Continuing its regular session for 2015, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 55 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and deferred action on the status of 45 others.
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Opening its regular session for 2015, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 16 organizations for special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and deferred action on the status of 17 others.
A total of 15 non-governmental organizations were approved for association with the United Nations Department of Public Information during the 6 June meeting of the Department’s Committee for Association in New York, bringing to 1,380 the number of such groups associated with the Department in the area of communications and information outreach.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today adopted the report of its 2014 resumed session, held from 19 to 28 May, during which it recommended to the Economic and Social Council 158 organizations for consultative status and deferred 153 for further consideration at its regular session in 2015.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended two United States-based organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, deferred action on four other candidates and closed the applications of 30, as it concluded the substantive work of its resumed session.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 10 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferred action on 17 others, as it began week two of a resumed session set to conclude formally on Tuesday, followed by adoption of its report on 6 June.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 15 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and deferred action on 38 others.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended nine organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and deferred action on 33 others.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 32 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and deferred action on 30 others. Action on many applications was postponed because Committee members wanted more information from the candidates about, among other things, details of their respective organizations’ projects, partners, expenditures and sources of funding.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today concluded its regular session with the adoption of its report, in which it recommended that the Economic and Social Council grant consultative status to 225 applicants across regions and missions of the 439 applicants it considered during its session.