Australia
other: business groups; environmental groups; social
groups; trade unions
Austria
Austrian Trade Union Federation or OeGB (nominally
independent but primarily Social Democratic); Federal Economic
Chamber; OeVP-oriented Association of Austrian Industrialists or IV;
Roman Catholic Church, including its chief lay organization,
Catholic Action
other: three composite leagues of the Austrian People's Party or
OeVP representing business, labor, farmers, and other nongovernment
organizations in the areas of environment and human rights
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Public Forum [Eldar NAMAZOV]; Karabakh
Liberation Organization
Bahamas, The
Friends of the Environment
other: trade unions
Bahrain
Shia activists; Sunni Islamist legislators
other: several small leftist and other groups are active
Bangladesh
Advocacy to End Gender-based Violence through the MoWCA
(Ministry of Women's and Children's Affairs)
other: environmentalists; Islamist groups; religious leaders;
teachers; union leaders
Barbados
Barbados Secondary Teachers' Union or BSTU [Patrick FROST];
Barbados Union of Teachers or BUT [Herbert GITTENS]; Congress of
Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados or CTUSAB, (includes
the BWU, NUPW, BUT, and BSTU) [Leroy TROTMAN]; Barbados Workers
Union or BWU [Leroy TROTMAN]; Clement Payne Labor Union [David
COMISSIONG]; National Union of Public Workers [Joseph GODDARD]
Belarus
Assembly of Pro-Democratic NGOs (unregistered) [Sergey
MATSKEVICH]; Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions
[Aleksandr YAROSHUK]; Belarusian Association of Journalists [Zhana
LITVINA]; Belarusian Helsinki Committee [Aleh HULAK]; Belarusian
Independence Bloc (unregistered) and For Freedom movement [Aleksandr
MILINKEVICH]; Belarusian Organization of Working Women [Irina
ZHIKHAR]; BPF-Youth [Andrus KRECHKA]; Charter 97 (unregistered)
[Andrey SANNIKOV]; Perspektiva small business association [Anatol
SHUMCHENKO]; Nasha Vyasna (unregistered) ("Our Spring") human rights
center; "Tell the Truth" Movement [Vladimir NEKLYAYEV]; Women's
Independent Democratic Movement [Ludmila PETINA]; Young Belarus
(Malady Belarus) [Zmitser KASPYAROVICH]; Youth Front (Malady Front)
[Zmitser DASHKEVICH]
Belgium
Christian, Socialist, and Liberal Trade Unions; Federation
of Belgian Industries
other: numerous other associations representing bankers,
manufacturers, middle-class artisans, and the legal and medical
professions; various organizations represent the cultural interests
of Flanders and Wallonia; various peace groups such as Pax Christi
and groups representing immigrants
Belize
Society for the Promotion of Education and Research or SPEAR
[Nicole HAYLOCK]; Association of Concerned Belizeans or ACB [David
VASQUEZ]; National Trade Union Congress of Belize or NTUC/B [Rene
GOMEZ]