only recognized by all entities and programs of the Organization, but it also opens the door for DDHu to be able to interact with governments in formal meetings, taking the speaking and advocating for causes close to his heart.
As a signatory and representative of the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Humanity, Christophe Giovannetti, within the UNF, has always given his unfailing support to the board of directors, the drafters of the Declaration and all the members of the Association of Friends of the DDHU, who have the immense pleasure of announcing the recognition of consultative status with ECOSOC. While the effects of climate change and the destruction of biodiversity have never been so felt and the United Nations has just recognized the right to a healthy environment, the Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Humanity is an absolute necessity.
It will be recalled that it was President François Hollande who initiated this process as part of the preparation for COP 21 so that international law would adopt a text recognizing intergenerational responsibility.
The Declaration is the only text carried by civil society and supported by many public entities (including the UCLG which brings together 240,000 cities, the AIMF, the Association of Parliamentarians of the Mediterranean, the cities of Paris, Madrid, Philadelphia and many others) and private (80 NGOs, around fifty companies, universities, many bars including the confederation of European bars).
The integration of the association of friends of the DDHU with ECOSOC will allow us to progress together with the UNF, in the path of universal recognition of the Declaration.
