Protocol and Liaison Service
About the Service | Registration Processes | Meetings Registration
Reference Materials | Notes Verbales | Workshops
Please note that the Protocol and Liaison Service has launched the for all registration processes related to staff of Missions and related offices. Additional information can be found here…
The Protocol and Liaison Service within the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM) serves the protocol needs of the Secretariat, including those of the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly. It also interfaces with the Permanent Missions and Observer Offices to the United Nations as well as with the liaison offices of the specialised agencies and related organizations stationed in New York. The Service applies an orderly, uniform set of rules and governing codes of behaviour in diplomatic forums, meetings and ceremonies involving missions/observers and their representatives. To learn more, see our About page.
United Nations, New York. (UN Photo/Mark Garten)
Special announcements
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A/INF/80/4 (Revised) - Arrangements for the high-level meetings and the general debate of the 80th session of the General Assembly, United Nations Headquarters, 22 to 30 September 2025: information note for delegations (see updates)
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Opening Hours of the UN Protocol & Liaison Service office and the UN Pass & ID Unit prior to and during the High-Level (General-Debate) week of the 80th session of the General Assembly - On Wednesday, 14 August 2025, a joint briefing for delegations was held in Conference Room 4 to discuss various logistical aspects of the upcoming 80th session of the General Assembly. The following presentations are available:
- Do you want to know more about what the Protocol and Liaison Service does? Click here!
- COP APPOINTMENT/2019 - On the appointment of Beatrix Kania as Chief of Protocol
Contact information
ADDRESS & PHONE:
405 East 42nd Street, Room S-0200, New York, NY 10017
Protocol General Tel: (212) 963-7171, (212) 963-7172
Registration to UN Meetings Tel: (212) 963-7181
HOURS OF OPERATION:
09:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
03:00 p.m. to 05:30 p.m.
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Notes verbales
- PRO/NV/World Social Summit/Registration and arrangements - Information regarding the Second World Summit for Social Development which will take place in Doha,
Qatar, from 4-6 November 2025 - PRO/NV/Walkthrough Requests/2025 - Information regarding request for scheduling walkthroughs prior to high level week 2025
- PRO/NV/7/Changes in Procedures Concerning Renewal of Grounds Passes/2025 - Note verbale regarding grounds pass renewal for high level week 2025
- PRO/NV/eRegistration data/2024 - Note verbale for eRegistration mandatory information
- PRO/NV/Security Incidents - Note verbale regarding security incidents at UN Headquarters involving misuse of UN Grounds Passes
