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The Legion of Good Will at the UN |
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Since 1994, the LGW has been working in partnership with the United Nations (UN), being associated with the Department of Public Information (DPI). In 1999, it became the first organization of the Brazilian civil society to obtain general consultative status at the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and in 2000, it became part of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO), in Vienna, Austria.
One of the most important global challenges signed in 2000, during the Millennium Summit, known as the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), brought together 191 member countries for the definition of a set of goals to be achieved by 2015 to improve the quality of life of Humanity and seek the sustainability of our globe. The LGW has broadly supported this worldwide campaign by means of its socioeducational actions for more than 61 years and by the articulation of other social actors, promoting meetings and disseminating information in dozens of cities in Brazil, Latin America and Europe.
From such activities the Solidary Society Network was created and has contributed regionally towards greater actions for sustainable and integrated development with the multistakeholders.
In addition to the role of mobilizing civil society around the Millennium Development Goals, the LGW participates in New York as the Vice President of the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns, a committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO). The objective is to contribute to an open and practical debate about the importance of Spirituality in global development, a cause defended by the Legion of Good Will since its origins, in the decade of 1940. Hence, several seminars and events in the UN headquarters have attracted the attention of world authorities to this matter of great value.
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