Non-governmental organizations


NGO/860-PI/2218

The Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations Association Committee today associated 21 non‑governmental organizations with the United Nations Department of Public Information.  One non‑governmental organization was also disassociated at the committee meeting.  That brings the number of non‑governmental organizations working with the Department in the area of communications and outreach to 1,485.

ECOSOC/6848-NGO/857

Concluding its 2017 resumed session with the adoption of its report, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today forwarded the applications of 191 groups to the Economic and Social Council with the recommendation that they be granted special consultative status, as opinions diverged over certain elements of the text as well as the Committee’s underlying editorial practices.