ECOSOC ngos committee recommends consultative status to 5 Moroccan ngos

The United Nations Non Governmental Committee recommended to of the UN Social and Economic Council (ECOSOC) to grant five Moroccan a special consultative status membership.

After examining new membership requests, the committee recommended granting the five Moroccan associations the status of special consultative member.

The five associations are the Moroccan Association for Solidarity and Development, the Moroccan Association for Rural Women Promotion, and the Moroccan Association for Help and Support to Mentally Handicapped Persons.

The committee, whose session will close on January 25, is composed of 19 countries elected by the ECOSOC for a four-year mandate. It helps various UN bodies in their relations with ngos. The consultative members have to submit a detailed report on their activities every four years.

More than 1,500 Ngos have the consultative status in the council. The admitted Ngos may send observers to the public meetings of the council and its subsidiary organs, or send written correspondence on the works of the council. They may as well consult the UN secretary general on common interest issues.