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"The First World Forum on Democracy was held in
Warsaw back in June 2000. It was certainly under-reported in the world
media so we include a mass of information here, the keynote speeches by
George Soros and Madeleine Albright, which are still highly relevant
despite the passage of time. Go to World Forum on Democracy, and prepare
to give it some time. The second World Forum on Democracy was renamed
with a mouthful, the Community of Democracies Nongovernmental Forum and
took place in Seoul, Korea on 10-12 November 2002."
WA links
have been organised into the following categories:
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directories
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sites
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profiles and reports
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- Books
- Maps
- Social
Change
- Cannabis
Internet
directories
News
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freedomhouse
Freedom House, a non-profit, nonpartisan organization, is a clear
voice for democracy and freedom around the world. Through a
vast array of international programs and publications, Freedom House
is working to advance the remarkable worldwide expansion of
political and economic freedom.
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transparency
Transparency International the only international non-governmental
organization devoted to combating corruption, and brings civil
society, business and governments together in a powerful global
coalition.
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amnesty
Amnesty International UK
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hrw
Human Rights Watch - defending human rights worldwide.
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icj
International Commission of Jurists - dedicated to the primacy, coherence and implementation of
international law and principles that advance human rights.
- Kidon
news lists every country and offers a listing by language
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NewsCenter
An invaluable
page of links
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Newint
a magazine covering international issues
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peacenews
Peace News
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bcsia
Book on the art of measuring good governance
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basicint
The British American Security Council is a progressive and
independent analysis and advocacy organization which researches and
provides a critical examination of global security issues.
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carnegieendowment
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private,
nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between
nations and promoting active international engagement by the United
States.
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ccd21
Council for a community of Democracies to strengthen collaboration among governments and democracy
advocates in building an effective worldwide community of democratic
nations based on the initiative of the June 2000 Warsaw Community of
Democracies Conference.
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danplesch
a programme to fend off both the Bushites and Bin Laden and tackle
head on the real problems of WMDs, global warming and corporate
domination.
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derechos
a mailing list for the discussion of international human rights and
humanitarian law. Students, professors and practitioners are
also invited to join and participate in the discussions.
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globalwitness
Global Witness works in countries devastated by conflict, corruption
and human rights abuses.
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quno
Quaker united Nations Offices
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responsibilitytoprotect
Responsibility to Protect populations from genocide, ethnic
cleansing, war crimes and crimes against humanity is an
international commitment by governments to prevent and react to
grave crises, wherever they may occur.
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UN
UN Secure World Report
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globalpolicy
Global Policy Forum's mission is to monitor policy making at the
United Nations, promote accountability of global decisions, educate
and mobilize for global citizen participation, and advocate on vital
issues of international peace and justice.
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seco
About Smart (Targeted) sanctions
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torturecare
The Medical Foundation, caring for victims of torture.
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worldpeacefoundation
The World Peace Foundation seeks to advance the cause of peace
through study, analysis and the advocacy of wise action.
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UN
Un Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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wfm
World Federalist Movement
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visionforum
Independent think tank dedicated to strategic thinking about world
problems connected with technology and globalization.
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aegistrust
Aegis believes that no-one, whoever they are, should face
discrimination, even death, as a result of their ethnic origin or
beliefs.
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justice
Independent legal human rights organization.
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riia
Chatham House is one of the world's leading organizations for the
analysis of international issues.
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globalactionpw
Global Action Plan to Prevent War - a detailed blueprint for peace
action.
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hdr.undp
statistics section of the Human Development Report Office website.
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action-for-un-renewal
Action for UN renewal leads the drive to reclaim the UN for us all.
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hrw
Human Rights Watch - defending human rights worldwide.
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abolishwar
Movement for the Abolition of War
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oneworldtrust
One World Trust promotes education and research into the changes
required within global organizations in order to achieve the
eradication of poverty, injustice and war.
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oneworld
Brings together the latest news and views from over 1,600
organizations promoting human rights awareness and fighting poverty
worldwide.
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oxfordresearchgroup
an independent non-governmental organization established in 1982
which seeks to develop effective methods whereby people can bring
about positive change on issues of national and international
security by non-violent means.
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globalwitness
Global Witness is one of few non-governmental investigative
organizations working to expose the link between natural resource
exploitation and human rights abuses.
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saferworld
Saferworld is an independent non-governmental organization that
works with governments and civil society internationally to
research, promote and implement new strategies to increase human
security and prevent armed violence.
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ihf-hr
The international Helsinki Federation for Human Rights is a
self-governing group of non-governmental, not-for-profit
organizations that act to protect human rights throughout Europe,
North America and Central Asia.
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foreignpolicy
Foreign Policy's mission is to explain how the world works - in
particular, how the process of global integration is reshaping
nations, institutions, cultures and more fundamentally our daily
lives.
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guardian
The Observer Index of Human Rights, a ranking of governments' human
rights records in the 1990s.
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simpol
Simultaneous Policy is to be implemented when all or sufficient
nations are ready to do likewise - simultaneously. Countries
can move from a system of competition to co-operation.
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opendemocracy
Open Democracy discussion of world political issues.
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thememoryhole
News items that seem to drop off the agenda...
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j-n-v
Justice Not Vengeance (JNV) is an anti-war group which has developed
out of ARROW
(Active Resistance to the Roots of War). JNV opposes the US-UK
'war on terrorism', and campaigns for a peaceful resolution of
international conflicts, based on justice and equality. JNV
has adapted the core
principles developed by ARROW.
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CNN
Election Watch CNN partner with IFES to produce this resource
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Freedom
Forum Online News about free press, free speech and free spirit
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Human
Rights Watch Does exactly what it says
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IFEX
Communiques
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UNHCHR
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Reuters
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UNHCR
News - Refugees Daily
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Jai's
News Plus
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CPJ
Press Freedom Online The Committee to Protect Journalists (based
in Canada) - a non partisan organization dedicated to global press
freedom
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International
Newspapers Online
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Yahoo!
Alerts
set your keywords and choose when and how you want the stories
delivered
- EuropaWorld
humanitarian newspaper that reports on what Europe is doing in the
field of international development
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unwatch
United Nations Watch is a non-governmental organization based in
Geneva whose mandate is to monitor the performance of the UN by the
yardstick of its own charter. LINKS
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profiles and reports
Statistics
Papers
Books
Maps
Social
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