NGOs

1. An abbreviation for privately run, n on g overnment o rganizations that strive for world betterment. They have frequent contact with various governments and often attempt to influence policy. Amnesty International and Greenpeace are examples of NGOs.

Example Sentences

The governing Georgian Dream party responded forcefully, police dispersed rallies with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon, adopted repressive laws targeting independent media and NGOs, and arrested opposition leaders and protesters.

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Timber imports by companies operating in the European Union can be traced to logging on Indonesia's Borneo island, a new report published Tuesday showed, with NGOs calling for the bloc to stop delaying a ban on deforestation-linked products.

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"For the average consumer, it is impossible to understand that TotalEnergies is actually expanding fossil fuel production," Clementine Baldon, a lawyer for the NGOs, said at a hearing in June.

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NGOs have reported increasing episodes in recent months of Libya's coastguard shooting at boats carrying migrants in the Mediterranean.

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But they also replace a previously required environmental assessment with a simple "commitment letter", and limit input to those "directly impacted", excluding NGOs or outside experts.

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