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to people throughout the world who are promoting nonviolence in their
home communities and nations. Our members carry out public education
efforts, organize training programs, and coordinate campaigns.
IFOR members work together primarily through their local branch and group. Representatives from these organizations meet every four years at an IFOR Council, to decide on policies and develop international programs. An elected International Committee meets regularly between Councils to oversee the implementation of these decisions. The IFOR international secretariat in Alkmaar, the Netherlands , co-ordinates communication among IFOR members, links branches to capacity-building resources (and through the WPP provides training in gender awareness), and helps co-ordinate international campaigns, delegations and urgent actions. IFOR has extensive working relationships with like-minded non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society initiatives around the world. IFOR’s 90 years of expertise in active nonviolence is recognized and respected by these NGOs and many others. IFOR maintains permanent representatives at the United Nations (UN) in New York, Geneva and Vienna who regularly participate in conferences and meetings of UN bodies, providing testimony and expertise from different regional perspectives, promoting non-violent alternatives in the fields of human rights, development, and disarmament.
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IFOR has observer and consultative status to the United Nations ECOSOC and UNESCO organizations.
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