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The
Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations |
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Consultative Relationship with the United Nations is an independent,
international, not-for-profit membership association of nongovernmental
organizations that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations
debates and decisions. CONGO is most active in the major UN centers of New York,
Geneva, and Vienna, but extends its work to all regions of the world.
Since its founding in 1948, CONGO has worked to
ensure that NGO voices are heard throughout the international arena. CONGO’s
role in mobilizing NGOs to form the first worldwide NGO forum on human rights in
1968, its role in conceiving forms of NGO participation in UN world conferences
and its advocacy on behalf of NGOs at UN Headquarters highlight CONGO’s major
objectives: to ensure that NGOs are present when governments discuss issues of
global concern at the United Nations and to facilitate NGO discussions on such
issues.
CONGO does not take positions on substantive
matters. However, the Conference does provide, through special and ad hoc NGO Committees, fora for
discussion of substantive matters by its members and members of the UN
Secretariat, UN delegations, and other experts.
CONGO’s membership comprises national, regional and international
nongovernmental organizations in consultative status with the United Nations
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). CONGO associate membership is open to NGOs
associated with the United Nations system but not holding consultative status.
Members represent a vital range of interests, including human rights, gender,
peace and disarmament, social justice, governance, environment and sustainable
development. CONGO and its members collaborate with the larger community of
nongovernmental organizations through standing NGO committees, which follow
issues of key substantive interest to NGOs.
CONGO 2004 Annual Report: Click here to
download. (7.7 Meg PDF file.)
CONGO LOGO GRAPHIC: CONGO’s logo can be used in
publications with proper attribution. Higher resolution versions of the
logo are available in TIFF and JPG formats.
(Right click or use “ctrl”+click to save image to your
computer.)
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