Welcome to the website of the NGO Branch, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UN DESA. We support the work of the Committee on NGOs of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the intergovernmental body responsible for granting consultative status with ECOSOC to non-governmental organizations (NGOs). There are currently 5,593 (NGOs) in active consultative status with (ECOSOC) [list]. Information regarding applications for consultative status, participation in meetings and events at the United Nations, accreditations and other matters is currently available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.

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News Highlights

• Webinar recording on applying for ECOSOC consultative status (5 May 2021)
• Open Call for NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC to address the Economic and Social Council at the 2021 ECOSOC High-level Segment
• Submission of written inputs for the 20th session of CEPA open for NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC
• New step-by-step video on how to apply for ECOSOC consultative status
• Webinar on applying for ECOSOC consultative status (Archives)
• Work of ECOSOC and calendar of meetings during the COVID-19 outbreak

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Events

• 12-21 April 2021: 20th session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA)
  
• 26-30 April 2021: Sixteenth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF16)
  

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