"The World Young Women's Christian Association (World YWCA) is a global network of women leading social and economic change in over 120 countries worldwide. The World YWCA advocates for peace, justice, human rights and care for the environment and has been at the forefront of raising the status of women for more than a century." 

"The NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq (NCCI) is an autonomous body created by NGOs working in Iraq, with the aim to promote information sharing and coordination. The purpose of the NCCI is to provide a forum for collective NGO activity to enhance the effectiveness of humanitarian action in Iraq at the national level." 

"The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO). Since its establishment in 1915, WILPF has brought together women from around the world who are united in working for peace by non-violent means and promoting political, economic and social justice for all." 

"The Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) with Special consultative UN status. The PEC, founded in June 2004 by a group of journalists from several countries, based in Geneva, is an international independent nonprofit and non-governmental organization. It aims at strengthening the legal protection and safety of journalists in zones of conflict and civil unrest or in dangerous missions. The PEC is in favor of a new international convention to improve the protection of media.

"The Small Arms Survey is an independent research project located at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. It serves as the principal international source of public information on all aspects of small arms and armed violence and as a resource for governments, policy-makers, researchers, and activists."  

"The Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE, which has its seat in Geneva, was established in 1995 by the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE (Stockholm Convention) in order to settle, by means of conciliation and, where possible, arbitration, disputes which may arise between States Parties to the Convention. To date, 34 States have accepted the jurisdiction of this Court.

"Grains of Peace is a Swiss NGO with an international perspective, founded in 2005 in Geneva. Its areas of expertise are peace education, peace culture and intercultural understanding. It designs and produces pedagogical materials and uses these in school- and out-of-school settings. It trains trainers, teachers and educators, including in post-conflict countries. Locally, it organises workshops, activities and events for the public. On the net, it proposes an innovative website, with free resources for all publics (over 650'000 visits from 184 countries since 2006)."

"ICT4Peace is a policy and action-oriented international Foundation. The purpose is to save lives and protect human dignity through Information and Communication Technology. Since 2003 ICT4Peace explores and champions the use of ICTs and new media for peaceful purposes, including for peacebuilding, crisis management and humanitarian operations. Since 2007 ICT4Peace promotes cybersecurity and a peaceful cyberspace through inter alia international negotiations with governments, international organisations, companies and non-state actors." 

"The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre) began operations in August 1999 and is today one of the world's most influential conflict mediation organisations. Its aim is to help alleviate the suffering of individuals and populations caught up in both high-profile and forgotten conflicts, by acting as mediators and by providing other mediators with the support they need to work effectively."

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The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is an institution of research and higher education dedicated to the study of world affairs, with a particular emphasis on the cross-cutting fields of international relations and development issues.