Useful addresses United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland CERD Secretariat Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Tel. 41 22 917 9288 Fax. 41 22 917 9022 For UN official documents including states reports: Documents Distribution Office Door 40, Palais des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Tel. 41 22 917 4712 or 4900 General enquiries: NGO Liaison Office, Palais des Nations Room 153, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Tel. 41 22 917 2127 Fax. 41 22 917 0583 To apply for NGO Consultative Status: Section of NGO, Division of Economic and Social Council Support and Coordination Department of Economic and Social Affairs United Nations, Room DC1-1480 New York, NY 10017, USA Tel. 1 212 963 4842 Fax. 1 212 963 9248 Website: http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo To order UN publications: United Nations Publications 2 United Nations Plaza Room DC2-853, Dept. C001 New York, N.Y. 10017, USA Tel. 1 212 963 8302 or 1 800 253 9646 Fax. 1 212 963 3489 E-mail: Publications@un.org or Sales Office and Bookshop, Palais des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Tel. 41 22 917 2614 (orders), 2613 (enquiries regarding publications, orders), 2615 (subscriptions and standing orders) Fax. 41 22 917 0084 48 United Nations Bookshop Concourse Level, 46th Street and 1st Avenue New York, NY 10017, USA Tel. 1 212 963 7680 or 1 800 553 3210 Fax. 1 212 963 4910 Regional human rights bodies Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 1889 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006 USA Tel. 1 202 428 3967 Council of Europe European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), Secretariat, Directorate of Human Rights F-67075 Strasbourg CEDEX, France Website: http://www.ecri.coe.int African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights Kairaba Ave., PO Box 673, Banjul, The Gambia Tel. 220 392 962; Fax. 220 390 764 Information services (NGOs) General assistance/information service for NGOs in regard to CERD: Anti-Racism Information Service (ARIS) 14, avenue Trembley, 1209 Geneva, Switzerland Tel. 41 22 740 3530 Fax. 41 22 740 3565 E-mail: aris@antiracism-info.org Website: http.//www.antiracism-info.org General assistance/information service for NGOs regarding any UN human rights bodies: International Service for Human Rights PO Box 16, 1 rue de Varemb 1211 Geneva, 20 CIC, Switzerland Tel. 41 22 733 5123 Fax. 41 22 733 0826 Website: http//www.ishr.ch ICERD: A GUIDE FOR NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS