ACTIONAID
http://www.actionaid.org
Founded in 1972, one of the UK's largest aid agencies.
Hamlyn House, MacDonald Road Archway, London N19 5PG
ACF (Action Contre la Faim)
http://www.acf-fr.org/
Founded in 1979, Action Against Hunger is a Non-Governmental Organisation. It is apolitical, non-denominational and is one of the world's leading international organisations in the campaign against hunger. With Head Offices in Paris, Madrid, London and New York, Action Against Hunger works in 28 countries around the world. It intervenes through emergency relief operations in situations of war, crisis and famine to bring aid to populations in extreme difficulty, such as displaced persons or refugees who no longer have access to food, and in order to enable them, in the longer term, to regain their autonomy. Its 280 expatriate volunteers and 4,000 local employees run emergency programmes, in the four keys areas which constitute the fight against hunger: nutrition, health, water and food security. Action Against Hunger develops disaster preparedness programmes in order to anticipate and forecast humanitarian crises. Information in English, French and Spanish.
Contacts in Paris, Madrid, London and Washington.
4 rue Niepce, F-75014 Paris
C. Caracas 6. 1° - 28004 Madrid
875 Ave. of the Americas. Suite 1905. New York, NY 10001
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
http://www.aclu.org
See also, on the ACLU of Southern California, the "International Civil Liberties Report" (May 1999 Edition)
http://www.aclu-sc.org/99civilreport.wpd
Alliance pour un monde responsable et solidaire
http://www.echo.org/idex_globgv.html
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
http://afsc.org/ or http://www.quaker.org/
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice. 1501 Cherry St. Philadelphia, PA 19102 USA. See also the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva http://www.quaker.org/quno
And the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers: http://www.child.soldiers.org
MICHAEL SIMMONS, , http://www.afsc.org
Director of European Programs for the American Friends Service
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
http://www.jdc.org
Amnesty International (AI)
http://www.amnesty.org/
Amnesty International, London Headquarters
See also http://www.amnesty-usa.org/home.html (Amnesty International USA)
http://www.amnestyusa.org/
Antenna
http://www.antenna.nl/indexeng.html
Antenna represents the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) in the Netherlands. The APC is a world-wide platform of host-organizations with members and partners in more than 75 countries with more than 35.000 organizations from the social movement active on the domains of environment, development co-operation, labour, human rights, fugitive, peace, health, women etc. Together they use more than 1,000 Newsgroups to exchange information, for actions and discussions. Users can also get the newsfeed (more than 100 messages daily) from Inter Press Service.
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
http://www.adl.org
Baptist World Aid
http://www.bwanet.org
B'nai Brith
http://bnaibrith.ca/
The Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard South African Relief Organisation
http://servus.smom-za.org
Relief organization of the Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of t. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta in South Africa, based at Mandeni, kwaZulu/Natal, South Africa
CAFOD
http://www.cafod.org.uk/
CAFOD is the official development and relief agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
Campaign for Equity-Restorative Justice
http://www.cerj.org
217 High Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301-3018 USA
Campaign for U.N. Reform
http://www.cunr.org/
The vision of the Campaign for United Nations Reform is an effective, democratic, and accountable United Nations system able to fulfill the goals set forth in the preamble of its Charter. These goals include preventing war, protecting fundamental human rights, establishing conditions for justice and respect for international law, and promoting social progress with sustainable standards of living. The mission of the Campaign for United Nations Reform is to build political will within the United States to promote a more democratic, accountable, and transparent U.N.system; and to increase the resources and authority needed by the U.N. system to achieve the goals set forth in its Charter. Recognizing that U.S. support is essential if the U.N.
system is to be strengthened, the role of the Campaign for U.N. Reform is to lobby the U.S. Congress and Administration to take actions to achieve these goals, to make advocacy of a strengthened U.N. system an election issue, and to support the election and appointment of officials who share our vision.
