United Nations and Civil Society
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is the main body of the United Nations with which NGOs have consultative status. Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) information on the Internet can be located using the following directories and the Google NGO search engine.
Coaltion for the International Criminal Court. Includes 2,500 civil society organizations in 150 different countries working in partnership to strengthen international cooperation with the ICC.
The Global Compact. UN compact with businesses worldwide to address principles in the fields of human rights, labour, the environment and corruption.
Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect. International NGO created to "transform the principle of the responsibility to protect into a practical guide for action in the face of mass atrocities."
Human Security Report. Information and analyses on global and regional trends in armed conflict and other forms of organized violence. From the Human Security Report Project.
Integrated Civil Society Information Database. Provides general profiles for civil society organizations, including address, contacts, activities and meeting participation, etc.
International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect. Coalition bringing together NGOs from all regions of the world to strengthen normative consensus for RtoP,
International Peace Institute. Independent, international not-for-profit think tank dedicated to promoting the prevention and settlement of conflicts between and within states by strengthening international peace and security institutions.
NGOs Associated with the UN Department of Public Information. Directory of over 1,400 NGOs affiliated with the UN Department of Public Information.
NGOs with Consultative Status with the UN Economic & Social Council. Includes la searcg engine and listing of NGOS with UN ECOSOC counsultative status, reports, and other links.
UN Democracy Fund. A UN General Trust Fund whose chief function is funding projects that strengthen the voice of civil society in democratic processes around the world.
United Nations Foundation. Foundation created in 1998 from Ted Turner's one billion gift to support UN causes and activities.
United Nations and Civil Society. Gateway site to various elements of the UN involved in partnerships with civil society: business, the media, and NGOs.
United Nations Fund for International Partnerships. UN liaison office for the United Nations Foundation - "the UN and the private sector working together."
United Nations/NGO Liaison Service. Small office promoting partnerships between the United Nations and non-governmental organizations.
World Federalist Movement. Includes programs working to protect civilians from the threat of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity and promote the application of the rule of law.
NGOs and the United Nations by Publication Date: 2005NGOs and the United Nations reveals how NGOs have changed their interaction with the UN since the mid-1990s. It also looks at how their representation to the UN, their consultative status and their characteristic features influence their relationship with the UN.
Civil Society in the Information Age by Publication Date: 2002This informed text explores the crucial role that efficient, skilful use of information and communications technology and news media has played in increasing the influence and enhancing the work of civil society organizations. Scholars, analysts and practitioners in fields ranging from politics and economics through international law and information studies will find this book indispensable.
Building Global Democracy? by Publication Date: 2011Specialists from around the world critically assess what has and has not worked in efforts to make global bodies answer to publics as well as states.- The United Nations and Civil Society: Legitimating Global Governance -- Whose Voice?Publication Date: 2009In this book, Nora McKeon provides a comprehensive analysis of UN engagement with civil society. The book pays particular attention to food and agriculture, which now lie at the heart of global governance issues.
- Between Sovereignty and Global Governance: The United Nations, the State and Civil SocietyPublication Date: 1998In this unique volume, leading scholars, policy makers, and representatives of non-governmental organizations explore the challenges of global governance in the twenty-first century. It focuses on the experience of the United Nations, the most ambitious experiment to date in the multilateral management of the world society.
UN Reform
Center for UN Reform. Independent non-profit policy research organization working to encourage, generate and sustain discussion of proposals to reform and restructure the United Nations through its website; its monographs, papers and books; and conferences.
Free United Nations Coalition for Access. Aims to hold the UN to its stated purposes, by making it transparent and accessible without discrimination.
Inner City Press. Hard hitting UN investigative reporting news service, led by Matthew Lee. Headquartered in the South Bronx of New York City, it has also investigated human rights, transparency, corporate accountability, community reinvestment, predatory lending, environmental justice, fair housing, social exclusion and related topics.
Security Council Report. Publishes monthly reports on the prospective program of work of the Security Council supplemented by longer published reports and ad hoc reports on key thematic issues on the agenda of the Council.