Annex I.
Draft provisional rules of procedure of the United Nations Conference on
Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III)
XI.
Other participants and observers
Rule 64.
Representatives of local authorities
Representatives of local authorities accredited
to the Conference, in accordance with the arrangements set up to that effect in
annex II of the present resolution, may participate, without the right to vote,
in the deliberations of the Conference, the Main Committee and, as appropriate,
any other committee or working group, on questions within the scope of their
activities.
Rule 65.
Representatives of non-governmental organizations
1.
Non-governmental organizations accredited to participate in the Conference may
designate representatives to attend public meetings of the Conference and t he
Main Committee as observers. 2. Upon the invitation of the presiding officer of
the body concerned and subject to the approval of the Conference, such
observers may make oral statements on questions in which they have special
competence. If the number of requests to speak is too large, the
non-governmental organizations shall be requested to form themselves into
constituencies, such constituencies to speak through spokespersons.
Annex II
Arrangements for accreditation and participation of major groups and other relevant
stakeholders in the preparatory process and in the United Nations Conference on
Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III)
II.
Accreditation criteria and procedures for organizations in consultative status
with the Economic and Social Council
5. Interested non-governmental organizations
and major groups, including local authorities and other stakeholders, whose
work is relevant to the subject of the Conference, that are currently in
consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and that wish to
participate in the Conference or in sessions of its Preparatory Committee
should pre-register on the website of the Conference (www.habitat3.org).
III.
Accreditation criteria for organizations accredited to Habitat II and the
United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda
6. Organizations accredited to Habitat II and
the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda,
whose work is relevant to the subject of the Conference and that wish to
participate in the Conference or in sessions of its Preparatory Committee,
should pre-register on the website of the Conference (www.habitat3.org).
IV.
Accreditation criteria and procedures for organizations without consultative
status with the Economic and Social Council
10. The deadlines for submitting accreditation
applications are as follows:
(a) Preparatory Committee, third session: 1
April 2016;
(b) Habitat III: 2 May 2016
V.
Modalities for participation in the preparatory process and the Conference
15. Accredited organizations will have direct
access to the official Conference venue. For security and safety reasons, on
some days of the Conference a limit on the number of major group participants
may need to be established. The Conference secretariat will inform the major
groups regarding these arrangements through the Conference website. 16. A small but representative number of
participants from major groups will be invited to address the Conference in
plenary meetings. Individual speakers will be identified through the
self-organized mechanisms of the major groups, in coordination with the
President of the Conference, through the Conference secretariat.
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