Zonta and the UN
Zonta International is affiliated with the United Nations (UN) as a non-governmental organization (NGO) in the following ways:
General consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Consultative status with the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Affiliation with the Department of Public Information (DPI)
Member of the Conference of NGOs (CoNGO) which has a Consultative Relationship with the UN (Zonta participates in a number of CoNGO Standing Committees in New York, Geneva and Vienna)
Operational relations with UNESCO (Paris)
Accredited representative (on application) to working group sessions of the Human Rights Council (now Commission) via consultative status with ECOSOC (Geneva)
Zonta International also has participative status with the Council of Europe.
Members of the International UN Committee represent Zonta International in NGO forums in New York, Geneva, Vienna and Paris.
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