Today its focus is on ethics and it is known as the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, whose mission is to be the voice for ethics in international affairs.

In the 1980s, Médecins Sans Frontières, the international medical charity, supplied photographic and other documentary evidence of ritualized cannibal feasts among the participants in Liberia's internecine strife to representatives of Amnesty International who were on a fact-finding mission to the neighboring state of Guinea.

Coleman launched on December 15, 2010 ( December 16 Baikonur time ), aboard Soyuz TMA-20 to join the Expedition 26 mission aboard the International Space Station.

Soyuz TMA-20 / Expedition 26 / 27 ( December 15, 2010, to May 23, 2011 ) was an extended duration mission to the International Space Station.

A fact finding mission of 1985 – sponsored by the International Human Rights Law Group and the Washington Office on Latin America, and carried out independently of any Nicaraguan government interference or direction-found that the contras with some frequency deliberately targeted Nicaraguan citizens in acts of terroristic violence.

The U. S. Agency for International Development ( USAID ) mission is focused on improving access of underserved populations to quality health care and combating HIV / AIDS and tuberculosis ; promoting economic growth through policy reform, support for CAFTA-DR implementation, and technical assistance to small producers and tourism groups ; environmental protection and policy reform initiatives ; improved access to quality primary, public education and assistance to at-risk youth ; a model rural electrification program ; and improving participation in democratic processes, while strengthening the judiciary and combating corruption across all sectors.

Ghanaian soldiers boarding a USAF C-130 Hercules at Kotoka International Airport to take part in an Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group | ECOMOG mission in Liberia

For example, the U. S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( ATF ) supports the United States ' International Traffic in Arms Regulations ( ITAR ) program " to aggressively enforce this mission and reduce the number of weapons that are illegally trafficked worldwide from the United States and used to commit acts of international terrorism, to subvert restrictions imposed by other nations on their residents, and to organized crime and narcotics-related activities.

Gro Harlem Brundtland is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, an International network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers whose mission is to mobilize the highest-level women leaders globally for collective action on issues of critical importance to women and equitable development.

The United States has an active Peace Corps program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, and an Agency for International Development ( USAID ) mission in Malawi.

In May 2010 an International Monetary Fund mission visited Seychelles and concluded the country is making progress.

The US Congress even considered disestablishing the CIA, considering its chartered mission, of defeating the " International Communist Conspiracy ", had vanished.

There was at the time no mission compliant, long range Ambulance ICU Jet anywhere available including, except for one of four Swiss Air Ambulance Challenger Jets, based half way around the globe at the REGA HQ, Zurich International Airport in Switzerland.

Had Columbia not been destroyed, it would have been fitted with the external airlock / docking adapter for STS-118, an International Space Station assembly mission, originally planned for November 2003.

This final flight, authorized in October 2010, brought additional supplies to the International Space Station and take advantage of the processing performed for the Launch on Need mission, which would only have been flown in the event that Endeavour's STS-134 crew required rescue.

Endeavour flew its final mission, STS-134, to the International Space Station ( ISS ) in May 2011.

Halonen is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, an International network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers whose mission is to mobilize the highest-level women leaders globally for collective action on issues of critical importance to women and equitable development.

The Headquarters and main campus of UPEACE also hosts the International Secretariat of the Earth Charter Initiative, whose stated mission is " to promote the transition to sustainable ways of living and a global society founded on a shared ethical framework that includes respect and care for the community of life, ecological integrity, universal human rights, respect for diversity, economic justice, democracy, and a culture of peace.

The United Nations became involved after Morocco asked for an opinion on the legality of its demands from the International Court of Justice ( ICJ ), and the UN also sent a visiting mission to examine the wishes of the population.

* The International Cometary Explorer, a NASA solar probe that was re-tooled for a mission to explore comets, will approach Earth 31 years after leaving its gravitational influence.

At the time of his death, Carter was assigned as a mission specialist on the crew of STS-42, the first International Microgravity Laboratory ( IML-1 ).

They have five children, including the late Alan G. Poindexter, a NASA astronaut, Space Shuttle pilot on the STS-122 mission to the International Space Station, and the commander of STS-131.

More recently coordination has also been provided by Botanic Gardens Conservation International ( BGCI ) which has the mission " To mobilise botanic gardens and engage partners in securing plant diversity for the well-being of people and the planet ".

