United Nations

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/2009/INF/4Economic and Social Council

Distr.: General
1 September 2009

Original: English

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*0952355* List of non-governmental organizations in consultative
status with the Economic and Social Council as of
1 September 2009
*
Note by the Secretary-General The non-governmental organizations that are in consultative status as of
1 September 2009, including those added as a result of action taken by the
Economic and Social Council at its organizational session for 2009 and its

Social Council on the recommendation of the Committee on Non-Governmental
Organizations

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1.

Pursuant to Council resolutions 1296 (XLIV) and 1996/31

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2.

Pursuant to Council decision 1996/302

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B.

Organizations placed on the Roster by action of the Secretary-General

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C.

Organizations placed on the Roster by virtue of their consultative status with other
United Nations bodies or the specialized agencies

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IV. Non-governmental organizations with outstanding quadrennial reports, whose consultative
status with the Council has been suspended for the period from 27 July 2009 to 26 July 2010,
in accordance with Council resolution 2008/4 and Council decision 2009/228

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Association tunisienne des mères (2001)
Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (2000)
Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (1998)
CARE International (1991)
Caritas Internationalis (1999)
Centre de recherches et de promotion pour la sauvegarde des sites et monuments
historiques en Afrique (1998)
Centre Europe-tiers monde (1998)
Centro di Ricerca e Documentazione Febbraio 74 (2002)
China NGO Network for International Exchanges (2008)
CIDSE* (2007)
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation (2004)
Colombian Confederation of NGOs (1995)
Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of
Churches (2000)
Confederación Latinoamericana de Cooperativas de Ahorro y Crédito (1995) * Formerly International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity.
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Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with
the United Nations (2002)
Congregations of St. Joseph (1999)
Consumers International (1977)
Coordination SUD (2005)

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International Federation of Agricultural Producers (1947)
International Federation of Associations of the Elderly (1991)
International Federation of Business and Professional Women (1947)
International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres (1998)
International Federation on Ageing (1995)
International Higher Education Academy of Sciences (2002)
International Informatization Academy (1995)
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (1995)
International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies (1998)
International Movement ATD Fourth World (1991)
International Organization for Standardization (1947)
International Organization of Employers (1947)
International Planned Parenthood Federation (1973)
International Research Centre for Environmental Structures “Pio Manzù” (2005)
International Save the Children Alliance (1993)
International Social Security Association (1979)
International Trade Union Confederation (2007)
International Trustee Fund of the Tsyolkovsky Moscow State Aviation Technological
University (1999)
International Union of Economists (1999)
International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations (1973)
Inter-Press Service International Association (1991)
Legião da Boa Vontade (1999)
Liberal International (1995)
Médecins du monde (international) (1996)

United Nations Association of China (2000)
United Nations Association of Russia (1999)
Women’s Federation for World Peace International (1997)
Women’s International Democratic Federation (1969)
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (2000)
World Blind Union (1999)
World Confederation of Labour (1947)
World Confederation of Productivity Science (1997)
World Conference of Religions for Peace (1995)
World Economic Forum (1995)
World Family Organization (1948)
World Federation of Democratic Youth (1947)
World Federation of Trade Unions (1946)
World Federation of United Nations Associations (1947)
World Fellowship of Buddhists (1995)
World Information Transfer (2002)
World Movement of Mothers (2004)
World Muslim Congress (1967)
World Organization of the Scout Movement (1998)

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World Veterans Federation (1952)
World Vision International (2004)
World Wide Fund for Nature International (1996)
Worldwide Network: Women in Development and Environment (1995)
Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (1996)

ActionAid (1991)
Actions solidaires de soutien aux organisations et d’appui aux libertés (2009)
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Actions on Gender, Citizenship and Development (2004)
Adalah: Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (2005)
Adelphi Research (2005)
Admiral Family Circle Islamic Community (2000)
Adolescent Health and Information Projects (2005)
Advisory Commission of the Evangelical Church in Germany (1998)
Advisory Committee for the Protection of the Sea (2002)
Advisory Network for African Information Society (2008)
Advocates for Human Rights* (1996)
Advocates for Youth (2005)
Afghan Development Association (1999)
Africa and Middle East Refugee Assistance (2007)
Africa Humanitarian Action (2008)
Africa Infrastructures Foundation (2002)
Africa Legal Aid (2002)
African Action on AIDS (2003)
African Association of Education for Development (1983)
African Business Roundtable (2005)
African Canadian Legal Clinic (2004)
African Center Foundation (2003)
African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (2005)
African Child Care Association (2008)

Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (2008)
Agermanament sense fronteres (2003)
Aging Research Center (2004)
Agir ensemble pour les droits de l’homme (1998)
Agir pour les femmes en situation précaire (2003)
Agrenska Foundation (2005)
Agricultural Missions (2004)
Agudas Israel World Organization (1948)
Ahmedabad Women’s Action Group (2000)
AIDS Action (2007)
AIDS Alliance in Nigeria (2006)
AIDS Information Switzerland (2000)
AIESEC International (2007)
Ain o Salish Kendra (1998)
Airline Ambassadors International (2004)
Airports Council International (1974)
Akina Mama Wa Afrika (1999)
Al Zubair Charity Foundation (2008)
Al-Hakim Foundation (2007)
Alan Guttmacher Institute (2000)
Aland Islands Peace Institute (2004)
Albert Schweitzer Institute (2005)
ALDET Centre (Saint Lucia) (2007)
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Aleut International Association (2005)

American Life League (2000)
American Planning Association (2004)
American Psychological Association (2000)

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American Society for Training and Development (2000)
American Society of Criminology (2002)
American Society of International Law (1993)
American Society of Safety Engineers (2002)
American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit (2009)
American Youth Understanding Diabetes Abroad (2007)
Americans for UNFPA (2002)
Amicale marocaine des handicapés (1999)
Amman Center for Human Rights Studies (2006)
Amnesty International (1964)
Andean Commission of Jurists (1987)
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (1999)
Anglican Consultative Council (1985)
Ankara Foundation of Children with Leukemia (2007)
Annai Educational Society (2000)
Antioch Christian Centre (2002)
Anti-Racism Information Service (1997)
Anti-Slavery International (1950)
Antiviolence Center (2003)
Antonio Restrepo Barco Foundation (2004)
Arab Centre for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (2000)

Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network (2002)
Asian Institute of Transport Development (2002)
Asian Migrant Centre (2002)
Asian Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural
Development (1991)
Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (2005)
Asian People’s Disability Alliance (2007)
Asian Women in Cooperative Development Forum (2000)
Asian Women’s Conference Network (1999)
Asian Women’s Human Rights Council (1995)
Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (2000)
Asociación Civil Consorcio Desarrollo y Justicia (2006)
Asociación Conciencia (2006)
Asociación Cubana de las Naciones Unidas (1999)
Asociación de Antiguas Alumnas del Colegio Madres Irlandesas (2001)
Asociación Internacional de Presupuesto Publico (1984)
Asociación Mensajeros de la Paz (2007)
Asociación Mujeres Unidas para el Microcredito (2008)
Asociación Nacional Cívica Femenina (2005)
Asociación Proyecto Hombre (2007)
Asociatia Pro Democratia (2007)
Assemblea delle Donne per lo Sviluppo e la Lotta Contro L’Esclusione Sociale (2008)
Assembly of First Nations — National Indian Brotherhood (2002)

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Assistance pédagogique internationale (2002)

Association for Reproductive and Family Health (2007)
Association for Social Advancement (1999)
Association for Solidarity with Freedom-Deprived Juveniles (2003)
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Association for Sustainable Community Development (2004)
Association for Sustainable Human Development (2006)
Association for the Advancement of Education (1999)
Association for the Advancement of Psychological Understanding of Human Nature (1995)
Association for the Prevention of Torture (1996)
Association for the Protection of the Environment (1999)
Association for the Study of the World Refugee Problem (1973)
Association for Women’s Career Development in Hungary (2009)
Association François-Xavier Bagnoud (1996)
Association guinéenne pour la réinsertion des toxicomanes (2002)
Association haïtienne d’aide aux enfants nécessiteux et au relevement des
communes de l’artibonite (1996)
Association internationale de lutte contre la pauvreté et pour le développement (2002)
Association internationale des mouvements familiaux de formation rurale (1998)
Association internationale des régions francophones (2007)
Association jeunesse action développement (2004)
Association jeunesse culture loisirs technique (2001)
Association malienne d’initiatives et d’actions pour le développement (2009)
Association marocaine d’aide à l’enfant et à la famille (2002)
Association marocaine d’appui à la promotion de la petite enterprise (2002)
Association marocaine de planification familiale (2002)

