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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.