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Ambassador Kamara consults
the NGO community
By: Abu Kamara
04 February, 2012
 New
York Friday 3, February,2012, the Permanent Representative
of Liberia to the United Nations Ambassador Major Kamara has
had a meeting with the New York -based Committee on the
Status of Women (CSW) non-governmental organizations
community in preparation for the fifty-six session of the
Commission on the Status of Women which will be held at the
United Nations headquarters in New York from the 27 February
to 9 March 2012.
Ambassador Kamara who was elected last year as the chair of
the Bureau to steer the affairs of the Commission on the
Status of Women said she was pleased to have been given the
opportunity to serve on such an important Bureau of the
world body which goals and objectives are to promote gender
equality and the empowerment of women throughout the world.
She told the representatives of the NGO community that the
Bureau under her leadership will work hard to up hold the
tradition of encouraging their participation and to have a
constructive and close relationship with non-governmental
organizations in pursuit of goals and objectives centered
around the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment
of women.
The Liberian diplomat urged the NGOs to contribute
meaningfully during the forthcoming session and its
follow-up in order to achieve tangible results. “ In our
preparations for and during the session, we must never lose
sight of the purpose of our work. In this spirit, I look
forward to a very dynamic and result-oriented session after
which hopefully, we will be able to say that we rose to the
occasion and met or exceeded the highest expectations”
Ambassador Kamara, praised the newly elected Chair of the
New York NGO committee on the Status of Women for her
commitment and dedication which according to her is infusing
energy into all of the committee’s activities in relation to
the session of the Commission.
She said although the NGO Committee on the Status of Women
is a volunteer- based organization funded largely by
donations and contributions, the personal time, energy and
the ideas and other efforts put into use by members and
participants need to be appreciated. “ I commend you on your
work , I see your potential to channel the experience and
input of NGOs working in all regions to decision-makers and
institution of governance”, she added.
Touching on the organizational and the procedural issues of
the session, Ambassador Kamara informed the NGOs community
that preference will be given to those participants that
will be speaking mainly on the priority theme, thus “ The
empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and
hunger eradication, development and current challenges” .
She pointed out that several side-events aimed at
strengthening the Commission’s work would be held during the
session
Meanwhile, the representatives of the NGO community have
expressed gratitude to the Chair and the members of the
Bureau of the Commission on the Status of Women for giving
them the opportunity to participate in the forthcoming
session and expressed readiness to contribute effectively
towards the realization of the set goals.
Abu Kamara
Minister Counselor for Press and Public Affairs
Permanent Mission of Liberia to the United Nations
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