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Admission as an observer organization to the UNFCCC is a one-off process. In
accordance with FCCC/CP/1995/7,
paragraph 22, organizations, once admitted, are eligible to attend future UNFCCC sessions and
do not need to reapply for admission.
Article 7, paragraph 6, of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change provides for the
admission of non-governmental organizations to sessions of the Convention bodies as observers. New
applicant organizations are formally admitted by the Conference of the Parties following the
successful completion of the admission process. Participation at sessions in between the SB sessions
and the COP is limited to those organizations that have been provisionally admitted or
admitted at previous COPs.
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Mandate for admission
EXCTRACT FROM THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
 Article 7, paragraph 6
"The United Nations, its specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy
Agency, as well as any State member thereof or observers thereto not Party to the Convention,
may be represented at sessions of the Conference of the Parties as observers. Any body
or agency, whether national or international, governmental or non-governmental, which is
qualified in matters covered by the Convention, and which has informed the secretariat of its
wish to be represented at a session of the Conference of the Parties as an observer, may be
so admitted unless at least one third of the Parties present object. The admission and
participation of observers shall be subject to the rules of procedure adopted by the
Conference of the Parties."
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Eligibility procedures
The secretariat informed SBI 20 of its procedures concerning eligibility, which SBI duly noted (see
FCCC/SBI/2004/10,
paragraph 100). These procedures provide, inter alia, that applicant organizations are
required to provide:
- A statement of competence in Convention matters;
- Confirmation of independent juridical personality;
- of non-profit and/or tax-exempt status in a State member of the United Nations, or of one of its
specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency, or in a State Party to the
International Court of Justice.
Furthermore, the procedures provide:
- Multilateral agreements that do not establish an independent juridical entity are not considered
eligible for admission;
- Organizations which have been established by, and report to, governments and carry out
government-mandated activities, but which cannot provide evidence of independence from government,
are not considered eligible for admission. They are encouraged to participate as part of government
delegations;
- Organizations which carry out functions on behalf of governments, including activities relating
to the flexible mechanisms, provided that they meet the criteria listed [...] above and that their
governance structure is independent of governments, are considered eligible for admission.
Please see chapter II. "Admission of observer organizations" of FCCC/SBI/2004/5.
Single admission process for COP and CMP
Decision 36/CMP.1 (paragraph 2c)
"A single process would be used for the admission of observer organizations to sessions of the
Conference of the Parties and of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties
to the Kyoto Protocol, with decisions on admission of observer organizations being taken by the
Conference of the Parties."
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Deadlines for admission
The information note on revised deadlines for admission stipulates that the deadline for
applications for admission will be 31 August of the previous year.
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