NGO PARTICIPATION

The Commission on Population and Development will be holding its forty-second session from 30 March-3 April 2009 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The theme of the session is "the contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals ". Documents for the Commission are posted on the web site of the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, www.unpopulation.org.

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) wishing to participate in the Commission should, at their earliest convenience, contact Mr. Josephus Theunissen, Officer-in-Charge, Non-Governmental Organizations Section of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, concerning accreditation requirements, passes, and other logistics for attendance at the Commission. The e-mail address of the NGO section is desangosection@un.org, telephone number is (212) 963-7763 and the fax number is (212) 963-9248. Further information can be found at

http://esa.un.org/coordination/ngo/new/index.asp?page=contact

Time permitting, participating accredited NGOs may be given the opportunity for an oral intervention during the session. Such interventions usually take place on the afternoon of the third day of the Commission, this year on Wednesday afternoon, 1 April 2009. The statement is to be under five minutes in length. NGOs wishing to make an oral intervention should notify the Secretary of the Commission by Wednesday morning or earlier. You will also have the opportunity to circulate the text of your statement at the Session. For this you will need to provide 250 copies for distribution.

The deadline for accredited NGOs to submit written statements for the forty-second session of the Commission is 16 January 2009. The Population Division would appreciate receiving a copy of your written statement. You may email it to Ms. Alice Samuel, samuela@un.org.