The Working Group brings together more than thirty major NGOs for a series of meetings with Council ambassadors.
Since the Council's decisions affect nearly all NGO constituencies - including human rights, humanitarian relief, disarmament, governance, and the concerns of women and children - the Working Group has a diverse membership. Beginning in 1997, the Working Group has met regularly with delegations.
Recently, it has held 40-45 meetings annually, mostly with ambassadors, but also including senior UN officials.
The working group had been convened by GPF until 2013. This website on the working group is no longer updated. For more information, please visit
In GPF's archived section
By James A. Paul (September 2010)
A membership list as of June 2013.
A list of Officers and Steering Group members 1995-2013.
Tables showing overall meeting calendars 1997-2013.
List of meetings of the NGO Working Group 1994-2013.