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The NGO Liaison Unit at UNOG is the focal point for relations between the United Nations and NGOs. The office maintains liaison with NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC and facilitates their participation in United Nations activities. Through the NGO Liaison Unit, NGOs may receive guidance on their contribution to the work of the United Nations, participate in meetings/conferences, request UNOG accreditations and grounds passes, and reserve conference rooms at the Palais des Nations.
Learn more about the NGO Liaison Unit. The office can be reached from 9:00 to 11:30 am at +41 (0)22 917 1304. Our Offices are located at the Palais des Nations.
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Please refer to the NGO Branch of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs page here.
Follow these steps:
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Once an NGO is granted consultative status with ECOSOC, its representatives can be accredited with UNOG and receive annual or temporary grounds passes to enter the Palais des Nations. You will need to follow the three steps described below to receive UNOG annual or temporary grounds passes for the ongoing year:
- The President/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of your NGO should be registered in the iCSO database at United Nations Civil Society Participation (iCSO);
- Other possible annual representatives of your NGO should be registered in the iCSO database;
- A designation letter should be sent to the NGO Liaison Unit at UNOG by email at unog.ngo@un.org. Please consult the user guide and template designation letter. Once the above steps have been completed and the required documents have been sent to the NGO Liaison Unit via email (unog.no@un.org), the requests will be processed within 3 business days or more during peak periods.
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Check the list of NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC at the following link Symbol Explorer E/2023/INF/5 - Système de Diffusion Électronique des Documents (un.org) or the list of NGOs accredited at the UN Office at Geneva.
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I lost my username and/or password to access our NGO profile in the ICSO database. What should I do?
If you are not in possession of your login and/or password but have access to the headquarters email address registered in your organization’s profile section of the iCSO database, you may retrieve your login details by clicking on the link below. Enter the email address registered in the NGO’s profile section, in the box designated by the sentence "Forgot your login details?" and click “Submit”. You should receive your login and password within a few minutes. https://esango.un.org/civilsociety/newLogin.do?locale=en.
If you do not have access to the email address registered in your NGO profile section of the iCSO database, a new login and password should be requested by e-mail to the NGO Branch/DESA, through the “contact us” section of the website at United Nations Correspondence.
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You can check the status of your request by logging into your NGO profile in the iCSO database at United Nations Civil Society Participation (iCSO) – Login . If your name is listed under “Geneva designations”, it means we have approved your accreditation and the issuance of your grounds pass. If your name is still listed as "pending", it means we have not approved it yet. Please verify that you have finalized all required steps as outlined on our web page. When the NGO Liaison Unit approves your request, you will receive an automated confirmation sent to the email address registered in your profile in the iCSO database, stating when and where to pick up your UNOG grounds pass.
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Once your UNOG annual or temporary designation has been approved in the iCSO database by the NGO Liaison Unit, you may pick up your grounds pass at the Pregny Pavilion of the United Nations Office at Geneva (Palais des Nations, 14 Avenue de la Paix), upon presentation of a valid passport (UN Member or Observer State), Monday through Friday, from 8 am to 4:45 pm. ID cards from the Schengen Zone are also accepted.
There is no deadline to collect your grounds pass for the ongoing year.
NB: While it is required to print the security form to withdraw your grounds pass at UN Headquarters in New York, this requirement does not apply to UN Geneva.
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- The President/CEO or Chief Administrative Officer of an NGO should send a signed letter to the NGO Liaison Unit with the request for cancelation.
- If the grounds pass has already been withdrawn from the UNOG Security Identification Desk, it needs to be returned either in person at Pregny Pavilion (Palais des Nations, 14 Avenue de la Paix) or by mail (NGO Liaison Unit, H Building. 4th floor, Palais des Nations, 14 Avenue de la Paix 1211, Geneva, Switzerland).
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Please inform first the NGO Branch of DESA in New York here while uploading the relevant documentation for the recognition of the new President:
1. A letter from the new President, on the letterhead of the NGO, stating when s/he was appointed/elected to take over, accompanied by either the:
(a) Minutes of the meeting of the General Assembly or Executive Board, announcing the decision to appoint a new leader; or
(b) A letter from the outgoing President/CEO stating when s/he left his/her position as the head of the organization.
The NGO Liaison Unit at UNOG will only be able to recognize the new President of the NGO and approve related requests for Grounds passes, once the new President is officially recognized by the NGO Branch of DESA, UNHQ, and duly approved in the iCSO database, under “New York”.