Please be informed that the Civil Society Unit has decided to extend the validity of the current Biennial Review Reports and not require additional information from those organizations marked as APPROVED. Those organizations are automatically eligible to designate representatives to DGC, following the usual process. Instructions were be provided in December 2023 to the heads of the organizations approved to designate representatives for the year 2024.
For those organizations marked as NOT APPROVED or NO REPORT, a special report (2023 Special Biennial Review) will be required in order to be eligible to obtain grounds passes for UNHQ for the year 2024. Further instructions will be provided in February 2024.
As in previous years, the process to obtain passes for DGC-associated organizations is fully virtual. An e-mail was sent out to those APPROVED organizations eligible for grounds passes for 2024 with the necessary instructions.
APPROVED
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- The head of the organization received a message, with copy to the main e-mail address of the CSO, with instructions on how to designate representatives
- Once designated, civil society representatives will need to fill out a form to retrieve their grounds passes
- Each representative will need to print the security form and bring it, together with a valid government-issued photo identification issued by a Member State or a Non-Member Observer State of the United Nations, to the Pass & ID Office. Valid IDs are:
- Passport
- National identity card
- Driver’s license
- Representatives of organizations associated with DGC will be able to retrieve their passes beginning 1 February 2024, not earlier.
- Passes will be valid until 31 January 2025.
NOT APPROVED / NO REPORT
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- The head of the organization will receive a message, with a copy to the main e-mail address of the CSO, with details on how to submit the 2023 Special Biennial Review report.
- The 2023 Special Biennial Review report will run from 15 to 29 February 2024.
- The evaluation of the reports will take place from 1 to 15 March 2024.
- Once the Special Report is reviewed and approved, the organizations will be informed and provided with instructions on how to designate representatives for 2024.