§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the United Nations to secure non-governmental organisation representation on(a) the United Nations development programme and (b) on the executive council of the United Nation's children's fund.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydInternational non-governmental organisations can gain observer status on the governing bodies of both the UN development programme and the UN children's fund through the existing arrangements for accreditation of NGOs to the UN Economic and Social Council. We are playing an active role in moves to obtain easier access for NGOs to UN bodies following the success of the wider involvement of NGOs at the Rio summit last year.