Status of Non-Governmental Organizations and Other Major Groups Accredited to the World Summit on Sustainable Development

E/DEC/2004/212View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, published in 2005.

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2 versions · 2004–2005

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2005	E/DEC/2004/212	Status of non-governmental organizations and other major groups accredited to the World Summit on Sustainable Development	409	11%Compare
2004	E/DEC/2003/295	Status of non-governmental organizations and other major groups accredited to the World Summit on Sustainable Development	91	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Consultative Status Functional Commissions Non-Governmental Organizations Subsidiary Bodies

What’s in this document?

9 paragraphs

At its 4th plenary meeting, on 6 February 2004, the Economic and Social Council:

(a) Decided that, subject to their approval by the Council, non-governmental organizations and other major groups accredited to the World Summit on Sustainable Development 9 could participate in the first two-year implementation cycle of the Commission on Sustainable Development10 in accordance with the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Council;

(b) Emphasized that the decision was taken on an exceptional basis, without prejudice to the established rules of procedure of the United Nations, in particular the provisions of Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July 1996 on the accreditation and participation of non-governmental organizations and other major groups in the work of the Council and its subsidiary bodies, and that it should not be construed as a precedent;

9 See E/2004/8. 10 Twelfth and thirteenth sessions of the Commission on Sustainable Development.

(c) Emphasized also that the decision should apply to those non-governmental organizations and other major groups accredited to the World Summit on Sustainable Development that had submitted their applications for consultative status with the Council or that express, during the first two-year implementation cycle, preferably by 14 April 2004, their wish to participate in that cycle;

(d) Decided that the established rules of procedure of the United Nations on the accreditation and participation of nongovernmental organizations and other major groups in the work of the Council and its subsidiary bodies should apply to the nongovernmental organizations and other major groups accredited to the World Summit on Sustainable Development that wish to participate in future sessions of the Commission on Sustainable Development beyond the first two-year implementation cycle;

(e) Stressed, in this context, that early submission of applications by those non-governmental organizations and other major groups to the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations would enhance the possibility of their review in time for future sessions of the Commission;

(f) Invited the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations to consider such applications, in accordance with the rules of procedure and the practices of the United Nations, and to do so as expeditiously as possible;

(g) Requested the Secretary-General to make the current decision widely known, through proper channels, in order to facilitate the involvement of non-governmental organizations from all regions and areas of the world.

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