Daughters of Charity Gain Special Consultative Status as UN NGO
According to the UN website the Daughters of Charity were recommended for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the UN.For more background on the signifance of this visit the Wikipedia article on Consultative Status
From the UN website below…
Hanifa Mezoui, Chief, Non-Governmental Organization Section, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), said the Committee was faced with a workload of 103 new applications, 6 reclassifications, 37 deferred applications and 100 new quadrennial reports. It had, therefore, to consider some 237 cases. Thanks to the staff of the section, all documents except one were now available in the six official languages. In the framework of strengthening ECOSOC, the Section had incorporated reform of ECOSOC in its work. Civil society and non-governmental organizations had been invited to participate in the new sub-segments of the Council, the AMR and the DCF, in order to identify gaps and obstacles in the development agenda.
The 19-member Committee uses various criteria to recommend general, special or roster status with the Economic and Social Council, including the applicant’s mandate, governance and financial regime. Organizations that have general and special consultative status can attend meetings of the Council and circulate statements of a certain length. Those with general status can, in addition, speak at meetings and propose items for the Council’s agenda, while NGOs with roster status can only attend meetings.
Non-governmental organizations with general and special consultative status must submit a report to ECOSOC every four years. The Committee can request a special report in certain instances, such as after receipt of a complaint from a Member State about the behaviour of an NGO during a meeting of a United Nations body to which it was accredited.
During two meetings today, the Committee decided on a total of 52 recommendations, 48 for special consultative status and 4 for roster States. It recommended that ECOSOC grant special consultative status to:
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