WUNRN
Written NGO
Statements for CSW 57
Written
statements to CSW may be submitted by NGOs in consultative status with the
Economic and Social Council on the thematic issues considered by CSW in
accordance with Council resolution 1996/31. These statements are submitted
months prior to any session in order to allow time for processing and issuance
of the statements as official United Nations documents for the Commission.
DEADLINE: 15 November
2012
Online submission of written
statements
- NGOs
in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council shall submit
their written statements from 25
October to 15 November 2012 via CSO-Net. Statements sent
by email cannot be accepted.
- Written statements should be submitted in one of the
official languages of the United Nations (Arabic, Chinese, English,
French, Russian, and Spanish). Organizations wishing to submit their
statement in more than one official language must specify which language
version is the original, and which other language versions are to be used
as references for translation;
- Statements
by organizations in general consultative status with the Council should
not exceed 2000 words; statements by organizations in special consultative
status with the Council should not exceed 1500 words;
- If
the statement is supported by another NGO(s) in consultative status with
the Council, a note to that effect should be added at the end of the
document. The names of the NGOs should be in alphabetical order.
- Incomprehensible
and/or repetitive text will be deleted.
- Footnotes
should be avoided.
- The
start of a new paragraph should be indicated with a double line break;
paragraphs of the statement should not be numbered.
- We
suggest that you prepare your statement in Microsoft Word or a similar
application for text processing and save it on your PC. If you do not save
it in advance, you might lose it later during submission, e.g. if your PC
loses the connection to the online system.