420 7th Street, SE Suite C, Washington DC, 2003 USA
Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty
http://www.ccadp.org
Canadian Council of Churches (Conseil Canadien des Eglises)
http://www.web.net/~ccchurch
Canadian Human Rights Foundation (Fond. Canad. Droits Personne)
http://www.chrf.ca
CARE
http://www.care.org
Care International UK
http://www.careinternational.org.uk/
8-14 Southampton St.. Tower House, London WC2E 7HA
CARE Deutschland e.V.
http://www.care.de
Herbert-Rabius-Str. 26, D-53225 Bonn Germany
Caritas Internationalis
http://www.caritas.net/
154 Members worldwide. An international confederation of Catholic organizations.
Deutscher Caritasverband
http://www.caritas.de
Karlstr. 40, D-79104 Freiburg Germany
Catholic Relief Services
http://www.catholicrelief.org
Children's Aid Direct
http://www.cad.org.uk
12 Portman Road, Reading RG30 IEA, UK
Children's Rights
http://boes.org/
Children's Rights
Christian Aid
http://www.christian-aid.org.uk
Christian Aid, Interchurch House, 35 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7RT, UK
Christian Children's Fund of Great Britain
http://www.ccfgb.org.uk
4 Bath Place, Rivington St., London EC2A 3DR, UK
Christian Children's Fund
http://www.christianchildrensfund.org
Church World Service
http://www.churchworldservice.org
CIDSE
http://www.cidse.be/
Coopération pour le Développement et la Solidarité (International Coopération for Development and Solidarity), rue Stévin 16. B-1000 Brussels
CODAP
http://www.codap.org
Centre de conseils et d'appuis pour les jeunes en matière de droits de l'homme
CP 6041, CH-1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland
Community of San Egidio (Comunità di Sant'Egidio)
http://www.santegidio.org/
Comunità di Sant'Egidio, Piazza S.Egidio 3/a Roma
Tel. 0039 06.585661 0039 Fax. 06.5800197
Concern Worldwide
http://www.concern.ie and http://www.irishnet.com/concern.htm
CONCERN is devoted to the relief and assistance of the poorest people throughout the world.
Founded in 1968 in Ireland as a non-profit organization in response to the Nigeria-Biafra conflict, it is supported by national and international aid organizations such as the US Government, the United Nations, and The European Community. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, it also has offices in New York, London, Glasgow and Belfast. CONCERN has built an international reputation for being one of the most respected, timely, and effective organizations in providing immediate relief to victims of man-made conflicts and natural disasters.
52/55 Lower Camden St., Dublin 2, Ireland
Cultural Survival
http://www.cs.org/
Cultural Survival (Cambridge, MA, USA) is a non-profit organization founded in 1972 to defend the human rights and cultural autonomy of indigenous peoples and oppressed ethnic minorities. Through research and publications we focus attention on violations of those rights and advocate alternative policies that avoid genocide, ethnic conflict and the destruction of other peoples' ways of life. Cultural Survival develops educational materials that promote tolerance and understanding of other cultures, and respect for indigenous peoples - the world's original stewards of the environment.
Defence for Children international (DCI)
http://www.childhub.ch/webpub/dcihome/
Defence for Children international (DCI) is an independent non-governmental organisation set up during the International Year of the Child (1979) to ensure on-going, practical, systematic and concerted international action specially directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of the child. Defence for Children International is present on all five continents, with almost
60 Sections and Associate Members.
Derechos Human Rights
http://www.derechos.org
Derechos Human Rights
Deutsche Welthungerhilfe
http://www.welthungerhilfe.de
Adenauerallee 134, D-53113 Bonn Germany
Diakonisches Werk der evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland
http://www.brot-fuer-die-welt.de
Postfach 01 11 42, D-70010 Stuttgart Germany
Direct Relief International
http://directrelief.org
Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)
http://www.candric.com/appeal/
The DEC is an umbrella organisation which launches and coordinates the National appeal in response to a major disaster overseas. The DEC members are ACTIONAID, British Red Cross, CAFOD, Children's Aid Direct, Christian Aid, Christian Church Fund of GB, Concern Worldwide, Help the Aged, Medecins Sans Frontieres, MERLIN, OXFAM, Save the Children, Tearfund, World Vision UK. 52 Great Portland St, London W1N 5AH, UK
or
The Disaster News Network
http://www.disasternews.net
The Disaster News Network reports on U.S. disaster response (as well as response to major international events that call for U.S. involvement), focusing on the response and recovery work of nongovernmental organizations particularly "faith-based" (church) groups. It also provides information about how individuals and groups can help in disasters, and includes information about volunteer opportunities.
