* Amnesty International, an international non-governmental human rights organization

Although the Agency for International Development ( USAID ) closed its office in Ouagadougou in 1995, about $ 18 million annually of USAID funding goes to Burkina's development through non-governmental and regional organizations.

Among non-governmental organizations ( NGOs ), Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are noted for their opposition to capital punishment.

Although President Obiang signed a national anti-torture decree in 2006 to ban all forms of abuse and improper treatment in Equatorial Guinea and commissioned the renovation and modernization of Black Beach prison in 2007 to ensure the humane treatment of prisoners, human rights abuses continue. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International among other non-governmental organizations have documented severe human rights abuses in prisons, including torture, beatings, unexplained deaths and illegal detention.

Amnesty International said that the arrests and following raids on Greenpeace Japan office and homes of five of Greenpeace staff members were aimed at intimidating activists and non-governmental organizations.

The Union of International Associations publishes an annual directory of organizations and provides ancillary information on most international organizations, both intergovernmental and non-governmental.

The International Mathematical Union ( IMU ) is an international non-governmental organisation devoted to international cooperation in the field of mathematics across the world.

The International Council for Science ( ICSU ), formerly the International Council of Scientific Unions, was founded in 1931 as an international non-governmental organization devoted to international co-operation in the advancement of science.

* International Christian Concern, a non-denominational Christian human rights non-governmental organization watchdog group

The International Electrotechnical Commission ( IEC ; Commission électrotechnique internationale ( CEI ), in French ) is a non-profit, non-governmental international standards organization that prepares and publishes International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies – collectively known as " electrotechnology ".

The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) ( French: Comité international olympique, CIO ) is an international non-governmental organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre, Baron de Coubertin, on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president.

The Union of International Associations is a non-profit non-governmental organization researching, under UN mandate, the global civil society and publishing information on international organizations, international meetings, world problems, etc.

* Western Sahara Resource Watch International non-governmental coalition of organisations and individuals working for the protection of natural resources in Western Sahara.

These partners include national government agencies such as DFID, ECHO, EuropeAid, USAID ; UN agencies such as the Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD ); non-governmental organizations such as Save the Children, Catholic Relief Services and Norwegian Refugee Council ; as well as corporate partners such as TNT N. V., YUM!

There are various estimates on the number of human casualties – Sudanese authorities claim a death toll of roughly 19, 500 civilians while certain non-governmental organizations, such as the Coalition for International Justice, controversially claim that over 400, 000 people have been killed during the conflict.

In 2004, on the International Economic Forum in Krynica ( Poland ) Razumkov Centre was named the best non-governmental organisation of Eastern Europe.

That year, he was appointed director of the newly formed Bureau international de la paix ( International Peace Office ), the first non-governmental international peace organization, based in Bern.

Other organizations Judd has been involved with include the Women for Women International, and Equality Now, along with other non-governmental organizations which center around bringing attention to social, educational, health, economic, cultural, and financial funding of the unfortunate.

* International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis ( IIASA ) non-governmental research institution

Child Soldiers International formerly The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers ( CSUCS ) is a UK-based non-governmental organization that was formed to prevent the recruitment and exploitation of children in warfare and to ensure their reintegration into larger society by means of research, advocacy, and capacity building.

* QUANGOs are quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations, such as the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ).

* Organic Union International, a. k. a. Association biologique internationale, a non-governmental organization against degenerative diseases

International observers noted numerous serious irregularities in presidential and legislative election proceedings.

International observers agreed the election was not free or fair.

Independent local sources of political information on Eritrean domestic politics are scarce ; in September 2001 the government closed down all of the nation's privately owned print media, and outspoken critics of the government have been arrested and held without trial, according to domestic and international observers, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

International observers judged the 2001 elections to be acceptable, but the Union for Victory Coalition, the second-largest vote recipient, disputed the results and boycotted parliament until 31 January 2002.

International and local observers reported the 2002 elections to be generally more fair and less violent than those of both 1992 and 1997.

International observers regarded the elections as free and fair, noting the lack of irregularities that had plagued the 1997 elections.

International observers, including the Carter Center, judged the election to be free and fair.

In addition, the UN observer organizations International Committee of the Red Cross and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies have entered into " official relations " with WHO and are invited as observers.

Two Temporary International Presence in Hebron observers were killed by Palestinian gunmen in a shooting attack on the road to Hebron On March 27, 2001, 16 days after settlers had celebrated Purim with a march through the city in which some settler children were dressed up as Baruch Goldstein, a Palestinian sniper targeted and killed the Jewish baby Shalhevet Pass.

International observers including the United Nations, Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ), and others called the election free, fair, and transparent.

Participants included MEPs, Amnesty International observers and random individuals who travelled from abroad to support LGBT Latvians and their friends and families.

Under the terms of Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions, children over the age of fifteen who have volunteered can be used as spotters, observers, and message-carriers ( see above International humanitarian law ).

Women's boxing was not featured at the 2008 Olympics ; however, on 14 August 2009, it was announced that the International Olympic Committee ’ s Executive Board ( EB ) had approved the inclusion of women ’ s boxing for the Games in London in the 2012 Olympics, contrary to the expectations of some observers.

Formally known as the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie ( OIF ) or the International Organization of the Francophonie, the organization comprises 56 member states and governments, 3 associate members, and 19 observers.

Most observers guess the population of Nogales, Sonora, at roughly 300, 000. International commerce is a big part of Nogales ’ economy.

International observers pulled out of the country after Fujimori refused to delay the runoff.

Three days later, after a protracted count which saw presidential results in Kibaki's Central Kenya come in last, allegedly inflated, in a cloud of suspicion and rising tensions, amid vehement protests by Raila's ODM, overnight re-tallying of results and chaotic scenes, all beamed live on TV, at the national tallying center at the Kenyatta International Conference Center in Nairobi, riot police eventually sealed off the tallying Center ahead of the result announcement, evicted party agents, observers and the media, and moved the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Samuel Kivuitu, to another room where Kivuitu went on to declare Kibaki the winner by 4, 584, 721 votes to Odinga's 4, 352, 993, placing Kibaki ahead of Odinga by about 232, 000 votes in the hotly contested election with Kalonzo Musyoka a distant third.

A joint statement by the British Foreign Office and Department for International Development cited " real concerns " over irregularities, while international observers refused to declare the election free and fair.

International observers qualified the situation as the " collapse of reunification talks ", " last chance for Cyprus reunification lost ", and the " failure of UN Cyprus campaign for reunification ".

On March 31, 1994, representatives of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Israeli government signed an agreement requesting Italy, Denmark and Norway to provide observers to form a Temporary International Presence in the City of Hebron ( TIPH ).

During de la Madrid's presidency, he introduced liberal economic reforms that encouraged foreign investment, and widespread privatisations of outdated state-run industries and reduction of tariffs, a process that continued under his successors, which immediately caught the attention of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and other international observers.

Human Rights Groups in Argentina often cite a figure of 30, 000 disappeared, Amnesty International estimates 20, 000 while other observers think 12, 000 is a more accurate figure.

Human Rights Groups in Argentina often cite a figure of 30, 000 disappeared, Amnesty International estimates 20, 000 while other observers think 12, 000 is a more accurate figure.