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Community rights directory - descriptions
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A selected list of organisations from the Community rights directory, with detailed contact details and descriptions. Information provided includes address, phone number, email address and a brief descrption of activities.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
http://www.aclu.org
Amnesty International,
International Secretariat, 1 Easton Street, London WC1X 8DJ.
Tel: 020-7814 6200 (Amnesty UK)
amnestyis@amnesty.org
http://www.amnesty.org
Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to
promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and other international standards. In particular, Amnesty
International campaigns to free all prisoners of conscience; ensure fair and
prompt trials for political prisoners; abolish the death penalty, torture
and other cruel treatment of prisoners; end political killings and
"disappearances"; and oppose human rights abuses by opposition groups.
Amnesty International has around a million members and supporters in 162
countries and territories. Activities range from public demonstrations to
letter-writing, from human rights education to fundraising concerts, from
individual appeals on a particular case to global campaigns on a particular
issue.
Amnesty International is impartial and independent of any government, political persuasion or religious creed. Amnesty International is financed largely by subscriptions and donations from its worldwide membership.
ANPED, the Northern Alliance for Sustainability
P.O.Box 59030, 1040 KA Amsterdam.
Tel: +31 20 4751742
Fax: +31 20 4751743
info@anped.org
http://www.anped.org
What is ANPED?
ANPED, The Northern Alliance for Sustainability, is a democratic network that links NGOs
and voluntary organisations in all parts of the Northern hemisphere, including North
America, Western Europe, Central-Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States
(CEE-NIS). It was founded in 1990 as the Alliance of Northern People for Environment and
Development. The impetus for the network was the preparatory process for UNCED in the
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe area.
ANPED works to promote sustainable societies worldwide. We do this by supporting
grassroots activity and participatory democracy and linking NGOs who share our aims. Our
aims are to link activities, exchange information and skills on issues of sustainable
development and participatory democracy. ANPED brings together groups working on
environment, development and health. Our role is to provide services to our member groups,
particularly those in CEE and the NIS. These include informational, funding and
co-ordinational support. By working on cross-cutting issues which fit into various
political processes and organising ‘skill-share’ sessions, ANPED endeavours to
build the capacity of individual NGOs.
Our members also use the network to play their part in international work, and participate
through ANPED in various international processes. These international political processes
include: the follow up to the 1992 Rio UN Conference on Environment and Development
(UNCED), the Environment for Europe Process, OECD Sustainable development related
processes and specific negotiations on themes of importance to ANPED.
ANPED’s Working Goals
ANPED, the Northern Alliance for Sustainability, works to empower Northern civil society
in creating and protecting sustainable communities and societies world-wide.
We do this by:
- Building capacity among Northern civil society organisations through sharing of
information, knowledge, and skills; and
- Enabling informed and effective democratic participation by civil society in local,
national, regional and international decision-making on sustainable development policy and
processes.
To link our members and to share information among them, we:
- Produce a quarterly newsletter, Northern Lights
- Run electronic discussion news groups and a
website, and
- Organise workshops and conferences and produce reports
ANPED has its international secretariat in Amsterdam. The Annual General Meeting is the
highest decision making body. It elects an international board, which oversees the daily
work of the network. We are supported by the European Commission; by the Dutch Ministry of
Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment; and by other governments and foundations.
Board:
The board is responsible for the daily functioning of the network and oversees the
activities of the secretariat. The members of the board are representing the regions where
ANPED has its member-organisations. The ANPED Board is elected at the Annual General
Meeting.
Campaign for Freedom of Information
http://www.cfoi.org.uk
Campaign for Planning Sanity
http://www.onlincam.freeserve.co.uk
Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom
2nd Floor, Vi and Garner Smith House, 23 Orford Road, Walthamstow, London E17 9NL.
Tel: 020 8521 5932.
freepress@cpbf.org.uk
http://www.cpbrf.org.uk
Charities Aid Foundation (Main Office)
Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4TA
Tel +44 (0)1732 520000
Fax +44 (0)1732 520001
Charities Aid Foundation (London Office)
114/118 Southampton Row, Holborn, London WC1B 5AA
Tel +44 (0)20 7400 2300
Fax +44 (0)1732 520001
enquiries@caf.charitynet.org
http://www.charitynet.org
The origins of the Charities Aid Foundation date back to 1924, when the
National Council of Social Service set up a Charities Department to
encourage more efficient giving to charity. The department was later renamed
the Charities Aid Fund and achieved much success in assisting the
distribution of large sums of money for charitable purposes.
