List of organizations with consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council

Consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is granted by the United Nations to non-governmental organizations (NGO's) to allow them to participate in the work of the United Nations. Consultative status is divided into three categories:
 * General Consultative Status (formerly Consultative Status 1), the highest level, which may be granted to organizations that are concerned with most of the activities of the council, that are making substantive and sustained contributions in many fields, with a considerable membership, and that are broadly representative of major segments of society in a large number of countries. These organizations are entitled to deliver oral presentations during the council's meetings.
 * Special Consultative Status (formerly Consultative Status 2), which may be granted to organizations concerned with only a few of the fields of activity covered by the Council.
 * Roster, which are "other organizations that do not have general or special consultative status but that the Council, or the Secretary-General of the United Nations in consultation with the Council or its Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, considers can make occasional and useful contributions to the work of the Council."

Twice a year, the United Nations Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations reviews new applications for consultative status and makes recommendations to the ECOSOC, which reviews and decides to approve or deny the recommendations. Consultative status, depending on level, gives the organizations a number of rights to participate in the work of the UN, to present their views and deliver testimony.

The first time that non-governmental organizations were granted consultative status was in 1946, when 41 organizations were chosen. By 1996, over 1000 NGO's were granted consultative status, and by the year 2000, there were 2050.

As of August 2021, there are a total of 5,591 organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC. There are 141 organizations in general consultative status, 4,483 in special consultative status and 967 on the Roster.

The UN also maintains a database through which the current set of organizations in consultative status can be accessed. A list of all of the organizations, in pdf format, is also available.

Roster Status

 * Asian Media Information and Communication Centre
 * Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
 * Association of African Universities
 * Association of Arab Universities
 * Association of European Universities
 * Association of Official Analytical Chemists
 * Caribbean Food Crops Society
 * Celtic League
 * Conseil international des organisations de festivals de folklore et d'arts traditionnels
 * Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences
 * European Association for Animal Production
 * European Association for Research on Plant Breeding
 * European Atomic Forum
 * European Broadcasting Union
 * European Chemical Industry Council
 * European Computer Manufacturers Association
 * General Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Arab Countries
 * Institute of International Law
 * International Academy of Pathology
 * International Aeronautical Federation
 * International Amateur Radio Union
 * International Association for Cereal Science and Technology
 * International Association for Suicide Prevention
 * International Association for the Study of Pain
 * International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists
 * International Association of Applied Linguistics
 * International Association of Classification Societies
 * International Association of Conference Interpreters
 * International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners
 * International Association of Horticultural Producers
 * International Association of Independent Tanker Owners
 * International Association of Universities
 * International Board on Books for Young People
 * International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
 * International Commission of Agricultural Engineering
 * International Commission on Illumination
 * International Commission on Occupational Health
 * International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
 * International Commission on Radiological Protection
 * International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders
 * International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies
 * International Council of Graphic Design Associations
 * International Council of Marine Industry Associations
 * International Council of Management Consulting Institutes
 * International Council of Museums
 * International Council of Nurses
 * International Council on Archives
 * International Diabetes Federation
 * International Epidemiological Association
 * International Ergonomics Association
 * International Federation for Documentation
 * International Federation for Information Processing
 * International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering
 * International Federation of Automatic Control
 * International Federation of Catholic Universities
 * International Federation of Consulting Engineers
 * International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
 * International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
 * International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA)
 * International Federation of Plantation, Agricultural and Allied Workers
 * International Federation of Translators
 * International Federation of Workers' Education Associations
 * International Fertilizer Industry Association
 * International Food Policy Research Institute
 * International Institute for Peace
 * International Life Sciences Institute
 * International Medical Society of Paraplegia
 * International Music Council
 * International Peace Research Association
 * International Pharmaceutical Federation
 * International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
 * International Political Science Association
 * International Press Telecommunications Council
 * International Publishers Association
 * International Radiation Protection Association
 * International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
 * International Society of City and Regional Planners
 * International Sociological Association
 * International Theatre Institute
 * International Transport Workers' Federation
 * International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
 * International Union of Microbiological Societies
 * International Union of Nutritional Sciences
 * International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
 * Licensing Executives Society International
 * Medicus Mundi International
 * Miners' International Federation
 * Pacific Science Association
 * Population Action International
 * Saami Council
 * Society of Chemical Industry
 * Soka Gakkai International
 * Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe
 * World Association of Newspapers
 * World Energy Conference
 * World Federation for Medical Education
 * World Federation of Engineering Organizations
 * World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
 * World Federation of Scientific Workers
 * World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists
 * World Heart Federation
 * World Islamic Call Society
 * World Medical Association
 * World Movement of Christian Workers
 * World Peace Council
 * World Press Freedom Committee