ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1296 (XLIV) ON CONSULTATIVE ARRANGMENTS

ARRANGMENTS FOR CONSULTATION WITH NON GOBERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Part IV

Consultation with the Council

Provisional Agenda

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21. Organizations in category I may propose to the Council Committee on Non Governmental Organizations that the Committee request the Secretary General to place items of special interest to the organizations on the provisional agenda of the Council.

22. Organizations in category I and II may designate authorized representatives to sit as observers at public meetings of the Council and its subsidiary bodies [ ]

Written Statement

23. Written statements relevant to the work of the Council may be submitted by organizations in categories I and II on subjects in which these organizations have a special competence. Such statements shall be circulated by the Secretary General of the United Nations to the members of the Council [ ]

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Part V

Consultation with Commission and other Subsidiary Organs of the Council

Provisional Agenda

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27. Organizations in category I may propose items for the provisional agenda of commissions, subject to the following conditions:

An organization which intends to propose such item shall inform the SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations at least sixtythree days before the commencement of the session and before formally proposing an item shall give due consideration to any comments the SecretaryGeneral may make.

The proposal shall be formally submitted with the relevant basic documentation not later than fortynine days before the commencement of the session. The item shall be included in the agenda of the commission if it is adopted by a twothirds majority of those present and voting