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Loretto at the UN

Loretto Community is an NGO (non-governmental organization) accredited with consultative status at the United Nations. The Loretto at the UN office works to disseminate information to the Loretto Community about issues being addressed at the United Nations and around the world. The NGO office also leverages the knowledge base of the Loretto Community for effective advocacy work with U.N. Member States and U.N. agencies. Having an office at the United Nations allows Loretto to advocate for human rights, Earth rights and a social-justice-oriented framework for creating international policy.

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Reflections from U.N.: Building Educational Infrastructure for the Commission on the Status of Women

By Loretto Community / May 1, 2018 /
Three women smiling together for a group picture at a social event indoors.

By Kathy Baldwin-Heitman You’re 17. It is your first time in New York City. You have a BIG job to do. Are you prepared? Imagine yourself a junior or senior…

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Loretto Connects with Cities for CEDAW

By Alice Kitchen / May 1, 2018 /
8 diverse people smiling together for a group picture indoors. They are all wearing dress clothes.

This past March Beth Blissman and I attended the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women gathering in New York. While Beth oversaw 67 Loretto students from some six U.S.…

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Negotiation of Compacts This Year at United Nations

By Loretto Community / April 1, 2018 /
An ipad, digital screen, and microphone sitting on a desk in front of a notebook with handwritten notes.

By Mary Louise Pabello Editor’s Note: Mary Louise is a returning Loretto Volunteer now working as NGO U.N. Intern/Loretto Community. The Loretto Community has long supported migrants and refugees in…

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Loretto Takes Part in U.N.’s 62nd Conference on the Status of Women and Girls

By Loretto Community / March 23, 2018 /
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Loretto at the UN: Supporting Girls and Women

By Beth Blissman CoL / December 1, 2017 /
Three women smiling together while sitting at a desk with digital screens and table microphones in front of them.

When I arrived at the United Nations office a year ago, the first meeting Sally Dunne took me to was the Working Group on Girls (WGG). I joined WGG’s Mission…

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Supporting Women and Girls: Update from the United Nations

By Beth Blissman CoL / May 1, 2017 /
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I wish to express my deep gratitude to all within Loretto who have expressed support of this important mission of our Community. I’m still a bit overwhelmed after attending the…

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Beth Blissman Offers Her First Update from Loretto at the UN

By Beth Blissman CoL / April 1, 2017 /
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Since the early 1990s, Loretto has had a presence at the United Nations. In governmental organization (NGO) with consultative status at the United Nations. Building on the work of Pat…

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Loretto Goes to World Humanitarian Summit 2016

By Loretto Community / September 1, 2016 /
Five diverse individuals smiling together for a photo.

By Theresa Kubasak “I’ve been at the Summit for two days and this is the best thing I’ve heard! We need to listen to refugees. Everyone in Europe should be…

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‘Religious at the United Nations’ Names Sally Dunne Project Director for Hilton-funded U.N. Initiative

By Loretto Community / September 1, 2016 /
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By Sally Dunne The informal group of sisters, brothers, priests, and others who represent their respective Catholic religious congregations at the United Nations is called RUN — “Religious at the…

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