Civil Society
Services for NGOs at the Palais des Nations
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The Centre for NGOs at the Palais des Nations is at the disposal of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). The Centre is located in rooms A.561 to A.567, Building A, level 5 (view map of the Palais).
The Centre is comprised of computers with public WIFI (room A.567 and A.565), a reading area (room A.561), and a meeting room.
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The Centre for NGOs meeting space is reserved for the use of NGOs in Consultative Status with ECOSOC. Participants of meetings held in the Centre for NGOs must be in possession of a grounds pass for the Palais des Nations.
The Centre for NGOs meeting room is a semi-private meeting space in room A.563 for private meetings of up to 10 people. These meetings must be in line with the United Nations purposes and objectives, as defined in the Charter, and must be strictly non-commercial. The meeting area cannot be made available for NGOs to conduct their own organizational business or advance their own purposes and aims. An NGO organizing a meeting in the Centre is exclusively responsible for its meeting.
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Yes. Please refer to this page.
- Check out our step-by-step guide for meeting organizers.
- Send us by email the booking request form and submit a detailed programme/agenda and a concept note at least 6 weeks prior to the planned date of the meeting.
- We will check for availability of rooms and will revert to you soon.
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The NGO Liaison Unit does not provide funding or financial support of any kind. Please visit the website of the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) at http://www.un.org/democracyfund.
We recommend that NGOs wishing to collaborate with the United Nations on various projects contact the national offices of the UN Specialized Agencies, Funds and Programmes (UNDP, UNICEF, UNEP, UNESCO, FAO, UN Women, UNAIDS, etc). The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) remains the primary body for providing orientation at a national level in your activities with the United Nations.
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- Visit the UN Geneva meetings and events page on the website
- Consult the Indico calendar of meetings. It is searchable by day, week or month. Click on the title of the event to see if it is public or private. Public events can be attended by NGOs. For private meetings, please check with the meeting organizer.
- Sign up for the mailing lists from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNCTAD, etc.
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With a valid UNOG grounds pass, you are entitled to participate in any public UN Conference at the Palais des Nations. However, we recommend that you check for any additional registration requirements with the secretariat organizing the meeting you are interested in. We also advise you to consult Indico, the UN registration platform for meetings in Geneva, where you will find detailed information about the event you are interested in.
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Tours can be booked online. As tour capacities are limited, please make sure to book early.