The UN Secretary General is requested by the UN General Assembly to submit to its 63rd session beginning September 2008 a report on the status of Follow-up to the International Year of Volunteers (IYV) 2001 including proposals for marking IYV+10 in 2011. A one-day consultative meeting at the Geneva Headquarters of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) was organised on the 13 December 2007 by the IFRC and UNV for a representative group of stakeholders in volunteerism (largely network organisations with extensive outreach both regional and international) to discuss options for drawing up the UN Secretary General’s report. Participants were drawn from civil society, private sector, the research community and the United Nations system. UNV, as the focal point in the United Nations for IYV and its follow-up, would undertake parallel consultations with Governments and the UN system.
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IYV Follow-up Stakeholder Consultation