Doctors Of The World
http://www.doctorsoftheworld.org
See also "Médecins du Monde" (MDM)
See also http://www.nirvanet.net/warvictims/ for the "International Conference for the Protection of People in Times of War", Paris, 2-3 July 1999, organized by Médecins du Monde and Amnesty International
Doctors Without Borders
http://www.dwb.org
See also "Médecins Sans Frontières" (MSF)
EPER
http://www.eper.ch
Entraide Protestante Suisse
European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
http://www.errc.org/
The European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) is an international public interest law organisation which monitors the situation of Roma ("Gypsies") in Europe and provides legal defence to victims of human rights violations, Contacts:
(Webmaster)
(Other enquiries)
(Dimitrina Petrova, Executive Director)
POB 10/24, H-1525 Budapest 114, Hungary
Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR)
http://www.nonviolence.org/for/
Fellowship of Reconciliation. The FOR seeks to replace violence, war, racism and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace and justice.
Food For The Hungry International
http://www.fh.org
Forced Migration Projects
http://www.soros.org/migrate.html
Open Society Institute, 400 W 59th Street, New York, NY 10019
France Libertes Fondation Danielle Mitterrand
http://www.France-libertes.fr
22, rue de Milan, F-75009 Paris tél : 33-1 53 25 10 40 fax : 33-1 48 74 01 26
Franciscans International
http://www.FranIntl.org
Franciscans International. A trinity of concerns: the PoorCreationPeace
211 East 43rd Street, Rm 1100, New York, NY 10017-4707 USA
Geneva Center for NGOs
http://www.geneva2000.org
The Swiss government is making available conference facilities for
Special Events and for ad hoc meetings. They are currently exploring ways to
assist NGOs from developing countries to come to Geneva and find affordable
accommodation. For further information contact: Ambassador Daniel Stauffacher,
9-11 rue de Varembé, PO Box 125, CH 1211 Geneva 2000, Switzerland. Tel: 41 22
749 25 70; Fax 41 22 749 25 89; e-mail:
Gesellschaft für Bedrohte Völker (The Society for Threatened Peoples)
http://www.gfbv.de
The Society for Threatened Peoples published on 9.9.99 a 100 page documentation on the mass expulsion of Roma and Ashkali fropm Kosovo
POB 2024, D-37010 Göttingen Germany
Global Foundation
http://www.globalfoundation.com/
Global Foundation Providing Solace Compassion & Dignity to POWs, Hostages, Political Prisoners & Their Families (Woburn, MA, USA)
GOAL
http://www.goal.ie
In 1977 Dublin sports journalists John O'Shea and four friends decided to set up an aid organisation dedicated to helping the poorest of the poor across the developing world. By 1984 GOAL medical teams were working at the frontline of the terrible famines in Ethiopia and Sudan. Over the years, worse was to come. In Somalia, GOAL worked to fight the deadly combination of war and famine. Since then, GOAL has been there to pick up the pieces after civil war in Angola and Liberia, to care for the flood of Rwandan refugees stranded in Tanzania and Zaire, and to help rehouse the devastated citizens of Gorazde in Bosnia. Since 1997 GOAL has sent nearly 600 volunteers to over twenty countries in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe and has spent nearly $50 million. Our mission is the same as it was in 1977, to help the poorest of the poor. Sadly, we are as badly needed now as we were then. GOAL's ethos is simple. We believe that every human being has the right to the fundamentals of life, food, water, shelter, healthcare and literacy. Throughout the Third World, people are dying for want of those basic rights. Our mission is to respond quickly and efficiently with emergency supplies. We believe that the money we collect must be spent directly on the people who need it most. To do that, we keep our administration costs to a bare minimum. We also believe it is essential to train local people so that they can continue to provide healthcare and other services long after GOAL has left the country.
Grameen Bank (GB)
http://www.grameen.com/
Grameen Bank (GB) has reversed conventional banking practice by removing the need for collateral and created a banking system based on mutual trust, accountability, participation and creativity. GB provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh, without any collateral. At GB, credit is the poverty and it serves as a catalyst in the over all development of socio-economic conditions of the poor who have been kept outside the banking orbit on the ground that they are poor and hence not bankable. Professor Muhammad Yunus, the founder of "Grameen Bank" and its Managing Director, reasoned that if financial resources can be made available to the poor people on terms and conditions that are appropriate and reasonable, "these millions of small people with their millions of small pursuits can add up to create the biggest development wonder".
Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/
Greenpeace is an independent, campaigning organisation which uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems, and to force the solutions which are essential to a green and peaceful future.. Greenpeace's goal is to ensure the ability of the earth to nurture life in all its diversity. Therefore Greenpeace seeks to:
- Protect biodiversity in all its forms.
- Prevent pollution and abuse of the earth's ocean, land, air and fresh water.
- End all nuclear threats.
- Promote peace, global disarmament and non-violence
Hague Appeal for Peace (HAP 11-15 May 1999)
http://www.haguepeace.org
See the Hague Agenda for Peace and Justice for the 21st Century:
http://www.haguepeace.org/html/agenda.htm
Handicap International
http://www.handicap-international.org/
Handicap International is one the six founding NGO's of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines which coordinates the efforts of more than 1300 associations in over 70 countries. The International Campaign was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997. Information in English, French and German.
ERAC 14, Av Berthelot 69361 Lyon Cedex 07 France
Help the Aged
http://www.helptheaged.org.uk
St James&146's Walk, Farringdon, London EC1R 0BE
Humanweb
http://www.humanweb.org/
Association HumanWeb , 2 rue St-Léger, CH-1205 Geneva Switzerland
Human Rights Interactive Network (HRIN)
http://www.webcom/hrin
Human Rights Internet (HRI)
http://www.hri.ca/
Human Rights Internet (HRI) 8 York St. Suite 302, Ottawa, ON K1N 586 Canada. When it was founded in 1976, HRI was known as Internet: the International Human Rights Documentation Network. Thus, the term Internet was used to identify an international network of human rights organizations and a clearinghouse of human rights documentation, not the sprawling virtual community that everyone has come to know today.
Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/
Human Rights Watch, 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10118-3299
See the HRW International Film Festival, New York. June 11-24, 1999
http://www.hrw.org/hrw/iff/
See the Crimes of War Project in Chechnya
http://www.crimesofwar.org/chechnya
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/russia/chechnya/
Sierra Leone:
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/sleone/index.htm
IFCO/Pastors for Peace
http://www.ifconews.org/p4p.html
An ecumenical agency whose mission is to help forward the struggles of oppressed people for justice and self-determination, IFCO/Pastors for Peace is a special ministry of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization, created in 1988 to pioneer the delivery of humanitarian aid to Latin America and the Carribean. During the past 10 years , thousands of people have participated in 25 caravans to Mexico and Central America, and 8 to Cuba. The Chicago office of IFCO/Pastors for Peace can be reached by calling 773/271-4817; 773/2715269 (fax) or email
INCORE (Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity)
University of Ulster
Http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/themes/truth.html
Aberfoyle House, Northland Road, Londonderry BT48 7JA
The Institute for Global Communications (IGC)
http://www.igc.org/
The Institute for Global Communications (IGC), a non-profit, unionized, politically progressive Internet provider
InterAction
http://www.interaction.org/
InterAction: The American Council for Voluntary International Action is the nation's largest coalition of international development, disaster relief and refugee assistance agencies. InterAction's members include more than 150 US-based non-profit organizations, large and small, including secular and religious groups. Member organizations all share the same basic goals of easing human suffering and strengthening people's ability to help themselves. InterAction coordinates and promotes these activities and helps to ensure that goals are met in an ethical and cost-efficient manner. See articles from "Monday Developments", the InterAction newsletter on the web at: http://www.interaction.org/md/
1717 Massachussets Avenue NW, Suite 801, Washington DC 20036
International Aid
http://www.internationalaid.org
International Association of Universities
http://www.unesco.org/ngo/iau/index.html
The International Association of Universities (IAU) is a UNESCO-affiliated organization which was formally established in 1950 to encourage links between universities and colleges throughout the world. Its permanent Secretariat, the Internatonal Universities Bureau, is located at UNESCO, Paris.
International Centre for the Prevention of Crime
http://www.crime-prevention-intl.org/
International Centre for the Prevention of Crime, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC) is an international non-governmental organization created with the mission of assisting cities and countries to reduce delinquency, violent crime and insecurity. It collaborates with local, national, regional and specialized entities to harness prevention experience and know how from around the world to solve local crime problems. The ICPC provides services, on a not for profit basis, to cities, government agencies and crime prevention organizations in developed and developing countries as well as those in transition. These services include: Best Practice Bureau ,Technical Assistance, Exchange of Expertise and Tools to Raise Awareness.
