Talk:CONGO
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The Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations, or CONGO, is an organization assisting NGOs to obtain influence at the United Nations. CONGO coordinates actions or voting blocks to favor a given grouping, and in return, at a future date the collaborating NGO will be assisted on matters of its interest, i.e., "you scratch my back, I scratch yours" principle. CONGO aims to leverage the voting or lobbying pressure of several small NGOs into a more influential voice. CONGO is a zionist organization set up and funded by several zionist groups, e.g., the World Zionist Congress appeared as the Treasurer of the organization for several years; several of CONGO's principals are zionist activists with UN Watch and other similar groups.
CONGO provides a framework for several NGOs to coordinate actions. This may entail some of the following:
- Issuing press releases with many signatories, where most of them are CONGO partners
- Coordinate lobbying
- Coordinate voting where this is possible
- Coordinate demonstrations (some CONGO members have participated in demonstrations against the Durban-II conference held in Geneva)
