Nominations of Accredited Representatives of the International Confederation of Midwives to the United Nations Offices

NOMINATION OF ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVE

of the International Confederation of Midwives to the UNITED NATIONS Offices

FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 2002 - SEPTEMBER 2005

Member Associations are invited to nominate midwife representatives to represent the Confederation at various offices of the United Nations, for example: the World Health Organization (WHO); the United Nations Childrens’ Fund (UNICEF) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in:

GENEVA

NEW YORK

VIENNA

and to the United Nations Royal Commissions in:

ETHIOPIA

CHILE

JORDAN

THAILAND

and to the Regional Offices of the World Health Organization in:

AFRO - Harare, Zimbabwe (currently)

AMRO - Washington, DC, USA

EMRO - Alexandria, Egypt

EURO - Copenhagen, Denmark

SEARO - New Delhi, India

WPRO - Manila, Philippines

Name of nominating Member Association .....................................................................................

Address ........................................................................................................................................

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Tel: Fax:

Name of Nominee..........................................................................................................................

(Family Name) (Given name)

Address ........................................................................................................................................

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Tel: Fax:

E-mail: .../2

Qualifications................................................................................................................................

Present Position (work) ................................................................................................................

Present Position in Association (if any).........................................................................................

Brief Professional Résumé ...........................................................................................................

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Signature of President / Chairperson of Association ....................................................................

Signature of Vice-President / Committee Member.........................................................................

I am willing for my name to be submitted for nomination to the above position

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(Signature of nominee)

to the UN office in:

GENEVA NEW YORK VIENNA

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ETHIOPIA CHILE JORDAN THAILAND

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AFRO AMRO EMRO EURO SEARO WPRO

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(Please a appropriate box)

· Please return this completed form to Headquarters by 15 October 2001.

· Please photocopy this form where nominating more representatives.

The role of an ICM representative at International meetings

Due to the international remit of the ICM, it is often requested to represent midwifery at international meetings. As the Board of Management and ICM staff are unable to cover all those meetings, official ICM representatives have been appointed by the International council. To secure clear understanding of what is expected when attending meetings on behalf of ICM, the following describes the role of an official ICM representative:

The representative

will speak confidently and articulately on behalf of midwives and midwifery
will be prepared to present papers if asked
will communicate with the Secretary General if issues arise during the meeting that she/he does not feel capable to respond to adequately
will be open and communicative with all participants and conscious of the fact that she/he is representing a wide variety of midwives and midwifery.
will have the capacity to supply a full written report within 30 days of the conclusion of the meeting, clearly identifying

- interventions made on behalf of the Confederation,

- significant outcomes of the meeting

- actions that need to be followed-up

- recommendations to be made to the Board of Management on the topic of the meeting

- information on activities, projects or persons learnt about during the meeting that would be of interest to ICM.

Agreed 4-6-2001 by the Board of Management

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION - REPRESENTANTE OFFICES OF THE UNITED

NATIONS

INCLUDING THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Once named, Represative has the responsibility to represent the

International Confederation of Midwifes relating to the principles and the

objectives accepted as well as the strategic directions including the

Offices of the United Nations in the designées localities.

TENURE the period between Council Meetings

CONDITIONS Voluntary activity authorized for the Confederation.

RESPONSIBILITIES Board of Management through the Secretary-General,

for:

- To advise the Secretary-General on the meetings envisaged of the

Office of the United Nations or the offices which are regarded as

significant for the operations of the ICM.

- To draw up a report/ratio of work with others nominated in the same

office of the United Nations.

- To attend these meetings in agreement with the Council.

- To provide quickly to the Central Office, within four weeks, a

report of the meeting, copies of documents concerning the

meeting and to make remarks with the Council about the procedures of

meeting.

- To have the contents of each " declaration " presented at the

meetings supervised by the Secretary General.

- To warn the Secretary General in the significant cases of change of

personnel within the office of the United Nations and change of

the principles.

- To widen the network of people supporting the goals and objectives

of the Confederation and to notify with the Registered office the

names, addresses and co-ordinates significant.

REGIONS	REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES	TERM OF OFFICE	MIDWIFE REPRESENTATIVE	RE-ELECTABLE
Africa	Ghana Registered Midwives´ Association	From 1996	Kathlyn Ababio	Yes
Africa	Tanzania Midwives Association	From 1999	Joyce Safe	Yes
America	Midwives Alliance of North America	From 1996	Diane Holzer	Yes
America	Colegio de Obstétricas de la Provincia de Buenos aires	From 1999	Alicia Beatriz Cillo	Yes
Asia-Pacific	New Zealand College of Midwives	From 1996	Karen Guilliland	Yes
Asia-Pacific	Japanese Midwives Association	From 1999	Professor Junko Kondo	Yes
Europe	Den Almindelige Dankse Jordemoderforening	From 1999	Eva Selin	Yes
Europe	Royal College of Midwives	From 1999	Karlene Davis	Yes
Europe	Federation Suisse des Sages-Femmes	From 1990	Ruth Brauen	No
Europe	K.C.M.C.	From 1999	Renske Drejer	Yes
Europe	AIORCE	From 1999	Maria Assunta Facchi	Yes