Report on UNHCR's Annual Consultations With Non-Governmental Organizations (29 June - 1 July 2009, Geneva, Switzerland)

This report provides highlights of the Annual Consultations with NGOs, which this year brought together some 310 representatives from around the world, representing 179 different NGOs, UN and international organizations, of which 73 of these NGOs were national NGOs. The consultations were opened by the UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner Protection and featured seven Thematic Sessions and five Regional Sessions with the active involvement of some 80 resource persons from NGOs, academia, member states, and international and UN organizations. Participating NGOs also organized ten side-meetings.