
1 November 1999 ECOSOC/5876/
NGO LOSES CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CORRECTION 19991101On page 1 of Press Release ECOSOC/5876 issued 26 October, the fifth paragraph should read as follows: In the Council this morning, the representative of the United States urged a more lenient attitude towards the �transgression� of the NGO. In the Committee, the United States had proposed a three-year suspension of consultative status as an alternative. As the President of the Council noted, that proposal had drawn significant support, but consensus had not been achieved. * *** * __________ * Reissued for technical reasons. United Nations
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