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
http://www.icij.org/
Launched in 1997, ICIJ is a project of the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative research organization, based in Washington, D.C. ICIJ extends globally the Center's style of enterprise journalism in the public interest by marshaling the talents of the world's leading investigative reporters to focus on issues that do not stop at water's edge. ICIJ supports and showcases the best international investigative reporting and, through that, hopes to be a force for greater global accountability. ICIJ @ The Center for Public Integrity
910 17th St, NW 7th Floor Washington, D.C. 20006 USA
International Council on Human Rights Policy (ICHRP)
http://www.geneva.ch/ICHRP.htm
48, Grand-Montfleury, POB 147, CH-1290 Versoix Geneva Switzerland
International Medical Corps (IMC)
http://www.imc-la.org
International Medical Corps is a humanitarian relief organization with medical and nursing programs in Bosnia, Angola, Burundi, Somalia and South Sudan.
International Orthodox Christian Charities
http://www.iocc.org
International Peace Bureau (IPB)
http://www.ipb.org
The IPB is the world's oldest and most comprehensive international peace federation, bringing together people working for peace in many different sectors: not only pacifists but also women's, youth, labour, religious, political and professional bodies. IPB was founded in 1892 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1910. It has 170 member organizations, both internationals and national/local groups in over 40 countries. IPB's role is to support peace and disarmament initiatives taken by the UN, by governments, and especially by citizens. We devote our main resources to informing and servicing grassroots peace campaigns, and creating international projects. In addition, we act as publishing house, conference organiser, and Geneva logistical support for visiting NGOs.
Current priorities include nuclear weapons abolition, conflict prevention and resolution, human rights, international humanitarian law, women and peace and peace education. All these topics are featured in IPB's major end-of-century project, the Hague Appeal for Peace.
41, rue de Zurich, Ch-1201 Geneva Switzerland
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
http://www.reliefnet.org/rnet/irc.html
http://www.intrescom.org
International Rescue Committee (IRC) 1 22 East 42nd Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10168-1289 USA
International Society for Military Law and the Law of War
http://www.soc-mil-law.org
Société Internationale de Droit Militaire et de Droit de la Guerre,
C/o Auditorat Général près la Cour militaire, Palais de Justice, Place Poelaert,
B-1000 Brussels
Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
http://www.johanniter.de
Bundesgeschäftsstelle, Lützowstr. 94 D-10785 Berlin
Kosova Keep in Touch
http://www.glaine.net/~kosova/
War Child UK (International), 5-8 Anglers Lane, London NW5 3DG
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (LCHR)
http://www.lchr.org/lchr/
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (LCHR). New York, NY USA. Since 1978, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights has worked to protect and promote fundamental human rights. Its work is impartial, holding all governments accountable to the standards affirmed in the International Bill of Human Rights. Its programs focus on building the legal institutions and structures that will guarantee human rights in the long term. Strengthening independent human rights advocacy at the local level is a key feature of its work.
Lazarus-Hilfswerk e.V. (LHW) - Deutschland
http://www.lazarus.deMadre
Bundesgeschäftsstelle Luxemburger Straße 305 D-50354 Hürth/Köln
Madre
http://www.madre.org
MADRE (a group which has been working with multi-ethnic, democratic women's organizations in the Balkans since 1993). Vivian Stromberg, [email protected]
Executive director of MADRE
Malteser-Hilfsdienst Deutschland (Germany)
http://www.malteser.mf.de/gs/mhd.htm
Malteser Auslandsdienst Kalker Hauptstraße 22-24 D-50670 Köln
Telefon: ++49-(0)221-8922-158 Fax: ++49-(0)221-8922-159
Malteser Hospitaldienst Oesterreich (Austria)
http://www.malteser.at
MAP International
http://www.mag.org
Marins Sans Frontières
Médecins du Monde (MDM)
http://www.medecinsdumonde.org
Médecins du Monde (France). 62, rue Marcadet, F-75018 Paris,
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
http://www.msf.org/
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) "Doctors Without Borders"
Welcome to the international site of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MSF is a humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 80 countries. Among others, see http://www.msf.paris.fr
See also Medecins Sans Frontieres, 124 Clerkenwell Rd, London EC1R 5DL
Mercy Corps International
http://www.mercycorps.org
MERLIN
http://www.merlin.org.uk
MERLIN (Medical Emergency Relief International),
14 David Mews Porter St., London W1M 1HW, UK
The Millennium Forum
http://www.millenniumforum.org/
The Millennium Forum will bring together civil society representatives from all over the world to consult about our future the future of the peoples of the world in relation to the great global challenges that must be confronted by the United Nations in the 21st Century. Scheduled to be held from 22-26 May 2000 at the United Nations headquarters as part of the preparations for the Millennium Assembly at the UN in Fall 2000, the Millennium Forum will assemble the innovative ideas and proposals of non-governmental organizations and civil society from all levels, seeking to create not only a new vision for the future but also an organizational structure whereby the peoples of the world can participate effectively in global decision-making.
