Criteria for media accreditation are available at www.un.org media accreditation.

All members of the media corps accompanying Heads of State Government or heads of delegation must complete an application form (see annex II) for accreditation.

All others must apply for accreditation by Friday, 9 September 2005, by submitting a completed accreditation form available from the Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit's website at www.un.org media accreditation.

Request for accreditation of media representatives

Standards for the accreditation of operational entities

At present, accreditation is granted for an indefinite period.

The hours for media accreditation will be as follows

Registration and accreditation

Accreditation of intergovernmental organizations

Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit

Accreditation is free of charge.

This will require the establishment, strengthening and international recognition of services for calibration and metrology, product testing, product and enterprise certification, laboratory accreditation, and mutual recognition between accreditation bodies.

2. Also decides that accreditation of other interested and relevant Habitat Agenda partners that were not accredited to the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) should be considered by the Preparatory Committee, provided that those partners submit to the Committee composed of the Bureau of the Preparatory Committee and the Secretariat by 9 February 2001 an application for accreditation containing the following information

(a) Accreditation will be open to

Accreditation and designation of operational entities

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Media representatives can obtain accreditation in person at the accreditation counter in the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre from Friday, 15 April 2005 onwards.

Accreditation of civil society organizations with the Committee

Passes for media personnel will be handled by the Media Accreditation Unit (tel 212 963 6934).

The working group had been established in 2000 to review the working methods of the Committee, including accreditation issues and procedures, coordination with the secretariat of the Commission on Human Rights, security issues, revision of the new application questionnaire and improving guidelines for preparing quadrennial reports.

Location and work hours of the Media Accreditation Office

Once such procedures are seen to be sound and beyond question, the accreditation of NIs in international forums could be commensurate with the institution's accreditation to the ICC.

Completed application forms with accompanying documents should be either e mailed or faxed to Ms. Veronika Crowe Mayerhofer, Accreditation Assistant, United Nations Information Service, Vienna (facsimile ( 43 1) 26060 7 3342 e mail veronika.crowe mayerhofer unvienna.org) by Monday, 11 April 2005.

International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions and its Accreditation Subcommittee

3. Requests the Secretary General to disseminate widely all available information on accreditation procedures for the special session

Standards for the accreditation of operational entities in relation to afforestation and reforestation project activities under the CDM

Media representatives wishing to cover the Eleventh Congress need to apply for accreditation before or during the Congress.

Accreditation of official delegations and members of the parties of Heads of State Government, Vice Presidents and Crown Prince Princesses will be carried out by the Protocol Accreditation Unit.

This component is often implemented in cooperation with other international technical organizations, such as the International Accreditation Forum, the International Organization for Standardization, International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation and other partners from the United Nations system, such as WTO, ITC and UNCTAD.

The Secretariat has received the application for accreditation of the intergovernmental organization, Global Water Partnership, to attend the intergovernmental preparatory meeting for the thirteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, with observer status, in accordance with rule 74 of the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council.

Arrangements regarding accreditation of Habitat Agenda partners to the special session

Adoption of the agenda accreditation of intergovernmental organizations and major groups.

Accreditation of intergovernmental organizations to the United Nations Forum on Forests

Press and media accreditation and liaison are also provided by IS.

Application for assistance

For instance, the Sub Committee could undertake systematic re evaluation of the accreditation status of each NI every five years.

1. Decides that accreditation to the special session shall be open to

(b) Interested non governmental organizations and business sector entities that are not in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council or were not accredited to the Monterrey Conference shall apply to the General Assembly for accreditation following the accreditation procedures established during the Conference

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Luis Hospital on St. Croix received high marks and accreditation in 2004 from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, an independent organization that evaluates health care centres throughout the United States.

The NI Unit has worked closely with ICC to strengthen its accreditation procedures.

4. Application for financial assistance

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