The EcoRes Forum Call for Action

To the United Nations

We call upon the UN:

• To strengthen partnerships with national governments and CSOs;
• To expand and empower structures for monitoring compliance with international environmental and social protocols and conventions through treaty bodies, as well as
  non-conventional mechanisms such as Special Rapporteurs;
• To accelerate structural and procedural reforms in order to regain the trust and
  confidence of those parties that the UN wishes to engage and influence in this intergovernmental forum;
• To empower CSOs, as the representatives particularly of underrepresented global constituencies, through the guarantee of broader access to and expanded rights and opportunities for involvement at global platforms, including the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN (CONGO); and
• To guide and assist national governments in providing safe, peaceful, sustainable, and economically viable venues in which citizens may cooperate in addressing climate change challenges.