UN REFORM Better World Campaign Strengthen the relationship between the United States and the United Nations. Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly www.unpacampaign.org Links on UN Reform & Global Democracy REFORM the UN.org Robert Muller, Honorary Chair, Global People's Assembly Robert Muller's Daily Guidance UN Foundation Free e-mail alerts, Periodic updates on important UN news and events, with fact sheets and links to other helpful resources. UN Wire Free e-mail brief on UN and world news.

CIVIL SOCIETY AVAAZ.ORG Avaaz.org is an independent, not-for-profit global campaigning organization that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people inform global decision-making. (Avaaz means "voice" in many languages.) CIVICUS - Worldwide Alliance for Citizen Participation "Promoting a worldwide community of informed, inspired, committed citizens who are actively engaged in confronting the challenges facing humanity. Democracy In Action Global Community Organization Politics and Justice Without Borders Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) International Simultaneous Policy Organisation Humanity Taking Responsibility Mahatma Gandhi News Digest and Community Forum Peace and Non-Violence MoveOn.org Civic Action Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Pax Fides, International Peace Network The Stanley Foundation Seeks a secure peace with freedom and justice, built on world citizenship and effective global governance. It brings fresh voices, original ideas, and lasting solutions to debates on global and regional problems. The foundation is a nonpartisan, private operating foundation that focuses on peace and security issues and advocates principled multilateralism. The foundation frequently collaborates with other organizations. US Action and True Majority USA activists. We The World International Networks of Collaboration and Action. Workers World News Headlines

ENVIRONMENTAL Alliance for Climate Protection Citizens State on the Environment (CSE) Earth Portal Measuring Sustainable Economic Growth and Development. Environmental Defense 2006 Green Festival held in Washington, D.C. - Video

PUBLIC POLICY Global Security Institute One World Trust One World Trust promotes education and research into changes required in global governance to achieve the eradication of poverty, injustice, environmental degradation and war. Peace Education Center International Institute of Peace Education Teachers College, Columbia University, New York Global Education Associates. Project for the New American Century is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to a few fundamental propositions: that American leadership is good both for America and for the world; and that such leadership requires military strength, diplomatic energy and commitment to moral principle. The Century Foundation Public Policy Research.

MEDIA American Progress Report - a behind-the-scenes review of current events. Center for American Progress Free e-mail news. The Christian Science Monitor Free e-mail news. Common Dreams News Center Breaking news and views for the progressive community. Congressional Quarterly Comprehensive, non-partisan news from Washington DC. Greg Palast Journalist/Author. Information Clearing House Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS), the world's leading provider of information on global issues, focuses its news coverage on the events and global processes affecting the economic, social and political development of peoples and nations. KOSMOS - Leading International Journal for planetary citizens committed to the birth and emergence of a new planetary culture and civilization. Link TV Link TV broadcasts programs that engage, educate and activate viewers to become involved in the world. These programs provide a unique perspective on international news, current events, and diverse cultures, presenting issues not often covered in the U.S. media. MoveOn.org Political Action and Information. New York Times - Free e-mail news. Portside Portside aims to provide varied material of interest to people on the left -- things that will help them to interpret the world, and to change it. Reuters News - Free e-mail news. The Guardian UK News from the United Kingdom. UN Foundation Newsroom & UN Wire Utne Reader Magazine

WOMEN The Center for the Advancement of Women - Independent, politically non-partisan organization dedicated to research-based education to advocate for women's rights and opportunities. International Women's Peace Service International Women's Tribune Centre Mother's Day for Peace, Women As Peacemakers Millennia 2015, Women as actors of development for the global challenges National Organization of Women (NOW) Village Banking - Micro-Finance Programs FINCA - Small Loans, Big Changes Women's ENews Women's Foundation of California Women's Learning Partnership (WLP)

YOUTH Global Youth Action Network www.YouthLink.org www.TakingITGlobal.org United Nations Youth News Flash United Nations Youth Programme United Network of Young Peacebuilders Peace building and conflict transformation. Youth At The United Nations

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