GEN

Decides that the procedure for the submission of quadrennial reports for a non-governmental organization in general or special consultative status shall be as follows: (a) 6 months prior to the due date for the report, the Non-Governmental Organizations Section of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the UN Secretariat shall write to the non-governmental organization concerned to remind it of the reporting requirement, the expected date of the submission of the report and the penalties for non-reporting; (b) 1 month after the due date for the report, the Non-Governmental Organizations Section shall send a notice to the non-governmental organization concerned reminding it of the reporting requirement and of the penalties for non-reporting, and requesting that the report be submitted by the first day of the following January; (c) If the outstanding report is not received by the first day of the following January, the Non-Governmental Organizations Section shall send a final letter to the non-governmental organization concerned, requesting that the report be submitted by the first day of the following May and warning that non-receipt of the report by that date shall result in the suspension of consultative status, and shall copy the letter to the Permanent Mission to the UN of the country where the non-governmental organization has its headquarters; (d) If no report is received by the first day of the following May, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations shall, at its resumed session, compile a list of all non-governmental organizations with outstanding reports and recommend to the Economic and Social Council the immediate suspension of their consultative status for a period of one year; (e) Following a decision by the Economic and Social Council to suspend the consultative status of any non-governmental organization with an outstanding report, the Non-Governmental Organizations Section shall write to the non-governmental organization concerned advising it of the suspension, requesting the submission of the outstanding report by the first day of May of the following year and warning that failure to submit the report by such time shall result in the withdrawal of consultative status, and shall copy the letter to the Permanent Mission to the UN of the country where the non-governmental organization has its headquarters; (f) At its resumed session to be held the following May, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations shall review the status of reporting of the non-governmental organizations whose consultative status had been suspended and shall recommend to the Economic and Social Council either the reinstatement of consultative status for any non-governmental organization that submitted its report thereafter or the withdrawal of consultative status for any non-governmental organization with a continued outstanding report.

Adopted without vote, 37th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2008 (30 June to 25 July 2008) - E/2008/INF/2/Add.1 - 15 August 2008 - p. 19-21.