[SmithL]

They sound like the religion-propaganda wing for the teacher's union.

[Terriergal]

yeah. I am appalled too that the E Covenant church is an official UN Department of Public INformation Non Governmental Agency:

http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/brochure.htm

"What are the responsibilities of NGOs associated with DPI?"

Since the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945, NGOs have made valuable contributions to the international community by drawing attention to key issues, promoting initiatives and programmes, disseminating information and mobilizing public opinion in support of the United Nations and its specialized agencies. In the last two decades, NGO participation in the work of the United Nations has increased exponentially at UN offices and in the field. Association with DPI constitutes a commitment to that effect.

Associated NGOs are expected to devote a portion of their information programmes to promoting knowledge of the principles and activities of the UN. In addition, an evaluation and review process was in place in 2002 wherein NGOs associated with DPI are expected to keep the DPI/NGO Section abreast of their activities by providing a short summary of their UN-related activities and samples of their information materials every four years relating to the work of the UN. The information materials are also made available for perusal at the DPI/NGO Resource Centre.

Recognizing NGOs as important actors in the international arena, Secretary-General Kofi Annan remarked “…Though much of my daily work involves contacts with Governments, it is with civil society that I feel a special affinity, particularly when it comes to matters of environment and development.” (Message to Civil Society Forum, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 2002).

Here is a list of all the religious organizations partnered with the UN in this way:

http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/asp/form.asp

AGUDATH ISRAEL WORLD ORGANIZATION
ALIANZA ESPIRITUALISTA INTERNACIONAL
AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS
ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE POUR LA DEFENSE DE LA LIBERTE RELIGIEUSE
BAPTIST WORLD ALLIANCE
BUDDHA'S LIGHT INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION (BLIA)
CAIRO INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES
CATHOLICS FOR A FREE CHOICE (CFFC)
CHRISTIAN EMBASSY OF CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST
CHRISTIAN MISSION FOR THE UNITED NATIONS COMMUNITY
CHRISTIANS ASSOCIATED FOR RELATIONSHIPS WITH EASTERN EUROPE (CAREE)
CHURCH WORLD SERVICE (CWS)
COMMISSION OF THE CHURCHES ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (CCIA/WCC)
CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN CHURCHES
CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL
CONGREGATIONS OF ST. JOSEPH
DOMINICAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (DLC)
ELIZABETH SETON FEDERATION
EPISCOPAL CHURCH USA
EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH, THE
FEDERATION OF JEWISH MEN'S CLUBS, INC.
FRATERNITE NOTRE DAME, INC.
FUNDACION MUNDIAL HASTINAPURA
GENERAL CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS
GLOBAL FORUM OF SPIRITUAL AND PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS ON HUMAN SURVIVAL
INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OF THE ORTHODOX UNION
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (IARF)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES
INTERNATIONAL KOLPING SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ASSOCIATION (IRLA)
INTERNATIONAL SHINTO FOUNDATION, INC,, THE
ISLAMIC CENTRE OF ENGLAND
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION, THE
MESSIANIC JEWISH ALLIANCE OF AMERICA
MUSLIM WORLD LEAGUE (MWL)
NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION OF THE USA, INC.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN THE USA
NORTH AMERICAN MISSION BOARD SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
ORDER OF SAINT AUGUSTINE
PUBLICATION AND COORDINATION CENTRE OF ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY AND
SUFI-ISM (PCCIIS)
RISSHO KOSEI-KAI
SALVATION ARMY, INC., THE, PHILIPPINE TERRITORY
TEMPLE OF UNDERSTANDING, THE
THANKS-GIVING FOUNDATION, THE THANKS-GIVING SQUARE
UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM
UNION OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNITIES OF CHRIST, THE
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, GENERAL BOARD OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY
UNITED RELIGIONS INITIATIVE (URI)
UNITED STATES CATHOLIC MISSION ASSOCIATION
UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM, THE
WITTENBERG CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE RESOURCES, THE
WOMEN OF REFORM JUDAISM
WOMEN'S LEAGUE FOR CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM
WON BUDDHISM
WORLD CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMUNITY
WORLD COUNCIL OF CONSERVATIVE/MASORTI SYNAGOGUES
WORLD COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
WORLD ISLAMIC CALL SOCIETY (WICS)
WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS
WORLD MUSLIM CONGRESS
WORLD STUDENT CHRISTIAN FEDERATION (WSCF)
WORLD UNION FOR PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM (WUPJ)
ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA

I am trying to figure out just what these groups have agreed to do for the UN?