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COPAC Organizes Exhibit at UN Office at Geneva
Message of the UN Secretary-General
FAO's Perspective on Cooperatives and Food Security
Les coopératives et la sécurité alimentaire: L ’optique de la FAO
Message from the International Co-operative Alliance (pdf)
IFAP: Farmers Since Rio
Message from the ILO Cooperative Branch
Cooperative Exhibition at the United Nations (Geneva) on the occasion of the 3rd UN International Day of Cooperatives |
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The Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) will organize an exhibition on cooperatives at the United Nations Office in Geneva from 30 June to 11 July 1997 on the occasion of the 3rd United Nations International Day of Cooperatives and the 75th International Co-operative Day celebrated by the International Co-operative Alliance.
The exhibit will include photos, posters, and printed materials that show how cooperatives are contributing to the economic and social development of the communities in which they operate. It will also highlight the important contribution of cooperatives to food security - the theme of this year's International Day. Information on the activities of the members of COPAC will also be available. The aim of the exhibit is to sensitize government delegates, the United Nations secretariat, and the general public to the significance of the cooperative movement by showing that cooperatives exist in all sectors of activity and in nearly all countries of the world. In focusing on the successful activities of the cooperative movement, COPAC hopes that national and local governments, multilateral and non-governmental organizations will seek partnerships and open dialogue with cooperatives on how to collaborate on issues of mutual importance. |
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COPAC - the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives - is a successful and on-going partnership between representatives of the cooperative movement together with farmers' and workers' organizations (representing a combined membership of over 1 billion people in 130 countries), and the United Nations and its agencies. The members of COPAC - the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), the International Labour Office (ILO), the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF), the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU), and the United Nations (UN) - work together on equal terms to promote sustainable cooperative development through policy dialogues, exchange of technical information and through concrete and practical collaborative activities.
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Updated: 5 October 1998 - Lnks updated 12 December 2006