The granting of a special consultative status to the Natural Disasters Research Institute (NDRI) was approved.

The meeting of the ECOSOC Committee of Non-Governmental Organizations was held on May 15-23, 2023 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, where the files of 204 organizations from around the world were reviewed. In this meeting, the granting of a special consultative status to the Natural Disasters Research Institute (NDRI) was approved. In Iran, the NDRI is the first organization in the field of natural disasters that has achieved this status.

ECOSOC The Economic and Social Council is the central mechanism for the coordination of the activities of the United Nations system and its specialized agencies and supervision of subsidiary bodies in the economic, social, environmental, and related fields. It lies at the heart of the UN system with the goal of achieving a balanced integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development. It is the principal body for the coordination, policy review, and policy dialogue and recommendations on issues of economic and social development and for implementation of the international development goals agreed at the major United Nations conferences and summits, including the Sustainable Development Goals.

An NGO with consultative status can:

➤ Attend international conferences and events;

➤ Make written and oral statements at these events;

➤ Organize side events;

➤ Enter United Nations premises; and

➤ Have opportunities to network and lobby.