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ANNEX I: USEFUL CONTACTS
To apply for NGO consultative status:
NGO Section - Department of
Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
United Nations, Room DC1-1480
New York, NY 10017
USA
Tel: +1 212 963 8652
Fax: +1 212 963 9248
Email: desangosection@un.org
Note: NGOs do not need to have
consultative status in order to attend all
UN meetings, to make submissions to the
Special Rapporteurs or to the treaty bodies,
or to attend the public sessions of the treaty
bodies.
General assistance/information
service for NGOs with regard to CERD:
Anti-Racism Information Service (ARIS)
14 avenue Trembley
CH-1209 Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 740 3530
Fax: +41 22 740 3565
Email: aris@antiracism-info.org
Website: www.antiracism-info.org
General assistance/information
service for NGOs in regard to the CRC:
NGO Group on the Convention
on the Rights of the Child
c/o Defence for Children International
PO Box 88, 1 rue de Varembé
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 740 47 30
Fax: +41 22 740 1145
Email: ngo-crc@tiscalinet.ch
General assistance/information
service for NGOs regarding any
UN human rights bodies:
International Service for Human Rights
PO Box 16, 1 rue de Varembé
CH-1211 Geneva 20 CIC
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 733 5123
Fax: +41 22 733 0826
Website: www.ishr.ch
International Labour Organization
Equality and Employment Branch
Standards Department
ILO
CH-1211 Geneva 22
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 799 7115
Fax: +41 22 799 6344
Email: egalite@ilo.org
Website: www.ilo.org
World Bank
For petitions to the World Bank
Inspection Panel:
Executive Secretary
The Inspection Panel
1818 H Street NW
Washington, DC, 20433
USA
Fax: +1 202 522 0916
or c/o the appropriate World
Bank Country Office
Website: www.worldbank.org
the Inspection Panel:
http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/ipn/ipnweb.nsf
Asian Development Bank
Petitions should be sent to:
Secretary, Compliance Review Panel
Asian Development Bank
6 ADB Avenue
Mandaluyong City
1550 Metro Manila
Philippines
Tel: +632 632 4149
Fax: +632 636 2088
Email: crp@adb.org
Website: www.adb.org
Petitions can also be sent to any ADB
office, which will forward the request
to the Compliance Review Panel.
Inter-American Development Bank
Petitions can be sent to any of the Bank’s
operational departments, relevant country
offices or the Office of External Relations:
Tel: +1 202 623 1397
Fax: +1 202 623 1403
Email: pic@iadb.org