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International and Regional Organizations Jubilee Research Jubilee Research is part of the Global and National Economics (GNE) programme at nef (the New Economics Foundation, London). Jubilee Research seeks to bring these various proposals together into a coherent overall programme through an extensive process of consultation with Northern and Southern civil society groups. It is committed to challenging the present economic system. Justice Studies Center of the Americas Intergovernmental entity whose mission is to support the countries of the region in their judicial reform processes. Its members include every nation of the OAS. Chile. UN and Partners on Development Cooperation UN and Partners on International Finances UN Millenium Development Goals By the year 2015 all 189 United Nations Member States have pledged to meet goals on: extreme poverty and hunger; universal primary education; gender equality and empower women; child mortality; HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; environmental sustainability; and global partnership for development. This link contains information about the declaration. UN Statistics Division The Division publishes statistics and statistical methods in the fields of international merchandise trade, national accounts, demography and population, social indicators, gender, industry, energy, environment, human settlements and disability. United Nations Established on 24 October 1945 by 51 countries, its membership now totals 189 countries. The purposes of the United Nations are to maintain international peace and security; to develop friendly relations among nations; to cooperate in solving international economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems and in promoting respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms; and to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in attaining these ends.   more useful info ...  Globalization International NGOs and Networks Information Resources	International NGOs and Networks Information Resources   People Society Environment Communication Globalization    Economy and Financial Affairs    Trade and Regional Integration    World Peace and Security   Intelectual Network for the South - INSouth INSouth embodies an understanding, from a South perspective, of the new and emerging issues in the international arena, and the challenges and opportunities they pose for the South. Copy South Research Group In 2005, a group of scholars and activists, mostly from the global South, created the Copy/South Research Group to analyse, criticise, and confront the oppressive nature of current global copyright regimes, such as those defended by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, and similar ones around the globe. Go to NGO directory Global call to action to demand a new economic system Stand up and take action against poverty and for the MDGs Week of global action against debt and IFIs 2008 Selected news Economy and Financial Affairs - Fri Nov 28 2008 Women's statement on financing for development, Doha In the final day of the civil society forum in Doha, women’s rights organisations and networks have come up with a new statement to ensure that gender equality and women’s empowerment are at the centre of the FfD process. Source: GCAP Economy and Financial Affairs - Wed Nov 26 2008 Financial crisis is the focus of civil society forum in Doha The Civil Society Forum leading to the Financing for Development Review Conference is addressing the international crises that threaten our climate, development and social justice, developing recommendations for change to carry into the official Conference. Source: Social Watch See more ...

The global financial crisis: implications for the South Gender in economics The Bank of the South: An alternative to the IFIs? Financing for Development The war on terror: a war on human rights The war on Lebanon IIRSA: infrastructure for the FTAA? World Social Forum (WSF) Intellectual Property Rights Disarmament External debt Poverty The G8 Summit 2005 GATS - trade in services FTAA: a new colonialism? Access to knowledge UN reform Free Trade Agreements - FTAs Tourism Agriculture and food sovereignty World Bank International Monetary Fund - IMF Israeli-Palestinian conflict Corporate accountability Oil fueling conflicts New Partnership for African Development - NEPAD Social security reform International Criminal Court Software: Patents and copyrights Iraq: the war and occupation Child soldiers The landmine problem Women for peace World Trade Organization - WTO Millennium Development Goals - MDGs Patents and medicines

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