2025 New York New Humanity Representation Activities

The main activities carried out by New Humanity NGO in New York are the following:

January

• Participation in the annual retreat of the Multifaith Advisory Council (MFAC), January 29, 2025.
• Fabiola Marotti continued as part of the New Humanity New York team and in her role supporting UN MFAC Youth Engagement.

April

• Angelica Kerr, Co-Chair of the MFAC Climate & Nature Working Group, participated in the ECOSOC Special Meeting on Forced Displacement and Refugee Protection (April 24, 2025).
• Participation in the UNAOC Roundtable on Extremism and Radical Ideologies: A Multistakeholder Approach (April 29, 2025).
• Preparation of the ECOSOC quadrennial report for international NGOs.

May

• 

  Participation in the Sustaining Peace Event on May 24 in Washington, D.C.

• Participation in the Informal Interactive Dialogue on “The Pact for the Future – Monitoring and Evaluation” (May 19, 2025), held at the Trusteeship Council Chamber. The dialogue focused on national-level monitoring and evaluation mechanisms for implementation of the Pact for the Future.
• ECOSOC Special Meeting on Artificial Intelligence, May 6, 2025. Angelica Kerr attended on behalf of New Humanity.
• Participation and support to the Holy See Mission’s Gala, PATH to PEACE, which awarded Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
• Screening of Chiara Lubich’s movie at the Holy See Mission.

July

• 

  Maddalena Maltese, Angelica Kerr and Rick O’Sullivan attended the Kofi Annan Briefing on July 15, 2025, featuring John Mundell as speaker.

• Meeting with one of the candidates for the position of UN Secretary General.

September

• New Humanity endorsed the Joint Appeal for Nuclear Abolition Day, September 26. The appeal gathered more than 560 organizations and 1,100 individuals from 98 countries across all regions of the world.

• 

  Letter submitted to the US Bishops Conference on the topic of migration (September 2025).

• Participation in Climate Week events (September 23–24): Faith House Contemplation, Dialogue & Action with Gopal Patel, and the session “No Throwaway People: Racism & the Climate Crisis” with Sustaining All Life.
• Rick O’Sullivan was approved to represent New Humanity on the NGO Committee on Financing for Development, on which he has served as a private sector participant since 2017.

October

• Angelica Kerr participated in the Raising Hope Conference at Castel Gandolfo (October 1–3, 2025), organized in preparation for COP30 in Belém, Brazil. The conference brought together faith leaders, climate advocates, and dedicated workers from different movements and organizations to reflect on care for our common home. As Co-Chair of the MFAC Climate & Nature Working Group, Angelica participated in workshops including the Global Ethical Stocktake.
• Promotion and coordination of the “Together for a New Africa” project, including a roundtable with partners in Kenya.
• Rick O’Sullivan participated in the Fall Civil Society Policy Forum during the semi-annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, October 13-17

Other Activities

• 

  Continued preparation for the Dare to Care project (II edition).

• Participated in drafting CSO stakeholder contribution to the 2026 Financing for Sustainable Development Report of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Financing for Developmen Submitted to the UN Office for Sustainable Development, November 2025
• Participated in drafting and sponsoring three side-events during major UN meetings
  • Reimagining the Global Financial Architecture: Financing a Just Future for People and Planet in a Post-FFD4 World – Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) represents, Seville, Spain, July 2025
  • Turning Global Commitments into Local Impact: Financing for a Just and Inclusive Transition – 80th Meeting of the UN General Assembly (UNGA80), New York, NY, September 24, 2025
  • Drafted concept note for Integrated SDG Solutions: Innovative, Inclusive, and Accountable Financing and Partnerships, Side event at the UN ECOSOC Partnership Forum, New York, NY, to be held on January 27, 2026

Members of the New Humanity NGO representation in New York:

• Maddalena Maltese, as Main Representative – MFAC Peace and Security Working Group
• Angelica Kerr, as Additional Representative – Co-Chair, MFAC Climate & Nature Working Group
• Marie Aloia, as Additional Representative
• Richard O’Sullivan, as Additional Representative – NGO Committee on Financing for Development
• Emilie Christy, as Additional Representative
• Anne Carrara, as Additional Representative
• Renato Araujo, as Additional Representative
• Francis Salinel, as Additional Representative
• Fabiola Marotti, as Additional Representative – MFAC Youth Engagement Working Group
• Joe Klock as Consultant

Note: The New York office continues to be an active member of the Forum of Catholic NGOs at the UN and maintains ongoing engagement with the Multifaith Advisory Council and its working groups on Climate, Peace and Security and Youth Engagement, and the Committee on Financing for Development.

To know more about the New Humanity New York Representation team, see: https://www.new-humanity.org/en/where-we-are/new-york/