UN and Organized Crime Podcast

GI-TOC - ECOSOC: Getting official status at the UN

UN and Organized Crime Podcast

Show Notes

This episode explores how 'ECOSOC consultative status' enables NGOs to engage on policy issues at the UN, and how GI-TOC finally gained its accreditation earlier this year. The episode also discusses the challenges NGOs face in gaining this status, and in more generally engaging in multilateral settings. Presenter(s): Ian Tennant, Head of Vienna Multilateral Representation & Resilience Fund, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime Guests: Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime Maithili Pai, UN Advocate, International Service for Human Rights Additional Links Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime The Global Organized Crime Index

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