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  2. International non-governmental organization - Wikipedia

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    NGOs are independent of governments and can be seen as two types: advocacy NGOs, which aim to influence governments with a specific goal, and operational NGOs, which provide services. [4] Examples of NGO mandates are environmental preservation, human rights promotions or the advancement of women.

  3. Non-governmental organization - Wikipedia

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    International non-governmental organizations date back to at least the late 18th century, [46] [47] and there were an estimated 1,083 NGOs by 1914. [48] International NGOs were important to the anti-slavery and women's suffrage movements, and peaked at the time of the 1932–1934 World Disarmament Conference. [49]

  4. United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service - Wikipedia

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    Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been active in the United Nations (UN) since its founding. They interact with the UN Secretariat, programmes, funds and agencies and they consult with the Member States. Since its creation, the UN has committed itself to ensure that NGOs have a role to play in the work of the organization.

  5. Non-state actor - Wikipedia

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    Non-state actors also have a role in governance. While NSAs are incredibly useful in advancing international peace, monitoring human rights violations, and lobbying for socio-political issues like climate change, they also play a role in non-traditional governance. Many fragile states rely on non-state actors for protection and administration. [11]

  6. List of intergovernmental organizations - Wikipedia

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    For a more complete listing, see the Yearbook of International Organizations, [1] which includes 25,000 international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), excluding for-profit enterprises, about 5,000 IGOs, and lists dormant and dead organizations as well as those in operation (figures as of the 400th edition, 2012/13). A 2020 academic ...

  7. International organization - Wikipedia

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    The offices of the United Nations in Geneva (Switzerland), which is the city that hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world [1]. An international organization, also known as an intergovernmental organization or an international institution, is an organization that is established by a treaty or other type of instrument governed by international law and possesses its ...

  8. Government-organized non-governmental organization - Wikipedia

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    A government-organized non-governmental organization (GONGO) is a non-governmental organization that was set up or sponsored by a government in order to further its political interests and mimic the civic groups and civil society at home, or promote its international or geopolitical interests abroad.

  9. NGO-ization - Wikipedia

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    NGO-ization is a process resulting from neoliberal globalization. [5] It consists of the flourishing of NGOs founded on issue-specific interventions [6] associated with the rising centrality of civil society [7] where NGOs are in charge of social services that used to be fulfilled by the public sector. [5]