Editing Consultative status (section)

===Roster===

:"24. Other organizations that do not have general or special consultative status but that the Council, or the Secretary-General of the United Nations in consultation with the Council or its Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, considers can make occasional and useful contributions to the work of the Council or its subsidiary bodies or other United Nations bodies within their competence shall be included in a list (to be known as the Roster). This list may also include organizations in consultative status or a similar relationship with a specialized agency or a United Nations body. These organizations shall be available for consultation at the request of the Council or its subsidiary bodies. The fact that an organization is on the Roster shall not in itself be regarded as a qualification for general or special consultative status should an organization seek such status."

The three sub-categories of Roster Status - see below - have been supplemented by a fourth category, the definition of whose rights remains somewhat vague, namely "NGOs accredited to the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)":

====ECOSOC Roster====

The primary form of Roster Status, for NGOs with a focus on one or two of the areas of competence of ECOSOC.

====Secretary-General's Roster====

There are special provisions in 1996/31, and before that in 1296 (XLIV) for the UN Secretary-General to recommend NGOs for the Roster.

====Agency Roster====

The Agency Roster refers to accreditation to the Roster of United Nations specialized agencies such - e.g. [[UNICEF]], [[UNESCO]], [[International Labour Organization|ILO]], [[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]], etc.

====CSD Roster====

Although not defined in 1996/31, a fourth category of NGOs accredited to the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was established by ECOSOC decision 1996/302. There are currently approximately 400 NGOs in this status.