Economic and Social Council

 1995/305. Applications for consultative status and requests for reclassification received from non-governmental organizations

At its 54th and 56th plenary meetings, on 26 and 27 July 1995, the Economic and Social Council decided:

(a) To take note of the report of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations; 1/

(b) To grant the following non-governmental organizations consultative status:

Category I

African American Institute

Association for Progressive Communications

COLAC - Latin American Confederation of Credit Unions

DEVNET

Franciscans International

Global 2000

Colombian Confederation of NGOs

HelpAge International

InterAction, American Council for Voluntary International Action

International Association of Soldiers for Peace

International Informatization Academy

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

National Council of Negro Women

Transnational Radical Party

World Economic Forum

World Fellowship of Buddhists

WorldWide Fund for Nature International

WORLDWIDE Network - Women in Development and Environment

Category II

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

African Health and Human Rights Promoters Commission

African Society of International and Comparative Law

All-China Women's Federation

ASEAN Confederation of Women's Organizations

Asian Women Human Rights Council

Association for the Advancement of Psychological Understanding of Human Nature

Association of Arab-American University Graduates

Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA)

Association of Third World Studies

Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Sanstha

Brothers of Charity

Center for International Health and Cooperation

Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network

Cousteau Society, The

Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)

Dominican Union of Journalists for Peace

European-Asian-Latin American Institute for Cooperation

European Forum for Victim Services

Economists Allied for Arms Reduction

European Women's Lobby

Federal Union of European Nationalities

Freedom House

Global Fund for Women

Goodwill Industries, International, Inc.

Group for Study and Research into Democracy and Economic and Social Development in Africa

Gulf Automobile Federation

Habitat for Humanity International

Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation

Indian Council of Education

Information Habitat: Where Information Lives (formerly International Synergy Institute)

INTERMON

International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists

International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms

International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development

International Forum for Child Welfare

International Hotel Association

International Islamic Relief Organization

International Multiracial Shared Cultural Organization

International Prison Watch

International Women's Health Coalition

Keystone Center

Latin American Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights (CLADEM)

MADRE, Inc.

Marine Environmental Research Institute (MERI)

Mercy International

National Bar Association

National Safety Council

Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation

New Human Rights

North-South XXI

PanAmerican-PanAfrican Association, Inc.

Perhaps ... Kids Meeting Kids Can Make a Difference

Permanent Assembly for Human Rights

Physicians for Human Rights

Queen Alia Fund for Social Development

Regional Network of Local Authorities for the Management of Human Settlements

Resources for the Future, Inc.

Simon Wiesenthal Center

SOS Drugs International

Temple of Understanding

United Towns Agency for North-South Cooperation

Water Environment Federation

Wittenberg Center for Alternative Resources, Inc.

"Women-Action" Research and Training Group

Women's World Summit Foundation

World Information Transfer

Roster

European Federation of Road Traffic Crash Victims

European Road Safety Equipment Federation (EUROADSAFE)

International Council of AIDS Service Organizations

International Police Association

Landscape Institute

(c) To reclassify nine organizations from category II to category I and five organizations from the Roster to category II, as follows:

Category I

American Association of Retired Persons

International Abolitionist Federation

International Association for Religious Freedom

International Federation on Ageing

Liberal International

OISCA (Organization for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement - International)

Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities

Socialist International

World Conference on Religion and Peace

Category II

Institute for Women, Law and Development

International Federation of ACATA (Action of Christians for the Abolition of Torture)

International Real Estate Federation

Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)

SOS-Kinderdorf International

Note

1/ E/1995/108.

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