Applications for consultative status and requests for reclassification received from non-governmental organizations — E/DEC/2008/222 | UN Mandate Registry
Applications for Consultative Status and Requests for Reclassification Received From Non-Governmental Organizations
At its 37th plenary meeting, on 21 July 2008, the Economic and Social Council:
(a) Decided to grant consultative status to the following seventy non-governmental organizations:
Special consultative status
environnementale de Likende Advisory Network for African Information Society Africa Humanitarian Action Agence de développement économique et culturel nord-sud Assemblea delle Donne per lo Sviluppo e la Lotta Contro L’Esclusione Sociale Association cœur africain Baltic Sea Forum Batani International Development Fund for Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation Bharat Sevashram Sangha Black Sea Civil Society Solidarity Association Carter Center Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance Foundation
21 E/2008/58.
22 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 16 (A/63/16).
Centre for European Constitutional Law: Themistocles and Dimitris Tsatsos Foundation
Children International Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group Civil Resource Development and Documentation Centre Colonie des pionniers de développement Council on Health Research for Development Environic Foundation International Federation of Environmental and Ecological Diversity for Agricultural Revampment and Human Rights Federation of Jain Associations in North America Foundation for Human Rights Initiative Fundação de Assistência Médica Internacional Fundación Guayasamín Fundación Para La Libertad “Askatasun Bidean” Geneva Infant Feeding Association Geneva Social Observatory Global Workers Justice Alliance God’s Harvest Foundation Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda Hunter College Center for Community and Urban Health Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology International Paralympic Committee Les enfants de Frankie Mountain Women Development Organization New Future Foundation Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association Nigeria-Togo Association Okedongmu Children in Korea Ordre des avocats de Paris
économique internationale Peace Parks Foundation People to People Physicians for Peace Pos Keadilan Peduli Ummat Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims Roma Centre for Social Intervention and Studies Rural Africa Water Development Project
School of Human Genetics and Population Health Social Action Forum for Manav Adhikar Society for the Protection and Assistance of Socially Disadvantaged Individuals Stree Atyachar Virodhi Parishad SustainUS Talented Girl Students Trust Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Women’s Association for a Better Aging Society Women’s General Association of Macau World of Hope International WorldWIDE Network Nigeria: Women in Development and Environment Yugoslav Youth Association against AIDS: Youth of JAZAS
Roster
Asia Darshana
Beckley Foundation Business Humanitarian Forum Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program Fundació Futbol Club Barcelona International Osteoporosis Foundation Iranian Society of Engineering Design and Assembly
(b) Also decided to reclassify the following two non-governmental organizations from the Roster to special consultative status:
Foundation for Subjective Experience and Research Yachay Wasi
(c) Noted that the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations had taken note of the quadrennial reports of the following fifty-three non-governmental organizations:
(i) For the reporting period 2003–2006:
Academy for Future Science Akina Mama Wa Afrika All India Women’s Education Fund Association Arab Lawyers Union Asociación Cubana de las Naciones Unidas Associated Country Women of the World
Australian Council for International Development Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha Center for International Earth Science Information Network Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions Chinese Association for International Understanding Congregations of St. Joseph Earthjustice Federation for Women and Family Planning FEMVISION Forum for Women and Development Girl Scouts of the United States of America Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society Human Relief Foundation Human Rights Defence Centre Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems International Initiatives: Women in Development International Association for Religious Freedom International Bureau for Children’s Rights International Confederation for Family Support International Federation for Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida International Federation of Business and Professional Women International Fellowship of Reconciliation International Institute for the Rights of the Child International Islamic Committee for Woman and Child International Kolping Society International Multiracial Shared Cultural Organization International Social Service International Volunteerism Organization for Women, Education and Development Japan Fellowship of Reconciliation Mandat International Millennium Institute National Alliance of Women’s Organizations
National Women’s Council of Catalonia New Japan Women’s Association New York County Lawyers’ Association Order of St. John Prison Fellowship International Rural Women Environmental Protection Association Shimin Gaikou Centre Simon Wiesenthal Center United States Committee for UNIFEM World Blind Union
(ii) For the reporting period 2002–2005:
Korean Federation for Environmental Movement Organization for Defending Victims of Violence People’s Decade of Human Rights Education Union nationale de la femme tunisienne
(d) Also noted that the Committee had decided to close without prejudice consideration of the request for consultative status made by the following two non-governmental organizations:
Association Sahel solidarité action Foundation for Research and Support of the Indigenous Peoples of Crimea
(e) Further noted that the Committee had taken note of the withdrawal by the following three organizations of their applications for consultative status:
Centre for Conflict Resolution International Crisis Group Kurdish Human Rights Project
