CONGO assists its members with a view to facilitating and enhancing their participation in UN decision-making fora. These members are non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all continents (i) dealing with matters that equally fall within the competence of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and/or (ii) having an affiliation with United Nations system agencies.

The Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) is an independent, international, non-profit membership association of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). It facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and decision-making. CONGO is most active at the major UN centres of New York, Geneva and Vienna but its work stretches out to all regions of the world. The Conference of NGOs: assists a wide variety of NGOs in consultative status to promote their common aim of supporting the UN Charter; works on behalf of NGOs in consultative status to develop that status further and enhance their relationship and cooperation with the UN and its various organs; and provides a forum for NGOs with common interests to come together to study, plan, support and act on issues relating to the principles and programmes of the UN and its network of agencies.

ASSISTS a wide variety of NGOs