Rotary appoints representatives to:

UNITED NATIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Rotary appoints representatives each year to UN bodies and NGOs worldwide. Rotary’s representatives meet regularly with officers and staff from international agencies to:

• Discuss parallel concerns and potential areas for cooperation
• Inform organizations about Rotary’s programs
• Gather information about the developments and programs of other groups

Rotary appoints representatives to:

• African Union
• Council of Europe
• Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
• Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia , http://www.escwa.un.org  
• Economic Commission for Africa
• Economic Commission for Europe
• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
• Organisation interational de la Francophonie
• Organization of American States
• UNESCO
• United Nations Environmental Programme
• United Nations Headquarters
• UN-HABITAT
• United Nations Office at Geneva
• United Nations Office at Vienna
• World Bank
• World Food Programme

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Rotary Representatives: What they do?
Rotary Representatives:
-Serve as Rotary’s “ambassadors”
-Educate international community about Rotary
-Organize promotional events
-Support Rotary public relations campaigns
-Update Rotarians about international activities.

 

Selected each year by the RI President,

Representatives serve as Rotary’s unofficial “ambassadors” to governments, international institutions and other civil society organizations.

Representatives provide:
-“Eyes and Ears” on the ground
-Update Rotarians about UN and other national/international initiatives such as the Post 2015 Development Agenda (follow-up to Millennium Development Goals)
-Initialize and maintain ongoing contact with key local, national and international influencers.
-Coordinate key events such as Rotary Days at the UN, UNESCO, and the White House or President Burton’s Lecture of the America’s presentation at the OAS. 
-Educate Rotarians about Rotary’s role in the international community at sessions like this.
-Assist with Rotary public relations initiatives such as translating PR materials into local languages or supporting End Polio Now lightings and public events

[extract from the ppt presentation posted on "SlideShare.net" ]

Rotary and the United Nations RI’s Representative Network

Rotary and the United Nations RI’s Representative Network

3 Famous panellists:

-DG Peter Kyle will serve as Primary Representative to the World Bank beginning 1 July 2014,
-PDG Knut J. Johnsen serves as an Alternate Representative to the United Nations/New York ,
-Rotary Public Image Coordinator Ayoub M. Ayoub serves as Rotary Representative to the Arab League

Panel conducted by DG Kyle at the International Convention at Sydney, Australia

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