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ECOSOC and TRP- NGOs - Global policy Forum ECOSOC and the Suspension Case
of the Transnational Radical Party
The Transnational Radical Party (TRP) may have its consultative status with ECOSOC supsended. The Russian government complained about this NGO because it had allowed a Chechen representative to talk at the annual session of the Commission on Human Rights held in Geneva in April 2000. The ECOSOC Committee on NGOs first met to consider the issue on June 21, 2000 and after lengthy debates, asked the TRP to submit a comprehensive response on September 16. On September 27, the Committee decided not to reconsider the case and recommended that TRP be suspended for three years. The recommendation was forwarded to ECOSOC for its final decision to be made on October 18, 2000.
ECOSOC Members Vote Against the Suspension of TRP (October 19, 2000)
A coalition of states led by France, Canada and the United States opposed the suspension of the TRP called for by the Russian Federation. This vote is an important victory for NGOs at the UN. (UN Press Release)Committee on NGOs Decides not to Reconsider Decision to Recommend Suspension of TRP (September 27, 2000)
The case of TRP once again raised strong dissenting opinions in the Committee. The support of France, Germany, Romania, United States and Chile was not enough to face an important coalition in favor of the suspension of the TRP. (UN Press release)TRP's Comprehensive Response (September 16, 2000)
Full comprehensive response by the Transnational Radical Party on the decision of the ECOSOC Committee on NGOs regarding the suspension of its consultative status. (Transnational Radical Party's Website )The Case of the Transnational Radical Party (July 2000)
Statement by the TRP outlining justification of allowing Mr. Idigov, a Chechen, to speak out at the UN about human rights in Chechnya on behalf of the TRP. The statement also argues that the pending suspension of the TRP's consultative status on the basis of paragraph 57(b) of the ECOSOC resolution 1996/31 is unjustified by equating "free distribution" of hashish with the sale of drugs. (Transnational Radical Party's Website)ECOSOC Committee on NGOs to Await Response by Transnational Radical Party (July 27, 2000)
The Committee asked the TRP to submit, by September 16, a "comprehensive response to the Committee's recommendations for the suspension of that NGO's consultative status." (UN Press Release)ECOSOC Committee on NGOs Continues Review of TRP (June 22, 2000)
During the NGO Committee session the case of the TRP raised long debates. The Committe decided to defer taking action against TRP until a later date. (UN Press Release)ECOSOC Committee on NGOs Discusses TRP's Case (June 21, 2000)
Russia lodged a complaint against the Transnational Radical Party for having allowed a Chechen separatist to speak under the umbrella of the NGO at the annual session of the Commission on Human Rights.(UN Press Release)The speech of the Hon.Akhiad Idigov on Behalf of the TRP at the UN Commission on Human Rights (April 11, 2000)
Speech of the Chechen Representative that raised the ire of the Russian government. ( Transnational Radical Party's Website)
