NGOs and IGOs

NGOs and IGOs

by Erin Martin

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Reaching across borders is what makes an issue_____________

​Intergovernmental Organizations-IGOS

​an organization created involving two or more nations to work in good faith, on issues of common interest. Examples of IGOs are The United Nations (UN) and The African Development Bank (ADB).

1)Read the following links and read the Mission statements, and About Me sections.

2) You will then go to the next slide to answer a question about the website your read.

(BEFORE going to the next slide with the question referring to that NGO or IGO. Keep the website open to refer back to.)

​3)Repeat this for all of the links presented.

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Directions:

About Us – Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor - United States Department of State

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Go to the "Mission statement" and "About Us" section of: https://www.state.gov/j/drl/. Type your answer below.

What is the name of this IGO?

What year did it start?

What tools do they use to advance freedom and democracy?

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Now go to the "about us" section of this website: http://www.oas.org/en/default.asp. Type your answer below.

The OAS came into being in what year?

How many independent states are part of the OAS Charter?

Is the US a member?

​Non-governmental Organizations-NGO'S

nonprofit organization that operates independently of any government, usually with a purpose to address a social, political, or environmental issue.

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After visiting this website: https://www.amnestyusa.org/about-us/ Fill in the blanks.

The story of __________ _________began back In ______when two Portuguese students were jailed just for raising a toast to freedom.

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After visiting this website: https://www.amnestyusa.org/about-us/ Fill in the blanks.

Before Amnesty International can Mobilize, they conduct Research. Our crisis response teams and researchers______to affected areas around the world to uncover individual human rights abuses and ________patterns of abuse.

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Look at the "Key" Countries to the left. Why would the Red cross operate in those countries/ areas right now? Pick 3, do a brief google search, and tell me WHAT the issue is. Please explain.

Mandate and mission | International Committee of the Red Cross

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Visit this website for the International Red Cross website: https://www.icrc.org/en/who-we-are/mandate.

It was on the ICRC's initiative that countries adopt the original Geneva Convention of 1864. The Geneva Conventions are essentially the rules of _______

• the United Nations

• medicine

• War

• Diplomacy

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Look at the "Where We Work" section of the Brac Website. Why do you think they were in those areas? Do they look familiar?