Suriname
Association of Indigenous Village Chiefs [Ricardo PANE];
Association of Saramaccan Authorities or Maroon [Head Captain WASE];
Women's Parliament Forum or PVF [Iris GILLIAD]
Svalbard
NA
Swaziland
Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions; Swaziland and
Solidarity Network or SSN
Sweden
Children's Rights in Society; Swedish Confederation of
Professional Employees or TCO; Swedish Federation of Trade Unions or
LO
other: media
Switzerland
NA
Syria
Damascus Declaration National Council [Riyad SEIF, secretary
general] (a broad alliance of opposition groups and individuals
including: Committee for Revival of Civil Society [Michel KILO,
Riyad SEIF]; Communist Action Party [Fateh JAMOUS]; Kurdish
Democratic Alliance; Kurdish Democratic Front; Liberal Nationalists'
Movement; National Democratic Rally; and Syrian Human Rights Society
or HRAS [Fawed FAWUZ]); National Salvation Front (alliance between
former Vice President Abd al-Halim KHADDAM, the SMB, and other small
opposition groups); Syrian Muslim Brotherhood or SMB [Sadr al-Din
al-BAYANUNI] (operates in exile in London; endorsed the Damascus
Declaration, but is not an official member)
Taiwan
Organization for Taiwan Nation Building; World United
Formosans for Independence
other: environmental groups; independence movement; various business
groups
note: debate on Taiwan independence has become acceptable within the
mainstream of domestic politics on Taiwan; political liberalization
and the increased representation of opposition parties in Taiwan's
legislature have opened public debate on the island's national
identity; a broad public consensus has developed that the government
enjoys popular sovereignty and - whatever the ultimate outcome
regarding unification or independence - that Taiwan's people must
have the deciding voice; public opinion polls consistently show a
substantial majority of Taiwan people supports maintaining Taiwan's
status quo for the foreseeable future; advocates of Taiwan
independence oppose the stand that the island will eventually unify
with mainland China; goals of the Taiwan independence movement
include establishing a sovereign nation on Taiwan and entering the
UN; advocates of eventual unification predicate their goal on the
democratic transformation of the mainland
Tajikistan
splinter parties recognized by the government but not by
the base of the party: Democratic Party or DPT [Masud SOBIROV]
(splintered from ISKANDAROV's DPT); Socialist Party or SPT
[Abduhalim GHAFFOROV] (splintered from NARZIEV's SPT)
unregistered political parties: Agrarian Party [Hikmatullo
NASREDDINOV]; Progressive Party [Sulton QUVVATOV]; Unity Party
[Hikmatullo SAIDOV]
Tanzania
Economic and Social Research Foundation or ESRF; Free
Zanzibar; Tanzania Media Women's Association or TAMWA
Thailand
People's Alliance for Democracy or PAD; United Front for
Democracy Against Dictatorship