The Millennium Forum Executive Committee, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120, New York, New York 10017-1822 USA o Tel: 212-803-2522 o Fax: 212-803-2561
National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution
http://www.gmu.edu/Departments/NCPCR/
OMCT
http://www.omct.org
OMCT - The French Acronym for the World Organisation Against Torture ("Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture") and the SOS Network. OMCT is today the world's largest network of human rights organisation fighting against torture and other gross violations of human rights.
OneWorld Online
http://www.oneworld.org
OneWorld Online is a worldwide Internet partnership of 300 NGOs and media
organisations, whose mission is to promote sustainable development and
human rights by harnessing the democratic potential of the Internet.
OneWorld Online is a not-for-profit organisation wholly owned by the
OneWorld Broadcasting Trust a UK registered charity.
Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org
Oxfam International founded in 1995, is an international group of 11 autonomous non-government organisations. Member organisations are of diverse cultures, history, and language, but share the commitment to working for an end to the waste and injustice of poverty - both in longer-term development work and in times of urgent humanitarian need. OXFAM, 274 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7DZ, UK
People in Aid Code of Best Practice in the Management and Support of Aid Personnel
http://www.redr.org/resources/piacode.htm
RedR is a founding member of the working group for the People in Aid Project which produced the "Code of Best Practice in the Management and Support of Aid Personnel" in 1997. The Code is currently being piloted by 11 agencies and major donor agencies are starting to ask agencies applying for emergency funding whether they follow the Code. The following agencies are piloting the People in Aid Code of Best Practice in the Management and Support of Aid Personnel:
* Action Health
* British Red Cross
* Concern
* Health Unlimited
* International Health Exchange
* MAF(Europe)
* Oxfam UK & Ireland
* RedR, London
* Riders for Health
* Save the Children Fund
* Tear Fund
RedR, 1 Great George Street,, London SW1P 3AA, UK
Tim Foster, Director, RedR International Secretariat, Ch. du Molard 6
CH-1278 La Rippe Switzerland
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)
http://www.phrusa.org/
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is an organization of health professionals, scientists, and concerned citizens that uses the knowledge and skills of the medical and forensic sciences to investigate and prevent violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.
Since 1986, PHR members have worked to stop torture, disappearances, and political killings by governments and opposition groups; to improve health and sanitary conditions in prisons and detention centers; to investigate the physical and psychological consequences of violations of humanitarian law in internal and international conflicts; to defend medical neutrality and the right of civilians and combatants to receive medical care during times of war; to protect health
professionals who are victims of violations of human rights; and to prevent medical complicity in torture and other abuses. PHR conducts educational and training projects for health professionals, members of the judiciary, and human rights advocates on the application of medical and forensic skills in the investigation of violations of human rights.
PlaNet Bank
http://www.planetbank.org
PlaNet Bank is a new international non-governmental institution that aims at
alleviating poverty by directly supporting micro-finance institutions and
small initiatives. One of the goals is to bridge the gap between the
traditional financial sector and the micro-finance sector, with the
understanding that micro-credit is all the more efficient since developed
within the context of education, infrastructure and democracy improvement.
Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief (Episcopal Church)
http://www.pbfwr.org/
Refugees International
http://www.refintl.org/
Refugees International (Washington, DC, USA). Founded in 1979 in response to the forced repatriation of thousands of Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees, Refugees International (RI) provides early warning in crises of mass exodus. It seeks to serve as the advocate of the unrepresented -- the refugee. In recent years, Refugees International has moved from its initial focus on Indochinese refugees to global coverage, conducting almost 30 emergency missions in the last four years. We have answered the emergency calls of Kurds stranded along the mountainous Turkish border; Burmese forced to flee to Bangladesh; war victims in Bosnia; Africans fleeing strife and famine in Liberia, Ethiopia, and Somalia; and Rwandans surging into Tanzania and Zaire. The organization mixes quiet diplomacy and the power of the press to mobilize governments and engage the UN. Our on-the-ground emergency assessment paves the way for relief agencies and human rights organizations to step in with life saving measures.