In 1974, the NCSS (now known as the NCVO or National Council for Voluntary
Organisations), believing that the department would flourish through
independence, constituted the Charities Aid Foundation as a registered
charity and appointed its first board of independent trustees.
The development of CAF over that time, and particularly over the last
decade, has been impressive. Today it handles over £1 billion a year for
donors and charities, employs more than 300 staff in Kent and London and
works across the world. It provides services to over 350,000 private
individuals and many of Britain's largest companies. It passes donations,
amounting to £130 million in 1998/9, to charities large and small and
assists them in many other ways. It actively encourages debate about
non-profit activity, through its research, conferences and seminars, and
advocacy for an improved environment for charitable activity.
In short, CAF is a charity with a unique purpose: to do all in its power to
ensure that charitable giving to all charities is as robust and effective as
it can possibly be.
CAF has offices in various locations around the world but its headquarters
are in the United Kingdom.
Children's Rights Alliance England
319 City Road, London EC1V 1LJ
Tel 020 7278 8222
Fax 020 7278 9552
E-mail info@crights.org.uk
http://www.crights.org.uk
CRAE is an alliance of over 170 organisations committed to promoting children’s human rights which exists to improve the status and lives of all children in England through the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
CRAE runs children’s rights projects and campaigns; actively promotes children’s and young people’s participation in decision-making; provides information to organisations and individuals; offers training on children’s rights and participation; and produces publications on different aspects of children’s human rights.
Civicus
919 18th Street, N.W. Third Floor
Washington, D.C. 20006, U.S.A.
Tel: 202-331-8518
Fax: 202-331-8774
E-mail lauren@civicus.org
Civicus (UK)
Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street
London N1 9RL, England
Tel: 20-7520-2451
http://www.civicus.org
CIVICUS is an international alliance dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.
Our Vision
A worldwide community of informed, inspired, committed citizens engaged in confronting the challenges facing humanity.
Our Purpose
CIVICUS is dedicated to pursuing a world such that:
· citizen action is a predominant feature of the political, economic and cultural life of all societies,
· private action for the public good is expressed by a rich and diverse array of organizations operating sometimes apart and sometimes in dialogue with government and business,
· and a healthy society is one in which there is an equitable relationship among citizens, their associations and foundations, business and governments.
Community Matters
12 - 20 Baron Street, London N1 9LL
Tel: 020 7837 7887
Fax : 020 7278 9253
communitymatters@commmunitymatters.org.uk
http://www.communitymatters.org.uk
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
P.O. Box 717, Palo Alto, CA 94302
Phone: (650)322-3778
Fax: (650)322-4748
http://www.cpsr.org
cpsr@cpsr.org
Democracy Unlimited in Wisconsin
Democracy Unlimited
PO Box 1333
Madison, WI 53701
http://www.democracyunlimited.org
info@democracyunlimited.org
Democracy Unlimited of Wisconsin Co-op is concerned that
corporations have come to dominate our society and overwhelm any hope for
true democracy.
Human Rights Watch
33 Islington High Street, London N1 9LH
Tel: (20) 7713 1995,
Fax: (20) 7713 1800
hrwuk@hrw.org
Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.
We stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice.
We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable.
We challenge governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law.
We enlist the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all.
Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. It accepts no government funds, directly or indirectly.
Who We Are
International Union of Tenants
http://www.iut.nu
Liberty
21 Tabard Street, London SE1 4LA
Tel: 020 7403 3888
Fax: 020 7407 5354
info@liberty-human-rights.org.uk
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk
Liberty is an independent human rights organisation which works to defend
and extend rights and freedoms in England and Wales. Founded in 1934, it is
the largest membership organisation of its kind in Europe.
We aim to secure equal rights and freedoms for everyone by:
· lobbying government
· using the media to keep human rights issues in the public eye
pursuing human rights test cases through the English courts and the European
Court of Human Rights, to challenge human rights violations and secure
changes in the law.
· We provide legal advice for the public and lawyers
· We run conferences and training courses.
Liberty is a membership organisation which is democratically run. We have a
Board of Directors selected from our Council which is elected at our AGM.
Has affiliated members.
