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Organizations: Iraq

Includes non-governmental organizations, associations, institutes (US and abroad).

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 African & Middle Eastern Division,
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AsylumLaw.org (http://www.asylumlaw.org)
"Run by an international consortium of agencies that help asylum seekers in Australia, Canada, the United States, and several countries in Europe. Over 95% of the content on this site is open to the public, including asylum seekers from any country and the lawyers or advocates who represent them."

Australian Arab Chamber of Commerce (http://www.austarab.com.au/)
This site represents Australian private enterprise with commercial interest in marketing with Arab countries.

Committee to Protect Journalists (http://www.cpj.org/regions_06/mideast_06/mideast_06.html#iraq)
Searching this site results in a list of recent documents from a number of web sites concerning media activities and press freedom in many countries.

Development Gateway Country Overview (http://www.developmentgateway.org/)
"The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty." Search by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites and documents.

Directory of Development Organizations (http://www.devdir.org/)
" The Directory is a compilation of contact data of the main sources of assistance available for private sector development (micro, small an medium-sized enterprises) and poverty reduction. A wide range of organizations is included in the Directory: international organizations, government ministries, private sector institutions, development agencies, universities, research and training institutes, NGOs/PDOs, grantmakers, banks, microfinance institutions, and development consulting firms." Searchable by keyword.

International Committee of the Red Cross (http://www.icrc.org/eng)
A search of this English language version of the ICRC site provides reports on the current humanitarian initiatives of this organization in any given country.

The Iraq Foundation (http://www.iraqfoundation.org/index.html)
The contribution of a non-profit, non-partisan, non-governmental organization that informs and educates the public about human rights abuses in Iraq in order to work towards democracy in Iraq.

Iraqi Scientists (http://www.issiraq.org/)
International Society for Iraqi Scientists in Iraq and outside their country.

United States Committee for Refugees (USCR) (http://www.refugees.org/countryreports.aspx?subm=&ssm=&cid=1590)
Founded in 1958 to complement the UN's initiative to aid refugees, the USCR's site offers brief and detailed reports on refugee status in and from the various countries of the world.

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