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Switzerland – Daughters of Mary Help of Christians: an office for human rights

United States - The Salesians of Don Bosco Official Consultors to ECOSOC

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(ANS – New York) - On 6 June the request from the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians  (FMA), for accreditation at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations received a favourable reply.

The recognition allows the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians to be present as an Institution at meetings called by the UNO and opens the way for new opportunities of involvement by the Office for Human Rights in Geneva. The Salesian Family now has more representation on the world stage; the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians can make the voice of poor and abandoned young people heard also at this international level.

Those behind the recognition of the FMA at the ECOSOC have been: Sr Phyllis Neves, Provincial of the Eastern Province of the United States, Fr Thomas Brennan, SDB representative at the UNO, Sr Maria de los Angeles Contreras, Councillor for the Salesian Family and Sr Bernadette Sangma, a consultant for this area.

Published 16/06/2008