Association of Language Testers in Europe (2006)
Association of Organizations for Social and Educational Assistance (2000)
Association of Presbyterian Women of Aoteaora (New Zealand) (1998)
Association of Refugees and Displaced Persons of the Republic of Bosnia and
Herzegovina (1997)
Association of Support to HIV-Infected and Affected Children and Their Families (2003)
Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1997)
Association of Third World Studies (1995)
Association of United Families International (1999)
Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Karnataka (2005)
Association points-coeur (2005)
Association pour l’action sociale et le développement (2009)
Association pour la collaboration globale (2005)
Association pour la défense des droits de la femme et de l’enfant (2002)
Association pour la formation et l’insertion sociale de l’adolescent et de la femme (2002)
Association pour la promotion de l’emploi et du logement (1998)
Association pour la protection de la nature et de l’environnement de Kairouan (1997)
Association pour la recherche sur la sclérose latérale amyothrophique et autres maladies
du motoneurone (2005)
Association pour la taxation des transactions financières pour l’aide aux citoyens (2003)
Association pour le bien-être des habitants de Beau Vallon (2005)
Association pour le développement économique, social, environnemental du nord (2003)
Association pour le dévéloppement harmonieux de la mère et de l’enfant du
Cameroun (1999)
Association santé et environnement (2001)
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Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2007)
Bangwe et Dialogue (2007)
BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights (2007)
Baptist World Alliance (1974)
Bar Association for International Governmental Organizations (2009)

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Batani International Development Fund for Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia
and the Far East of the Russian Federation (2008)
Be Active, Be Emancipated (2005)
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty (2002)
Befrienders International (1999)
Benevolent Community Education and Rural Development Society (2001)
Benin Rural Assistance (2009)
Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti Jaipur (2007)
Bharat Sevashram Sangha (2008)
Big Brothers Big Sisters International (2006)
Biopolitics International Organisation (2006)
Bischöfliches Hilfswerk Misereor (2004)
Black Sea Civil Society Solidarity Association (2008)
Black Sea University Foundation (1999)
Blagovest Centre of People’s Help International Public Charitable Organization (1998)
Brazilian Foundation of America (2006)
Brothers of Charity (1995)
Buddha’s Light International Association (2003)
Building and Social Housing Foundation (2006)

Catholic Daughters of the Americas (2000)
Catholic Institute for International Relations (1996)
Catholic International Education Office (1998)
Catholic Medical Mission Board (2004)
Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid (2006)
Catholic Relief Services (United States Catholic Conference) (1978)
Catholics for Choice* (1998)
Católicas Por el Derecho a Decidir (2009)
Caucus for Women’s Leadership** (2007)
Center for Alcohol and Drug Research and Education (1999)
Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics (2005)
Center for Democratic Renewal (2007)
Center for Development Services (2000)
Center for Economic and Social Rights (1999)
Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance Foundation (2008)
Center for Human Rights and Environment (2007)
Center for Inquiry (2005)
Center for Inter-Ethnic Cooperation (2007)
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (1995)
Center for International Health and Cooperation (1995)
Center for International Rehabilitation (2004)
Center for Justice and International Law (1996)
Center for Migration Studies of New York (2001) * Formerly Catholics for a Free Choice.
** Formerly Kenya Women’s Political Caucus.

