The Conference on Disarmament in Geneva Thursday approved by consensus a decision concerning the enhancement of the engagement of civil society in its work.
The decision concerning civil society states that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) shall be entitled to make written material available to the members of the Conference outside the Council Chamber twice per annual session. After the Conference adopts a programme of work, it will allocate one informal plenary meeting per annual session to NGOs to address the Conference. Only NGOs whose activities relate to the work of the Conference will be able to address it, and a formal selection process will be put in place to consider requests from NGOs to participate.
Kilde: UN Information Service
