(43.3) - welcome NGO activities, including, inter alia, observing compliance with
CSCE commitments in the field of the human dimension;
(43.4) - allow NGOs, in view of their important function within the human dimension
of the CSCE, to convey their views to their own governments and the governments of
all the other participating States during the future work of the CSCE on the human
dimension.
(43.5) - during the future work of the CSCE on the human dimension, NGOs will
have the opportunity to distribute written contributions on specific issues of the
human dimension of the CSCE to all delegations.
(43.6) - the CSCE Secretariat will, within the framework of the resources at its
disposal, respond favourably to requests by NGOs for non-restricted documents of the
CSCE.
(43.7) - guidelines for the participation of NGOs in the future work of the CSCE on
the human dimension might, inter alia, include the following:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
NGOs should be allotted common space at such meeting sites or in their
immediate vicinity for their use as well as reasonable access, at their own
expense, to technical facilities, including photocopying machines,
telephones and fax machines;
NGOs should be informed and briefed on openness and access procedures
in a timely manner;
delegations to CSCE meetings should be further encouraged to include or
invite NGO members.
1992 Helsinki Document
IV. Relations with International Organizations, Relations with Non-Participating
States, Role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
14. The participating States will provide opportunities for the increased involvement
of non-governmental organizations in CSCE activities.
15. They will, accordingly:
•
apply to all CSCE meetings the guidelines previously agreed for NGO access
to certain CSCE meetings;
•
make open to NGOs all plenary meetings of review conferences, ODIHR
seminars, workshops and meetings, the CSO when meeting as the Economic
Forum, and human rights implementation meetings, as well as other expert
meetings. In addition each meeting may decide to open some other sessions to
attendance by NGOs;
•
instruct Directors of CSCE institutions and Executive Secretaries of CSCE
meetings to designate an "NGO liaison person" from among their staff;
•
designate, as appropriate, one member of their Foreign Ministries and a
member of their delegations to CSCE meetings to be responsible for NGO
liaison;
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