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E/RES/1995/304 



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Economic and Social Council

Distr: General
26 July 1995
Original: English

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1995/304. General review of arrangements for consultation with non-governmental organizations

At its 54th plenary meeting, on 26 July 1995, the Economic and Social Council, having taken note of the report of the Open-ended Working Group on the Review of Arrangements for Consultation with Non-Governmental Organizations on its second session,/71 decided:

  1. To extend the mandate of the Working Group for a period of one year, with a meeting time of not less than two weeks, and requested the Working Group to submit its final report to the Council at its substantive session of 1996;

  2. To increase, on the basis of equitable geographical representation, the current membership of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations and to implement this decision after the completion of the current review;

  3. That, starting in 1996, the Committee should meet annually and, should this be necessary for the prompt discharge of its duties, on an ad hoc basis;

  4. To request the Committee to undertake a thorough review of its methods of work with a view to improving and streamlining its procedures;

  5. To prolong the consultative status, on the Roster, of those non-governmental organizations so accredited by the Economic and Social Council in its decision 1993/329 of 30 July 1993, subject to a final resolution of the issue by the Council at its substantive session of 1996, following the outcome of the review of arrangements for consultation with non-governmental organizations currently under way.

Notes

71/ E/1995/83 and Add.1 and 2.