A series of informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearings will take place between July 2017 and July 2018.
The modalities resolution (A/RES/71/280) outlining the preparatory process for the intergovernmental conference requests the President of the General Assembly to organize and to preside over four days of informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearings, between April 2017 and June 2018, with representatives of nongovernmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions, parliaments, diasporas, migrants, migrant organizations and the private sector, and to prepare a summary of the hearings, to be made available as an input for the intergovernmental negotiations (paragraph 30).
Registration for multi-stakeholders now re-opened for the 4th negotiation round (14-18 May) and for the Informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearing (21 May).
Multi-stakeholders who have received special accreditation or are in consultative status with ECOSOC are invited to register to attend the upcoming negotiations round and/or the Informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearing on 21 May: https://reg.unog.ch/event/23763/
Informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearing (half day)
New York, 21 May 2018
Informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearing (full day)
New York, 21 February 2018
Informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearing (half day)
New York, 18 December 2017
Informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearing (full day)
Room XIX, UN Office in Geneva, 11 October, 2017
Informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearing (full day)
Trusteeship Council Chamber, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 26 July, 2017
Apply now to attend the remaining informal thematic sessions as well as the informal, interactive multi-stakeholder hearings in 2017.