Arrangements and Practices for the Interaction of Non-Governmental Organizations in All Activities of the United Nations System

Also know as the 'Sorenson Report', this 1998 publication addresses the participation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) throughout the United Nations system. The activities of non-state actors have become essential to international public life and the United Nations is recognizing this revolution. Topics addressed in this report include current and potential institutional arrangements for NGO participation and NGOs as operational partners. This aspect includes the possibilities of and constraints on NGO participation and the need for clear but flexible guidelines that would bridge the work of NGOs and the UN. The report suggests websites, conferences, newsletters, and diverse regional participation and capacity-building in developing countries could be employed to these ends. [Descriptors: Applying Human Rights Law - International, International]