I've a problem with the word charity because I think that NGOs, as I prefer calling them, really do take the work of moral and social responsibilities that ought to be taken on by governments.
Quotes about ngos (16 Quotes)
Finally, I also come in recognition of the great work that has been undertaken by the NGOs and UN agencies that have been active for many years here, especially through the local staff and international staff here in Somaliland and in Somalia at large.
If that is the view, it is naive, ... Trying to own the media, the parties and everything else is a totally artificial approach in today's interconnected world. You will soon find that 'your' NGOs are not 'yours' at all.
Now they have had this serious blow and I think we should try and help President (George W.) Bush and the administration, the American Red Cross and NGOs... who have been our partners in other crises around the world like the tsunami,
The situation in West Darfur is of particular concern following a series of attacks on INGO international NGOs convoys. Overall, there have been at least 10 serious attacks on humanitarian workers in the past 30 days, including two attacks by armed men that took place on 1 September.
Some people registered as NGOs hoping to get funding and the vast majority of them never de-registered and remain on the list of NGOs. They had nothing more than a business card.
Last June, when the new NGO legislation was adopted, there was also a requirement for the re-registration of all registered NGOs. It seems that this number of NGOs 1,600 either did not meet the deadline, which had been extended once or twice, or did not meet the re-registration requirements.
NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women.
There is a need for cultural change in the bank to trust NGOs and to talk to them, but there is an equal need for some members of civil society to give us a chance and not say simply that it's the bank and it must be evil,
There are no areas where no NGOs are going but there are vast areas where very few NGOs are going.
We see this process as at least a means to clean up the list of NGOs, where many 'briefcase' NGOs exist. In a way, it is a good step to clean up the list and then have a better look at those who are registered. As such we don't consider it negative.
We have not reached agreement with the government on the text (of an appeal), we have not agreed on how many are affected, how to help them, the role of (non-governmental organizations) NGOs and other operational aspects.
A new sense of shared international responsibility is unmistakable in the voices of the United Nations and its agencies, and in the civil society of thousands of supra-national NGOs.
Only the most outrageous, truly inadmissible limitations on the rights of international organizations were dropped. The bill still provides for widespread and arbitrary repression of Russian and international NGOs. ... Individual officials will have an enormous amount of authority to prevent NGOs from operating.
When you have an accident, they will save their own people, and those who have worked with you or with the NGOs are left. Unfortunately, this happens always. It is not an excuse at all.
The collaboration of right-wing NGOs and the Bush administration far exceeds any collaboration between pro-choice family groups and the Clinton administration. We never had that kind of hand-in-glove relationship.