The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations this morning began its resumed 1999 session, making recommendations on a series of applications by non- governmental organizations (NGOs) for accreditation with the Economic and Social Council.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, a 19-member standing body of the Economic and Social Council, this afternoon recommended that 13 organization be granted special consultative status with the Council.
Three-Day Conference to Conclude This Afternoon
The revolution of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the globalization process were defining phenomena of our times, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said this morning at the opening meeting of the fifty-second annual NGO Conference, organized by the Department of Public Information (DPI).
As a result of globalization, governments had nowhere to hide, Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), told the fifty-second annual Department of Public Information/Non-governmental Organization (DPI/NGO) Conference this afternoon.