Make Trade Fair
Make Trade Fair
Minority Rights Group
379 Brixton Road, London, SW9 7DE, UK
Telephone: ++44 020 7978 9498
Fax: ++44 (0)207 738 6265
E-mail: minority.rights@mrgmail.org
http://www.minorityrights.org/
National Association for Citizens Advice Bureaux
Myddelton House, 115-123 Pentonville Road, London N1 9LZ
Tel: 020 7833 2181
http://www.nacab.org.uk
The Citizens Advice Bureau Service offers free, confidential, impartial and independent advice. From its origins in 1939 as an emergency service during World War II, it has evolved into a professional national agency.
Five million people seek help from Citizens Advice Bureaux every year. The CAB helps solve problems which are central to people's lives, including debt and consumer issues, benefits, housing, legal matters, employment, and immigration. Advisers can help fill out forms, write letters, negotiate with creditors and represent clients at court or tribunal.
As well as giving advice, the CAB Service uses its bank of client evidence to find out where local and national services and policies should change. It has built a strong reputation for independent analysis. You can find out more about CAB social policy work on this website.
There are 2,000 CAB outlets in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each CAB is an independent charity, relying on funding from the local authority and from local business, charitable trusts and individual donations.
There are now more than 30,000 people working in the Service. Ninety per cent are volunteers. They include CAB advisers, administrators and management committee members. You can find out more about volunteering on this website.
Each bureau belongs to the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (NACAB), which sets standards for advice, training, equal opportunities and accessibility. NACAB also co-ordinates national social policy, media, publicity and parliamentary work. NACAB runs a national Advice Week campaign each September (3rd -10th) to promote the work of the CAB Service.
NACAB is a registered charity, relying on funding from statutory grants and charitable donations to undertake vital support and service development.
To find out more about the overall objectives of the CAB Service for 2001-4 and the role of the National Association in meeting them you can browse our
Corporate Plan on-line or order it via our Free Publications list.
NACAB produces a number of free publications, which can be ordered on-line.
The experience of Citizens Advice Bureaux gives them a unique, fresh insight into the problems facing UK citizens. The CAB Service has always had two twin aims: to give advice and to seek to influence national and local services and policies. NACAB has a central role in speaking up for clients, seeking to raise the issues brought into bureaux and contribute to public debate and inform legislation.
National Consumer Council
20 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0DH, United Kingdom
Telephone: + 020 7730 3469
General enquiries: info@ncc.org.uk
Press enquiries: press@ncc.org.uk
Publications enquiries: pubs@ncc.org.uk
http://www.ncc.org.uk
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) is the umbrella body for the voluntary sector in England, with sister councils in
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
NCVO has a growing membership of over 1,000 voluntary organisations, ranging from large national bodies to community groups, volunteer bureaux and development agencies working at local level.
NCVO is a highly effective lobbying organisation and represents the views of its members and the wider voluntary sector to government, the Charity Commission, the EU and other bodies. It is also at the leading edge of research into, and analysis of, the voluntary sector - its work in this area carries considerable weight with policy makers. NCVO’s role is to represent the voluntary sector and serve its diverse membership - and to provide a collective voice.
NCVO also provides high quality information and advice to voluntary organisations, through its Helpdesk, publications, voluntarysector magazine, events, and information networks. To help voluntary organisations make the best use of limited funds, NCVO also offers a range of money-saving deals on key services of use to charities or voluntary groups.
OMB Watch
1742 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington DC, 20009
(202) 234-8494
(202) 234-8584 (fax)
http://www.ombwatch.org
OMB Watch: Promoting Government accountability
Originally set up to monitor the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), OMB Watch now focusses on a range of US Government issues and concentrates on these five areas:
· Budget and government performance issues;
· Regulatory and government accountability;
· Information for democracy and community;
· Nonprofit advocacy and other cross-cutting nonprofit issues; and
· Nonprofit policy and technology.
OneWorld International
Floor 17, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7735 2100
Fax: +44 (0)20 7840 0798
OneWorld South Asia
Third floor, 17 Panchsheel Commercial Centre, New Delhi 110017, India
Tel: +91 11 6498794 or +91 11 6498795
email: southasia@oneworld.net
http://www.oneworld.net
OneWorld is an international network of co-operative centres, held together by OneWorld International.
What is the structure of OneWorld International?
OneWorld International has two aspects:
(i) OneWorld International Foundation
(ii) OneWorld International Ltd.
OneWorld International Foundation is a 'company limited by guarantee'. It has no shares: it is controlled by 'members' rather than by shareholders, and is governed in accordance with a Constitution (which in the UK is called 'the Memorandum and Articles of Association').
