PREPCOM:

The Beijing+5 PrepCom has convened in NYC. Resources for information from the proceedings are available on several web sites, including: WomenAction 2000, a coalition of women's media and information groups maintains a web site (http://www.womenaction.org). The site has a daily update during the CSW/PrepCom with information about the official proceedings, NGO events and resources including links to regional and national alternative reports. WomenAction also has links to sites in Africa, Asia/Pacific, Latin America/Caribbean, Europe and North America.

Official documents can be found on the Division for the Advancement of Women web site (http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw).

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) web site is www.conferenceofngos.org.

The NGO Committee on the Status of Women web site is www.womenact.org.

SPECIAL SESSION:

Registration for the Special Session in June must be done through the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW). Contact Koh Miyaoi via e-mail at miyaoi@un.org or via fax at 1+212-963-3463 for registration information and forms. The deadline for registering is 31 March 2000. Please contact DAW as soon as possible. The DAW staff is working at the registration desk for the PrepCom from 8am-6pm Monday through Friday for the next two weeks; you may not receive an immediate reply from them.

NGOs formed AFTER Beijing (1995) may register for the Special Session. Contact Koh Miyaoi at miyaoi@un.org or via fax at 1+212-963-3463 for information and registration.

There is much discussion about the need to limit the number of representatives each organization can register for the Special Session. No final decision has been made on this point. However, the NGO Section and the Division for the Advancement of Women have recommended that NGOs list their representatives in order of priority just in case they need to limit representative to a small number of people from each organization.

The NGO Working Session will take place on 2-3 June (Friday and Saturday). This was changed from the original schedule. Many of the details will be finalized in the next few weeks. We will send you more information about the Working Session as soon as possible. In the meantime, please save the afternoon and evening on Friday 2 June and all day on Saturday 3 June for the NGO Working Session. There are no registration forms available yet; information about registration will be sent to you soon.

Many other events will be occurring in New York City during the Special Session. We will have more information about those events and/or web sites for information about those events soon.

BEIJING+5 FACT SHEET -- UPDATE #1 (4 February 2000)