This monthly newsletter informs NGOs about the activities of the UN-NGO-IRENE network. It also informs NGOs on the upcoming events, success stories in the area of MDGs, special NGO partnership initiatives and sources of inspiration. The update is disseminated through the NGONEWS bulletin which goes out from the NGO Section. Through this communiqué civil society is also kept informed of other web links that they may find useful. Issues of UN-NGO-IREN are available on-line.(Original source: http://www.unpan.org/NGO-updates.asp)