OneWorld International Foundation wholly-owns OneWorld International Ltd. The latter is a not-for-profit company, which covenants back to the Foundation any balance it makes.
How was this structure determined?
To appreciate the process properly, one must go back to January 1995, when OneWorld was first launched - named 'OneWorld Online' - under the aegis of a small British charity, the OneWorld Broadcasting Trust (OWBT).
But OneWorld Online's unprecedented success, coupled with the enormous growth of the Internet, meant that its expansion was rapid, and it soon outgrew the parent body, both in size and scope. Both Trustees and Directors felt, by early 1999, that it was becoming a genuinely global organisation, not a British one with an 'overseas' outreach.
OWBT's Board, however, was composed entirely of British residents - and under UK law, the majority of its members had to remain so. Further, many of OWBT's trustees were uncomfortable with the prospect of serving on a Board with a global remit, and also of overseeing Internet broadcasting when their expertise was limited to radio and television.
It was agreed that an International Governance Group (IGG) would urgently be appointed to research and report on the best way forward. The IGG included members from OneWorld teams in Asia, Africa and continental Europe as well as from OneWorld Online and OWBT. Later the IGG was widened to include an advisory group that included OneWorld representatives from South and North America.
Much research was done: for example, IGG studied the expansion processes of Oxfam, the International Save the Children Alliance, Transparency International, WWF and BOND, among others. It also took advice from a range of legal and organisational experts.
The upshot of many months of global deliberations was that OneWorld Online should now separate from OWBT: no longer regarding OWBT as its mothership but as a sister organisation. It was further agreed by OWBT's Board that OneWorld should adopt the new structure that had emerged collectively through the consensual and harmonious IGG process.
A separation of the two bodies followed, also conducted in an exemplary manner, and excellent relations have since been maintained between the two bodies.
The implementation of the new structure
The inauguration of a new body, OneWorld International Foundation, was the first step in the implementation of the new structure. Next, OneWorld International Foundation formally became the owner of OneWorld Online Ltd. - which was then re-named OneWorld International Ltd.
A task for OneWorld International over the coming years is to support the development of the many OneWorld centres so that they can become stronger parts of the interdependent whole.
The governance of OneWorld International Foundation
OneWorld International Foundation Board of Trustees reflects the diversity of OneWorld's network, as each OneWorld centre nominates a local trustee. Thus the Board is democratically formulated, on the principle of one centre, one trustee.
There are two exceptions to this simple rule. To guard against unwitting imbalances (for example, every centre could nominate a male Trustee), provision was made in the Constitution to co-opt up to a third of the Board to redress imbalances in, for example, gender or geographic diversity.
It was also agreed that OWBT would be invited to have a Trustee on the Board of the Foundation - just as a Director of OneWorld International would be invited to be on the Board of OWBT.
What is the structure of the network?
The OneWorld network currently consists of ten OneWorld centres. They are:
· OneWorld Africa (Lusaka, Zambia)
· OneWorld Austria (Vienna, Austria)
· OneWorld Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
· OneWorld Finland (Helsinki, Finland)
· OneWorld Italy (Unimondo) (Trento, Italy)
· OneWorld Latin America (San José, Costa Rica)
· OneWorld South Asia (New Delhi, India)
· OneWorld Spain (Barcelona, Spain)
· OneWorld UK (London, UK)
· OneWorld US (Washington, USA)
Each of the centres in the network houses a partnership manager who administers partners in the centre's locality. OneWorld International looks after those partners who as yet have no local centre to which they can belong.
Each centre also houses an editorial team that puts together their local editions (when they have one). The editors also make available, each day, their local partners' material to all of OneWorld's global sections. An example would be the forthcoming thematic channels that some centres will produce. The Indian Channels editor, for instance, manages OneWorld Learning Channel, from India, but it incorporates relevant material from OneWorld partners all over the world.
Thus it is essential that the network's many centres work well together, in an interdependent and co-operative way. One of OneWorld International's major tasks is to ensure this global interchange, both at the practical level of technology, and through teamwork and knowledge sharing.
Who owns and governs these OneWorld centres?
OneWorld centres are owned and governed by not-for-profit entities in their own countries. For example: OneWorld UK is owned by the Panos Institute, and OneWorld Italy (Unimondo) is owned by the Fondazione Fontana.
