Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) successfully concluded its 28th General Assembly, held from October 27–29, 2025, at the Church Center for the United Nations in New York and online. The Assembly elected 20 organizations to serve on the CoNGO Board.
The new officers and board members are the first group of CoNGO leaders elected through an online voting system. The electronic voting and video broadcast of the assembly increased participation from CoNGO members worldwide. They will oversee CoNGO’s efforts to expand and strengthen civil society engagement with the UN system.
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(NEW YORK, October 30, 2025) – TruMerit President and CEO Peter Preziosi has been elected President of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations, also known as CoNGO.
A busy and demanding agenda will keep delegates engaged at the Twenty-Eighth General Assembly of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO), which is scheduled to take place both in New York and online from Monday, October 27, to Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
The Twenty-Eighth General Assembly of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations will receive a different kind of presidential report from its president, Liberato Bautista. The report will feature conversations around the three-part theme of the assembly: Defining the Present, Securing a Shared Future, Asserting Civil Society Participation at the United Nations.
Want to join the conversation? There’s still time to register for in-person or online attendance.
During a gathering of NGO leaders worldwide, Nikhil Seth concurred with their views, stating in a keynote speech that “Multilateralism—the very foundation of the United Nations and the international system—stands at a crossroads…We meet today to reaffirm a simple but powerful truth: Multilateralism cannot survive—let alone thrive—without civil society.”
