On Tuesday January 31, 2012 over 15,000 signatures from 134 countries were handed over to the newly elected President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council Council,  His Excellency Ambassador Miloš Koterec of the Slovak Republic.  This was the opening ceremony of the Civil Society Forum,  cosponsored by the NGO Committee for Social Development, the United Nations DESA’s Division for Social Policy and Development and the Freidrich-Ebert-Stiftung.  

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