A non-governmental organization is an entity that is not part of the government. This can include non-profit and for-profit entities. An NGO may get a significant percentage or even all of its funding
Europe-Georgia Institute head George Melashvili addresses the audience at the launch of the "Europe in a suitcase" project by two NGOs (the EGI and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation), which aims to increase cooperation between European politicians, journalists and representatives of the civic sector and academia with their counterparts in Georgia.
World NGO Day 2014 in Afghanistan
Workers from an NGO participating in local community work - some critics allege that NGOs prioritize their special interests over community wellbeing.
The Charter of the United Nations, also referred to as the UN Charter, is the foundational treaty of the United Nations. It establishes the purposes, governing structure, and overall framework of the
Non-governmental organization
…sovereign states and governments, NGOs are independent from them. The term as it is used today was first introduced in Article 71 of the newly formed United Nations Charter in 1945. While there is no fixed or formal definition for what NGOs are, they are generally defined as non-profit entities that are independent of…
UN Charter
The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is its second-biggest centre after the UN headquarters in New York City.
Charter of the United Nations on display at UN headquarters in New York
United States World War II poster containing the Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations