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This article explores the relevance, impact, & consequences of the so-called Cardoso report "We the peoples: Civil Society, the United Nations & Global Governance." While civil society organizations contribute significantly to the implementation of UN activities on the local level, they dispose of few formal possibilities of representation on the global level of UN-policy formulation. The article investigates what influence the Cardoso report had on the current UN reform process & on the formal as well as de facto participation of civil society organizations in the UN system. Adopting an ex post-analysis, the article argues that the Cardoso report a) had only marginal relevance throughout the reform process due to certain trends & basic settings of international politics; b) had a small, but possibly sustainable impact on the reform of civil society participation, especially in the UN General Assembly &, c) did not operate as a successful reform instrument. Tables, References. Adapted from the source document.