Observer Status at the United Nations
Τhe General Assembly of the United Nations on November 1st, at its 31st plenary meeting of 2018 and under the agenda item 176, adopted resolution A/73/462 titled “Observer status for the European Public Law Organization in the General Assembly” which:
«invites the European Public Law Organization (EPLO) to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer; and
requests the Secretary-General to take the action necessary to implement the present resolution».
This has been the outcome of a long process that was initiated by Portugal and was adopted unanimously by all member states.
Participation at ILO & WIPO as an Observer
Within this framework of cooperation with the UN the EPLO, during 2015, has been granted the Observer Status at both:
- The International Labor Organization (ILO), a UN agency
- WIPO- World Intellectual Property Organization, a self-funding agency of the United Nations. Moreover the EPLO was granted the Observer Status at the WIPO at the 55th Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO in Geneva, 5 to 14 October 2015.
Cooperation with the World Bank’s GFLJD
In 2012, the EPLO became a partner in the World Bank's Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development (GFLJD), having endorsed the Joint Declaration and Statement of Commitment on Supporting the Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development.
Following the WB’s expressed wish to involve the EPLO also in other activities of common interest worldwide, the Organization has been involved in the following three Thematic Working Groups: (1) Justice and Rule of Law Reform, (2) Governance and Anti-Corruption and (3) Empowerment and Equity for Diverse Communities.