Non-governmental organizations

The Department of Public Information (DPI) today associated itself with 11 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), bringing to 1,450 the number working with the Department in the area of communications and outreach.

Following an amendment on the review of working methods and other related matters, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today adopted the report of its 2016 May-June session, during which it recommended to the Economic and Social Council 188 organizations for consultative status and deferred 235 for further consideration at its regular session in 2017.

Suspending its 2016 resumed session pending one final day of work, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 23 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, while deferring action on 44 organizations.

As the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued their session, recommending 10 organizations today for special consultative status and 2 for general consultative status with the Economic and Social Council while postponing action on 33 groups, representatives tackled the politicization of procedure in the selection process.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the sixty-sixth United Nations DPI/NGO [Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization] Conference, in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the sixty-sixth DPI/NGO Conference Youth Caucus Event, in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, on 30 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the official dinner hosted by the National Organizing Committee of the sixty-sixth DPI/NGO Conference, in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, on 29 May:

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) held a recorded vote today, by which it deferred action on the application of a youth group for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council.

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations took a recorded vote today by which it deferred action on the application of a journalists’ group for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council.

While deferring action on 66 organizations, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 18 organizations for special consultative status and 1 for general consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, as it continued its session.