General Consultative Status

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MMM and its member associations work at grassroots level and create links between civil society and governments. The United Nations need the help of such l NGOs to implement their programme.

The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) is one of the six organs of the United Nations. The main concerns of ECOSOC are sustainable development; social development; status of women; population,  development and human rights.
ECOSOC promotes three main activities:
  • Creating higher standards of living, employment, economic and social progress
  • Solving problems related to health, economic, social, educational and cultural issues
  • Establishing universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms

In 1949,  MMM was granted Special Consultative Status which acknowledges  a special competence in  few of the fields of activity covered by the ECOSOC.

This enabled MMM :

  • To send representatives to the UN,
  • Attend meetings of ECOSOC and its subsidiaries,
  • Speak at ECOSOC meetings and circulate written statements.
In 2004, MMM was granted General Consultative Status which is reserved for large international NGOs concerned with most of the activities of ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies.  They are  closely involved with the economic and social life of the peoples and areas they represent.” These tend to be fairly large, established international NGOs with a broad geographical reach.
In addition to our previous privileges , we now have the right to place items on the agendas of ECOSOC and its subsidiaries
 The MMM joins the 137 NGOs with General Status out of the 2869 present at the UN.