NGOIC is a web-based mechanism for information-sharing and cooperation among NGOs with a view to improving and facilitating NGO participation in the newly created United Nations Human Rights Council. NGOIC is offered as a free service to interested NGOs, and participation is voluntary. NGOIC is a civil society initiative, and is independent of governments and the UN secretariat.
A Steering Group (comprising NGO representatives with acknowledged expertise in advocacy at the UN human rights fora) provides procedural guidance for the effective management of NGOIC, but has no role in relation to the content of discussions taking place through NGOIC or their outcomes.
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