CMAX Foundation at the United Nations
A global voice.
A human purpose.
Bringing the realities of communities into the conversations that shape humanitarian priorities.
Explore our roleSince2021
Special consultative status
United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)01 / Our role
Local experience.
Global perspective.
Preparedness starts with people. Our role is to bring that perspective to the international table.
What does consultative status mean?
A formal channel for CMAX Foundation to contribute its expertise to ECOSOC and related UN processes.
What do we bring to the conversation?
Experience in preparedness, rapid habitat and emergency response, grounded in the needs of communities facing complex emergencies.
Where can you explore our work?
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02 / In the room
Dialogue, in focus.
People. Interventions. Shared perspectives.
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03 / The record
Our work.
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2021RecognitionSpecial consultative status with ECOSOC
Consultative status gives the Foundation access to ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies, to the human rights mechanisms of the United Nations, and to events organized by the President of the General Assembly. It is the channel through which CMAX brings field experience in preparedness and rapid habitat into UN processes.
- Where
- United Nations Economic and Social Council
- Who
- CMAX Foundation
9 December 2019InterventionThe Revolution of Priorities — intervention at the United Nations
The intervention argued that catastrophic, human-caused crises require a change of priorities toward collective care, and that preparedness should be driven by compassion rather than fear. It framed the Foundation's work on rapid habitat and readiness as a question of what a society chooses to prepare for.
- Where
- United Nations Headquarters, New York
- Who
- Nicolás García Mayor, founder of CMAX Foundation
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