The
consultative status is a phrase whose use can be traced to the founding of the
United Nations and is used within the UN community to refer to "Non-governmental organizations (
NGOs) in Consultative Status with the
United Nations Economic and Social Council" (see
list). Also some
international organizations could grant Consultative Status to NGOs (for example -
Council of Europe; the rules for Consultative Status for INGOs are appended to the resolution (93)38 "On relations between the Council of Europe and
international non-governmental organisations", adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 18 October 1993 at the 500th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies).
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) could grant Consultative Status in the form of "Researcher-in-residence programme" (run by the Prague Office of the OSCE Secretariat): accredited representatives of national and international NGOs are granted access to all records and to numerous topical compilations related to OSCE field activities.