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Information on civil society participation at the 2026 NPT Review Conference

The 2026 NPT Review Conference will take place from 27 April–22 May at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Modalities for civil society participation are outlined in this information note. Please read the information note in full for all details—below is just a summary.

PARTICIPATION AND ACCESS

Based on the practice of the previous review conferences, representatives of non-governmental organisations will be allowed, upon request, to attend the meetings of the Review Conference in-person. 

ACCREDITATION AND REGISTRATION

Participation in the 2026 NPT Review Conference requires two steps: accreditation, and registration. All organisations must request accreditation to attend, including those organisations that have attended past NPT meetings. 

  • All requests for accreditation must be submitted to the Secretariat no later than 30 January 2026 using the online form available at https://forms.office.com/e/P7Xz59NCG0.
  • Non-governmental organizations must also submit to [email protected] a written accreditation request on the official letterhead of the organization listing the representatives who will attend, including their full names and titles. Additional representatives may be included in a revised accreditation request letter, which should be submitted by 13 April 2026. See the information note for guidance on what should be included in the accreditation request letter.
  • Those non-governmental organizations that have requested accreditation as stated above will be informed by the Secretariat by email by 13 February 2026 of the outcome of their request.

Registration (to be completed after accreditation is approved)

  • Online registration will be available from 16 February to 13 April 2026 to representatives of non-governmental organizations whose accreditation has been provisionally approved.
  • Attendees must complete a registration form on the online Indico system at https://indico.un.org/event/1021585/registrations/ and follow the process described. Online registrations must include the accreditation request letter, including the name of the participant.
  • Once their registrations have been approved in Indico, representatives of non-governmental organizations will receive a confirmation email. 

Issuance of grounds passes (for those who received the email that their registration has been approved)

  • Beginning on 26 April 2026, grounds passes valid for the duration of the Review Conference will be available for collection from the Pass and Identification Unit at 320 East 45th Street. Participants are advised to come to the Pass and Identification Unit well in advance to allow enough time for security checks.
  • The Pass and Identification Unit Pass and Identification Unit will be open from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday 26 April 2026, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday 27 April 2026, and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each weekday thereafter. Representatives will need to have their passport and a printed copy of the confirmation email with them to collect a grounds pass.

Civil society presentations
It is tentatively expected that a plenary meeting will be set aside for non-governmental organisation presentations. As in the past, non-governmental organisations are requested to coordinate among themselves in deciding which representatives will address the committee during the session allocated for presentations by non-governmental organisations. We will update this information as soon as we have a tentative date and time for the civil society presentations. Until then please contact Laura Varella ([email protected]) for requests or to learn more about how civil society presentations are being organised. 

Side events at the 2026 NPT Review Conference
The availability of space for side events during the Review Conference is limited. Side events that can be accommodated within the room allocated to NGOs will be scheduled by Reaching Critical Will. We will post information about side events on our website. Please email Laura Varella (laura.varella[at]wilpf.org) to book the room for a side event. We will require the event name, general theme or focus, organiser/host information, and your top three preferences of date and time. We are also happy to post information on our website about virtual side events.

Further information
In the meantime, if you are looking for conference documents, working papers, and national reports, or information about civil society participation, please visit the Reaching Critical Will website. We also encourage those following the NPT and its conferences to check out our 2025 NPT briefing book and NPT News in Review  from the last preparatory committee meeting. We will be publishing an updated briefing book closer to the RevCon.