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International Alert
Purpose: To help people find peaceful solutions to conflicts and to reduce the risk of conflict breaking out. Achievements: Influential research and advocacy work on peacebuilding.
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Purpose: To provide humanitarian aid during wars and natural disasters. Achievements: Won three Nobel Peace Prizes, widespread implementation of first aid training.
Peace Corps
Purpose: To promote world peace and friendship by fulfilling three goals: providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States understand American culture, and helping Americans understand other cultures. Achievements: Volunteers served in 141 countries, significant contribution to education and healthcare.
International Peace Bureau (IPB)
Purpose: To bring together a wide range of organizations and individuals working for peace. Achievements: Nobel Peace Prize in 1910, promotion of disarmament and peaceful resolution of conflicts.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Purpose: To bring women together to oppose war and militarism, and to work for constructive peace and social justice. Achievements: Long-standing advocacy for women's rights and disarmament, influencing international peace policies.
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Purpose: To ensure humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of war and armed violence. Achievements: Three Nobel Peace Prizes, instrumental in the formation of the Geneva Conventions.
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Purpose: To bring together scholars and public figures to work toward reducing the danger of armed conflict. Achievements: Nobel Peace Prize in 1995, influence on non-proliferation treaty discussions.
The Elders
Purpose: To promote human rights, peace, and justice worldwide. Achievements: Influenced peace-building initiatives and reconciliation efforts in various conflict zones.
Amnesty International
Purpose: To conduct research and take action to prevent abuses of human rights. Achievements: Nobel Peace Prize in 1977, release of political prisoners.
World Peace Council (WPC)
Purpose: To promote international disarmament and sovereignty. Achievements: Influential in promoting anti-imperialistic ideologies and movements during the Cold War.
International Crisis Group (ICG)
Purpose: To provide early warning and analysis on conflicts. Achievements: Influencing policies to promote peaceful, just, and sustainable solutions to conflicts.
United Nations (UN)
Purpose: To maintain international peace and security. Achievements: Establishment of Peacekeeping forces, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Millennium Development Goals.
International Peace Institute (IPI)
Purpose: To promote the prevention and settlement of conflicts between and within states through policy research and development. Achievements: Influential policy recommendations for UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts.
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Purpose: To promote safety and orderly development of international civil aviation. Achievements: Establishment of standardized global aviation rules and guidance, playing a critical role in aviation security and sustainability.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Purpose: To guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means. Achievements: Successful deterrence of Soviet aggression, intervention in the Balkans.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières)
Purpose: To provide medical care to populations in distress, including victims of natural or man-made disasters. Achievements: Nobel Peace Prize in 1999, rapid response to epidemics and natural disasters.
Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP)
Purpose: To analyze the economic value of peace and quantify its benefits. Achievements: Publishing the Global Peace Index, providing detailed metrics for the state of peace in countries around the world.
Greenpeace
Purpose: To promote peace by protecting the environment. Achievements: Successful campaigning leading to bans on toxic waste exports, anti-whaling laws, and climate change awareness.
Carter Center
Purpose: To advance peace and health worldwide. Achievements: Led efforts to eradicate diseases like Guinea worm disease, observed over 100 elections in 39 countries to ensure fairness.
SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)
Purpose: To conduct research into conflict, armaments, arms control, and disarmament. Achievements: Producing the annual SIPRI Yearbook and contributing to international policy on arms control.
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