Publications


Go Between (Newsletter)
This is NGLS's highly-regarded flagship newsletter that provides system-wide information on the activities of the United Nations in development and human rights etc, on UN-NGO cooperation, and on NGO activities on key issues on the UN agenda. It is published six times each year and distributed in hard copy to some 6,000 NGOs and 1,000 members of the international community worldwide.

NGLS Roundup Series
This series of publications, around 12 editions per year, monitors and reports in-depth on UN events, activities and issues including follow-up to the UN world conferences in the respective Commissions of ECOSOC.

Guide to the UN System for NGOs
This is a directory that, in one or two pages per organisation, provides basic information on the work of the entire UN system including contact points for NGOs. It is updated every two years or so.

The NGLS Handbook
This publication, updated every two years or so, provides in-depth profiles of the UN agencies, programme and funds working for economic and social development. In addition to information on each agency and its work programme, the Handbook also describes how they cooperate with NGOs.

Development Dossier
This series of publications allows independent development thinkers and activists to analyse and discuss major issues on the international development agenda. NGLS publishes at least one Development Dossier per year.

Voices from Africa
This series of publications, with one edition published every 12-18 months, is conceived as a vehicle to enable African NGOs and development activists to present their experiences, views and proposals to the international community regarding Africa's development "problematique". Each edition is constructed around a broad theme.

Intergovernmental Negotiations and Decision Making at the United Nations: A Guide
This publication explains the governance and decision-making fora and processes of the UN system. Section One explains the principal UN organs of intergovernmental decision making; the negotiating blocs of Member States at the UN; the various types of documentation; and the nature of UN decisions and the weight they carry internationally. Section Two provides practical knowledge, advice and guidance to non-governmental representatives who wish to engage with the UN system, ranging from accreditation to the preparatory process, to engaging in follow-up activities after a meeting.

 

United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service   

09.02.2004

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