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○ GCS Club Achievement
￭ Winning the Special Consultative Status with the UN ECOSOC |
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Working relationships with non-governmental, non-profit, public or voluntary organizations and granting consultative status are officially proclaimed in Article 71 of the Charter of the United Nations.
NGOs in consultative status can participate in ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) and its various subsidiary bodies through their representatives' attendance at various meetings, and through oral interventions and written statements on agenda items. To be eligible for UN affiliation, an NGO must have been in existence, officially registered with the appropriate government authorities as an NGO/non-profit, for at least two years, with an established headquarters, a democratically adopted constitution, the authority to speak for its members, a representative structure, appropriate mechanisms of accountability and a democratic and transparent decision-making processes.
NGOs with consultative status can send representatives to the UN offices in New York, Geneva, and Vienna as well as UN regional offices, through which they can propose new items for consideration by the ECOSOC or distribute materials. Organizations granted status are also invited to attend international conferences called by the U.N. NGOs with consultative status must submit a quadrennial activity report to the ECOSOC. By the end of 2006, there were 2,870 organizations in consultative status with the ECOSOC, including Amnesty International, Greenpeace, World Vision International, Rotary International, Good Neighbors International, Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice, among others.
In 1992, GCS International was registered with the Department of Public Information of the United Nations (NGO/DPI).
On 15 August 1997, the organization acquired special consultative status from the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Thereby, GCS International was recognised as an International non-governmental organization, and developed a close cooperative relationship with the UN.
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￭ Co-hosting the International Conference of NGOs in Seoul |
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Recognizing the increasing role and importance of non-governmental organizations in the NGO era of the 21st Century, GCS International hosted the 1999 Seoul International Conference of NGOs under the theme of "The Role of NGOs in the 21st Century" in collaboration with Kyung Hee University, the UN DPI/NGO Executive Committee and CONGO (Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relations with the UN).
The event was held at the Seoul Olympic Park for six days from 10 October till 15 October. 1360 NGOs and 13,000 representatives and citizens from 107 countries participated in the event, and discussed 11 different theme of global concern such as peace and security, environment, equality, socio-economic development, youth and children, universal education, ethics and value, human rights, health, welfare for the aged, and revitalization of NGOs. The conference adopted the Seoul Millenium Declaration to provide a vision of future and guidance to the humankind.
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