OneWorld South Asia, OneWorld Latin America and OneWorld Africa are, for the moment, wholly owned by OneWorld International, though they are working towards self-governance. They are currently organised as a project of OneWorld International, funded through OneWorld International Foundation by DFID and DGIS, and staffed locally by indigenous teams.
How do OneWorld centres come about?
A potential centre is admitted into the OneWorld network only if the Board of Trustees agrees that it shares the vision and values of the OneWorld International Foundation, as described in its Guiding Principles. Centres must also sign a Network Agreement that defines their practical obligations to the whole, as a member of the OneWorld network.
Many groups in other parts of the world are making approaches to OneWorld International in the hope of beginning new OneWorld centres - e.g. in Germany, Chile, Russia, Pakistan, Nigeria and Spain. OneWorld International Foundation Board of Trustees needs to be satisfied that these organisisations are capable of a viable independent existence - while also interacting co-operatively with the rest of the OneWorld network.
OneWorld International welcomes approaches from organisations interested in potentially becoming a OneWorld centre.
The Preservation Institute
2140 Shattuck Ave., suite 2122
Berkeley, CA 94709
(510) 848-7827
preserve@preservenet.com
http://www.preservenet.com
Privacy International
Washington Office
1718 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20009, USA
Tel: 1-202-483-1217
Fax: 1-202-483-1248
Privacy International London Office
Tel: 07960-523-679 (from UK); + 44 7960 523679 (outside UK)
E-mail: General Inquiries - pi@privacy.org
http://www.privacy.org
Arose from meetings of leading privacy experts in 1990, concerned that governments and companies are now able to use powerful computer technology to collect, process and disseminate a vast spectrum of personal information.
Linked with http://www.privacyinternational.org, Privacy International aims to establish a structured world focus on this crucial area of human rights. Privacy International is an independent, non-government organization with the primary role of advocacy and support.
Privaterra
http://privaterra.cpsr.org/
Program on Corporations Law and Democracy (POCLAD)
P. O. Box 246
S. Yarmouth MA 02664-0246, USA
http://www.poclad.org
We are twelve activists who have spent the last several years researching corporate, labor and legal histories, rethinking our past organizing strategies and talking with people about democracy movements. We work in the tradition of people's struggles to replace illegitimate and tyrannical institutions with democratic ones that disperse, rather than concentrate, wealth and power.
Project Underground
1916a MLK Jr. Way, Berkeley, California CA 94704, USA.
Tel: +1 510-705-8981
Fax: +1 510-705-8983
project_underground@moles.org
http://www.moles.org
Supporting the human rights of communities resisting mining and oil exploitation.
Survival International
6 Charterhouse Buildings, London EC1M 7ET, UK.
T 020 7687 8700.
F 020 7687 8701.
http://www.survival-international.org
Survival is the only worldwide organisation supporting tribal peoples through public campaigns. It was founded in 1969 after an article by Norman Lewis in the UK's Sunday Times highlighted the massacres, land thefts and genocide taking place in Brazilian Amazonia. Like many modern atrocities, the racist oppression of Brazil's Indians took place in the name of 'economic growth'.
Today, Survival has supporters in 82 countries. It works for tribal peoples' rights in three complementary ways: campaigns, education and funding. We work closely with local indigenous organisations and focus on tribal peoples who have the most to lose, usually those most recently in contact with the outside world.
Survival runs worldwide campaigns to fight for tribal peoples. We were the first in this field to use mass letter-writing, and have orchestrated campaigns from Siberia to Sarawak, Canada to Kenya. Our work forced the Brazilian government to recognise Yanomami land in 1992, and so to fulfil for the first time its constitutional commitment to this people. A few years previously, Botswana's government halted plans to evict Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve within weeks of Survival issuing a bulletin. There have been many other successes.
Campaigns are not only directed at governments, but at companies, banks, extremist missionaries, guerrilla armies, museums, narrow minded conservationists and anyone else who violates tribal peoples' rights. Survival was the first organisation to draw attention to the destructive effects of World Bank projects - now recognised as a major cause of suffering in many poor countries. As well as letter-writing - which generates thousands of protests - we use many other tactics: from vigils at embassies, to direct lobbying of those in positions of power; from putting cases at the United Nations, to advising on the drafting of international law; from informing tribes of their legal rights, to organising headline-grabbing stunts. All our work is rooted in direct personal contact with hundreds of tribal communities.