21 Dupont Circle Washington DC NW 20036
Rotary International
http://www.rotary.org
One Rotary Center, 1560 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201 USA
The Salvation Army
http://www.salvationarmy.org/
The Salvation Army. The movement, founded in 1865 by William Booth, has spread from London, England, to many parts of the world. Salvationists of many races and cultural backgrounds enjoy an international fellowship. Its evangelistic and social enterprises are maintained under the authority of the General by full-time officers, employees, and soldiers who give service in their free time.
Save The Children (USA)
http://www.savethechildren.org
See also Save the Children, 17 Grove Lane, London SE5 8RD, UK
Social Watch
http://www.socwatch.org.uy/
Soka Gakkai International (SGI)
http://www.sgi.org/
Solidarites
http://www.solidarites.org/
Villa Souchet 105, avenue Gambetta F-75020 Paris
Soviet-Afghan War Veterans
http://www.afghanwar.spb.ru/index_e.htm
This site contains materials related to the Soviet - Afghan War 1979 -1989. Presently, inscriptions are in Russian and ENGLISH. The information, photos, documents and other materials is updated monthly.
St. Leonard's Society of Canada
http://www.stleonards.ca/
St. Leonard's Society of Canada is a national affiliation of non-profit community organizations and individuals, committed to the prevention of crime through programs which promote responsible community living and safer communities.
See a list of Restorative Justice Websites at
http://www.stleonards.ca/biblio/biblio.htm
Ottawa Office 712-151 Slater Street Ottawa, ON K1P 5H3
Tearfund
http://www.tearfund.org
A Christian relief and development agency working in over 90 countries of the world in partnership with evangelical churches and church-based organisations.
100 Church Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 8QE, UK
Trocaire
http://www.trocaire.org
The Irish Catholic Agency for World Development.
169 Booterstown Avenue, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
Union of International Associations, Brussels
http://www.uia.org
United Nations Association of the United States
http://www.unausa.org
United Nations Association of the United States (UNA-USA)
801 Second Avenue New York, New York 10017-4706
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
http://www.unpo.org
The Hague, Netherlands
U.S. Committee For Unicef
http://www.unicefusa.org
The U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR)
http://www.refugees.org
The U.S. Committee for Refugees is a nonprofit, humanitarian that works for the protection and assistance of refugees, ayslum seekers and displaced people around the world. 1717 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036, USA
VOICE
http://www.oneworld.org/voice/
VOICE (Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies
within the Liaison Committee of NGDOs to the European Union) is a network of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) throughout Europe who are active in the field of humanitarian aid. VOICE's aim is to foster links between these NGOs and to facilitate their contact with the European Union.
Square Ambiorix 10 , B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA)
http://www.vita.org
Volunteers in Technical Assistance, 1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 500
Arlington, VA 22209 USA
War Child
http://www.warchild.org
World Concern
http://www.worldconcern.org
World Council of Churches (WCC)
http://www.wcc-coe.org
Conseil cuménique des Eglises (COE), 150, rte de Ferney
Box 2100, CH-1211 Geneva 2. Switzerland
World Federalist Association (WFA)
http://www.wfa.org
World Federalist Association ()
World Goodwill
http://www.worldgoodwill.org
World Service Authority
http://www.worldservice.org
1012 14th Street NW, Suite 1106, Washington, DC 20005
World Relief
http://www.wr.org
World Scout Movement
http://www.scout.org
Bureau Mondial du Scoutisme, Box 241, CH-1211 Geneva 4
World Vision
http://www.worldvision.org
World Vision
See also World Vision UK, 599 Avebury Bld, Milton Keynes MK9 3PG, UK
http://www.worldvision.org.uk
WORLD CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE 1999
http://www.wocsoc.org/
Building Global Governance Partnerships" Montreal (Canada), 8-11 December 1999
Leaders of civil society organizations from around the world coming together at the turn of this century to propose changes and take action for new global governance partnerships and to create a wider support base for a stronger United Nations.
WOCSOC 1999 SECRETARIAT FIM, 380 St-Antoine West, Suite 3200, Montreal, Quebec Canada H2Y 3X7