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Foundation (2008)
Centre for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy (2004)
Centre for Psychology and Social Change (1998)
Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (2005)
Centre for Social Research (1996)
Centre for the World Religions (2002)
Centre for Women, the Earth, the Divine (1998)
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Centre independent de recherches et d’initiatives pour le dialogue (2008)
Centre national d’information sur les droits des femmes et des familles (2009)
Centre of Economic and Social Studies of the Third World (1987)
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (1999)
Centres d’accueil de l’espoir (2009)
Centrist Democrat International (1950)
Centro de Estudio y Formación Integral de la Mujer (2005)
Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad (2007)
Centro de Estudios Europeos (1996)
Centro de Estudios Sobre la Juventud (1999)
Centro de Información y Educación para la Prevención del Abuso de Drogas (2008)
Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe (2005)
Centro Nazionale di Prevenzione e Difesa Sociale (1989)
Centro Regional de Derechos Humanos y Justicia de Genero (2009)
Cercle de l’auto-promotion et de l’excellence (2006)
Cercle de recherche sur les droits et les devoirs de la personne humaine (2008)
Cercle des amis de la forêt pour le 21e siècle (2003)

China Care and Compassion Society (2004)
China Disabled Persons Federation (1998)
China Education Association for International Exchange (2006)
China Environmental Protection Foundation (2005)
China Family Planning Association (2005)
China Great Wall Society (2007)
China Green Foundation (2003)
China International Institute of Multinational Corporations (2006)
China International Public Relations Association (2007)
China Society for Human Rights Studies (1998)
China Society for Promotion of the Guangcai Programme (2000)
Chinese Association for International Understanding (2003)
Chinese Immigrants Services (1998)
Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (2001)
Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament (2002)
Chinese Society for Sustainable Development (2004)
Chinese Women’s Association of America (1998)
Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group (2008)
Christian Aid (1998)
Christian Children’s Fund (1985)
Christian Conference of Asia (2004)
Christian Legal Fellowship (2007)
Church World Service (1974)
Citizens for Decent Housing (2005)
Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (2005)
Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice (1999)
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Comité français des organisations non-gouvernementales pour la liaison et
l’information des Nations Unies (2005)
Comité français pour l’Afrique du Sud (2007)
Comité international des femmes africaines pour le développement (1999)
Comité international pour le respect et l’application de la charte africaine des droits
de l’homme et des peuples (2002)
Comité national d’action pour les droits de l’enfant et de la femme (1998)
Comité national d’entraide de la jeunesse et de l’enfance (2004)

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Comité pour les relations internationales de jeunesse de la communauté française de
Belgique (2008)
Commission for the Defense of Human Rights in Central America (1991)
Commission national des femmes travailleuses de Guinée (1999)
Committee for Hispanic Children and Families (2005)
Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (2006)
Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (1974)
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (2005)
Commonwealth Medical Association (1993)
Community and Family Services International (2004)
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (2007)
Community of Sant’Egidio (2003)
Community Social Welfare Foundation (1999)
Community-Based Rehabilitation Network (South Asia) (2007)
Company of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (2007)
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (2004)

Cooperazione Internazionale (2004)
Coordinating Board of Jewish Organizations (1947)
Coordinating Body of the Indigenous Organizations in the Amazon Basin (2003)
Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (1970)
Coordination des associations et ONG féminines du Mali (2007)
Coordination des ONG féminines gabonaises (2002)
Coordination française du lobby européen des femmes (2000)
Coordination immigrés du sud du monde (1999)
Corporate Accountability International (2009)
Corporation of Opportunity and Joint Action (2004)
Côte d’Ivoire ecologie (2001)
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (1999)
Council of International Programs (1989)
Council on Health Research for Development (2008)
Counterpart International (1970)
Couple to Couple League International (1998)
Cousteau Society (1995)
Covenant House (1985)
Credo-Action (2007)
Crime Stoppers International (2005)
Croatian World Congress (1998)
Croissant rouge algérien (1999)
Cross-Cultural Solutions (2003)
Cultural Survival (2005)
Danish Association for Gays and Lesbians (2006)
D.A.R.E. America (2009)
Data for Development (1987)
David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies (1999)

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Drug Watch International (2002)
DrugScope (2004)
Du pain pour chaque enfant (2007)
Dui Hua Foundation (2005)
Dutch Council for Refugees (2008)
Eagle Forum (1998)
Earth Society Foundation (2004)
Earthcorps (2000)