The Commission on Population and Development will hold its forty-fifth session from 23 to 27 April 2012 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The theme of the session is "Adolescents and Youth". Documents for the Commission’s session are posted on the web site of the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, www.unpopulation.org.

Only ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) may participate in the Commission’s session. The steps to follow by an organization wishing to participate are:

1. Pre-registration

ECOSOC-accredited NGO’s wishing to participate in the forty-fifth session of the Commission should pre-register online through the following web page:

http://esango.un.org/irene/?page=viewContent&nr=17242&type=8&section=8

If you have not received your login credentials to pre-register, please contact the Non-Governmental Organizations Branch of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (NGO Branch of DESA) at:

e-mail:  ngobranch@un.org
Tel:       (212) 963-8652
Fax:      (212) 963-9248

Further information can be found at

http://esango.un.org/paperless/Web?page=static&content=contact

Kindly also note that due to the space constraints of the temporary conference facilities, a maximum of 5 representatives of each organization is permitted. As there is great interest both among governments and civil society in participating in the forty-fifth session of the Commission on Population and Development, and because only one conference room is available for its meetings, please be advised that not all representatives of an organization may find seats in the conference room, especially at peak attendance periods.

Please note: Pre-registration will close on Friday 6 April 2012.

2. Access to UN Headquarters

Passes to enter UN Headquarters are issued by the NGO Branch of DESA located at the 14th floor of DC1 Building (One United Nations Plaza, on First Avenue corner of 44th St).  Pre-registered participants should go to that location to obtain passes. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 12.45 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m.

3. Statements

NGOs having general and special consultative status with ECOSOC may submit written statements to be circulated as official documents of the Commission. Such statements should not exceed 2,000 words (including any footnotes), and should be submitted in the form of a MS Word document double-spaced and in font Times New Roman size 12. The deadline for submission of written statements by elegtible NGOs, to be circulated as official documents for consideration of the Commission at its forty-fifth session is 2 February 2012.

Time permitting, participating NGOs in general consultative status with ECOSOC may be given the opportunity to make an oral intervention during the session, under agenda item 4. The statement should not exceed five minutes. To be included in the speakers list under agenda item 4, NGO representatives should address themselves to the Secretary of the forty-fifth session of the Commission, Ms. Emer Herity (herity@un.org, telephone number 917-367-5816) anytime before the start of the Commission. Organizations should submit 30 copies of their oral statement to the Conference Officer on the day of the meeting; organizations wishing to circulate the text of their oral statements should provide at least 250 copies to the Conference Officer.