File: STS-116 spacewalk 1. jpg | International Space Station assembly EVA made during the STS-116 mission, over Cook Strait islands

Two monks jumped the back wall of the pagoda into the grounds of the adjoining United States Agency for International Development ( USAID ) mission, where they were given asylum.

The level four tournaments, known as International Challenge, International Series and Future Series, encourage participation by junior players.

In the 1990s, a series of International Monetary Fund arrangements, coupled with massive external debt relief resulting from Egypt's participation in the Gulf War coalition, helped Egypt improve its macroeconomic performance.

The Engle Award honors an individual who, like Engle, longtime director of the Iowa Writers ' Workshop and co-founder of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, represents a pioneering spirit in the world of literature through writing, editing, publishing, or teaching, and whose active participation in the larger issues of the day has contributed to the betterment of the world through the literary arts.

In addition to its participation in NATO's Partnership for Peace program, Moldova is also a member state of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ( OSCE ), the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Francophonie and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

With the authorization of the Colombian government and the participation of the International Red Cross, a Venezuelan helicopter transported them to Caracas from San Jose del Guaviare.

International organization participation:

The party opposes foreign aid, asking that no further funds be appropriated for any kind of foreign aid program, and encourage the idea that the United States terminate its participation in international lending institutions, such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and the Export-Import Bank.

He also strongly promoted world Naval disarmament at the 1921 – 1922 Washington Naval Conference, and urged U. S. participation in a proposed International Court.

Harding stunned the capital when he sent to the Senate a message supporting the participation of the U. S. in the proposed Permanent Court of International Justice.

The ICSU Advisory Committee, which is in the Research Council's Office of International Affairs, facilitates participation of members in international scientific unions and is a liaison for U. S. American Civil Warnational committees for the individual scientific unions.

Large scale dew harvesting systems have been made by Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad ( IIMA ) with the participation of the International Organisation for Dew Utilization ( OPUR ) at coastal semi arid region Kutch.

In 1987, the government implemented an International Monetary Fund structural adjustment program, and invited greater private participation in management of the parastatals, as well as in the agricultural, commercial, banking, and tourism sectors.

Explorer 1 ( 1958 Alpha 1 ) was the first Earth satellite of the United States, launched as part of its participation in the International Geophysical Year.

Underlying its status is the fact that the IPF is the federation responsible for coordinating participation in the World Games, an international event affiliated with the International Olympic Committee.

Within this strategic orientation, focus is retained on the academic programme and, more specifically, on three axes of work, namely: Attitude and Behaviour, centred both on academic factors and on increasing the competitiveness of degree courses, in the constant pursuit of quality, excellence and merit ; Research for Chile which seeks in-depth commitment and involvement with the country aimed at achieving insertion, integration and participation between the Public-and Private Sectors, in which academic research and findings based upon truth, goodness and the beauty of human beings, society and nature aspire to contribute to the formation of social innovators of vision and realism ; and The Development of International Links which, through the differentiation of professors and students from a Latin American perspective, endeavours to work in foreign markets ( student and academic staff exchanges ).

International Napoleonic Congresses are held regularly and include participation by members of the French and American military, French politicians and scholars from different countries.

Along with her participation in Farm Aid and Amnesty International concerts, Raitt traveled to Moscow in 1987 to participate in the first joint Soviet / American Peace Concert, later shown on the Showtime television network.

In 2003, Pettibon was awarded the Grand Prize of Honor for his participation in the 25th Ljubljana International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Slovenia.

World politics affected the lead-up to the Games with tension between the United States and Soviet Union intensifying, and the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) was forced to debate the participation of China, Taiwan, North Korea and East Germany because of the Cold War.

* Kalpana Chawla ISU Scholarship fund founded by alumni of the International Space University ( ISU ) in 2010 to support Indian student participation in international space education programs.

An article in Business Day on Oct. 9 about journalists who attended a secret meeting in November 2001 called by Paul D. Wolfowitz, then the deputy secretary of defense, referred incorrectly to the participation of Fareed Zakaria, the editor of Newsweek International and a Newsweek columnist.

Gentile da Fabriano ( c. 1370 – 1427 ) was an Italian painter known for his participation in the International Gothic style.