Our educational programmes aimed at people in the 'west' or 'north' set out to demolish the myth that tribal peoples are relics, destined to perish through 'progress'. We promote respect for their cultures and explain the contemporary relevance of their way of life. We also produce high-quality material for children, for they are the conscience of the future.
We provide a platform for tribal representatives to talk directly to the companies which are invading their land. We also disseminate information to tribal peoples, using both community radio and the written word - telling them how other tribes are faring and warning them about the threats posed by multinationals. In this way, we give them access to the information they need to make their voices heard. We believe that public opinion is the most effective force for change. Its power will make it harder, and eventually impossible, for governments and companies to oppress tribal peoples.
Survival also plays a major role in ensuring that humanitarian, self-help, educational and medical projects with tribal peoples receive proper funding. A good example is the Yanomami medical fund, which succeeded in virtually eliminating malaria in some Indian areas.
Survival is the only major organisation in its field which refuses funding from national governments - this ensures our freedom of action but also makes us stretch our scarce resources to the limit. We are also the only international pro-tribal peoples organisation to have received the prestigious Right Livelihood Award, known as the 'alternative Nobel Prize'. Most importantly, our work has been applauded by countless tribal peoples and their organisations throughout the world.
Since 1969, the 'developed' world's attitude to tribal peoples has changed beyond recognition. Then, it was assumed that they would either die out or be assimilated, now, at least in some places, their experience and values are considered important. Survival has pushed tribal issues into the political and cultural mainstream. This, perhaps, is our greatest achievement of all, but there are many barriers of racism, tyranny and greed which we must still overcome.
Third World Network
228 Macalister Road, 10400 Penang, Malaysia.
Tel: 60-4- 2266728 / 2266159
Fax: 60-4-2264505
twn@igc.apc.org
twnet@po.jaring.my
The Third World Network is an independent non-profit international network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to development, the Third World and North- South issues.
Its objectives are to conduct research on economic, social and environmental issues pertaining to the South; to publish books and magazines; to organize and participate in seminars; and to provide a platform representing broadly Southern interests and perspectives at international fora such as the UN conferences and processes.
Has published The main elements of a Community Rights Act: Draft (30.4.1999)
UNED Forum
c/o United Nations Association, 3 Whitehall Court, London SW1A 2EL, UK
Tel +44 20 78391784
Fax +44 20 79305893
info@earthsummit2002.org
http://www.earthsummit2002.org
UNED Forum is an international multi-stakeholder organization, committed to the promotion of global sustainable development. Based in London, England, UNED's primary objective is to promote sustainable development through facilitating the involvement of major groups and stakeholders in the policy work of the United Nations and other inter-governmental institutions. UNED is the National Committee for in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the UK, and UNED activities also support the work of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD). However, UNED is not an official body of the United Nations.
Our commitment to global sustainable development is best expressed in Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration, both agreed to at the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), or more commonly known as the Earth Summit, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 to 14 June 1992.
Established in 1993 as an outgrowth of the Sustainable Development Unit of the United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
(UNA-UK), UNED Forum has grown from a UK organization to an international multi-stakeholder forum. Directed by and accountable to a democratically elected Executive Committee of UK stakeholders, UNED's newest project Towards Earth Summit 2002 is guided by an international advisory board reflecting the stakeholder groups outlined in Agenda 21.
The United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland provides the secretariat for UNED Forum.
Since 1998, we have been building our work around preparing for Earth Summit 2002. Within that remit, we work in the following areas:
· Building partnerships and networks
· Researching and influencing policy
· Providing and spreading information
· Training and building capacity
UNED Forum operates both in the UK and internationally.
UNPO (Unrepresented People's Organisation)
40A Javastraat, NL-2585 AP The Hague, The Netherlands
Tel: +31-70-360 3318
Fax: +31-70-360 3346
http://www.unpo.org
unponl@unpo.org
World Rainforest Movement
International Secretariat
Ricardo Carrere, Maldonado 1858, Montevideo 11200, Uruguay
Tel: +598 2 413 2989
Fax: +598 2 418 0762
http://www.wrm.org.uy
wrm@wrm.org.uy
WRM Northern Office
1C The Fosseway Business Centre, Stratford Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL 56 9NQ United Kingdom
Ph: 44 - 1608-652895
Fax: 44 - 1608-652878
wrm@gn.apc.org
Worldwatch Institute
1776 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036-1904 USA
Phone: (202) 452-1999
Fax: (202) 296-7365
Email: worldwatch@worldwatch.org
http://www.worldwatch.org
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