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7/4/2017
The circular-shaped hall in which the United Nations General Assembly gathers.
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United Nations General Assembly: Application for special accreditation to preparatory process for the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration - NGOs, civil society organizations, academic institutions, and private sector

In accordance with United Nations General Assembly resolution 71/1, the "New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants," a preparatory process will soon begin for the intergovernmental negotiations of a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration, to be adopted at an intergovernmental conference on international migration in 2018. The President of the General Assembly (PGA) will organize a series of informal thematic sessions between April 2017 and November 2017, as well as four days of informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearings between April 2017 and June 2018. 

The organizational arrangements for the preparatory process have been agreed and the resolution on them will be formally adopted soon in the UN General Assembly. Although the resolution is pending formal adoption by the Assembly, the PGA is initiating the process for relevant stakeholders to apply to participate in the process, in consideration that the preparatory process is envisioned to begin in April 2017. The final modalities of the preparatory process remain subject to the formal adoption of the resolution.

As a first step, the PGA has requested UN-NGLS, UN DESA, UN University and UN Global Compact to facilitate a process for non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, diaspora organizations, migrant organizations, academic institutions, and private sector entities that are NOT in consultative status with UN ECOSOC to apply for special accreditation to the preparatory process.

- Special accreditation is for organizations / institutions / entities (application process open now - deadline 17th April)
- Registration is for individual representatives of accredited organizations / institutions / entities wishing to attend specific sessions and hearings (application process for registration of individuals is not yet open).

OPEN NOW:
Organizations / institutions / entities that are NOT in consultative status with UN ECOSOC that wish to participate in the informal thematic sessions and/or informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearings must apply for special accreditation to the preparatory process. The list of applicants seeking special accreditation will be circulated to UN Member States on a non-objection basis.

NGOs, civil society organizations, diaspora organizations, migrant organizations, academic institutions, and private sector entities may all apply for special accreditation clicking on the link below.