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2. List of organizations with consultative status to the United ...

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   By 1996, over 1000 NGO's were granted consultative status, and by the year 2000, there were 2050. [4] As of August 2021, there are a total of 5,591 organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC. There are 141 organizations in general consultative status, 4,483 in special consultative status and 967 on the Roster. [5]

3. RedR - Wikipedia

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   RedR was founded in London in 1980 by engineer Peter Guthrie following time spent delivering aid during the crisis of the Vietnamese boat people.Mr. Guthrie said: “When I returned [from the refugee crisis in Malaysia] I saw the pressing need for engineers to help in this sort of work and compiled a register of engineers who could be called upon at short notice to work with frontline relief ...

4. Non-governmental organization - Wikipedia

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   According to the UN, an NGO is a private, not-for-profit organization which is independent of government control and is not merely an opposition political party. [65] The rapid development of the non-governmental sector occurred in Western countries as a result of the restructuring of the welfare state.

5. Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development - Wikipedia

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   The NGO combats the food crisis in Zimbabwe. [22] 2010 Acted mobilizes teams in Niger to respond to the food crisis [23] Implements risk reduction and disaster preparedness programs in Vietnam. [24] The NGO responds to the emergency caused by the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. [25] 2011: Begins program in Libya, [26] Jordan, [27] and Côte d ...

6. International non-governmental organization - Wikipedia

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   An international non-governmental organization (INGO) is an organization which is independent of government involvement and extends the concept of a non-governmental organization (NGO) to an international scope. NGOs are independent of governments and can be seen as two types: advocacy NGOs, which aim to influence governments with a specific ...

7. List of non-governmental organisations in India - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of notable nonprofit organisations, charitable organisations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in India or connected with Indian diaspora. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .