Non-governmental organizations and their importance in the modern world
Such a thing as nongovernmentalorganization, first emerged in the middle of the twentieth century, when, after the end of World War II, the old world underwent significant changes, and the newly emerged United Nations asserted its basic principles and principles. In 1968, at a regular meeting of the UN General Assembly, a provision regulating the activities of such organizations was adopted, and a definition of this concept was given. In accordance with this, non-governmental international organizations are any organizational structures of the world level that are created outside the intergovernmental agreement and are not engaged in making profit. In addition, such an organization should have a consultative status, be recognized by a number of states, receive money from more than one country, and be established on the basis of a constituent instrument.
The first organizations of this type weremainly religious institutions that attracted young people from all over the world, proclaiming the basic principles of love and brotherhood for all mankind. In addition, non-governmental organizations of an educational type have received great development, which have served as the beginning of international activity of higher educational institutions. In the conditions of the tension of the post-war period and the height of the "cold war", pacifist associations began to be created that fought for peace throughout the world and sought legal prohibition of any military action.
Among the many social formationsto identify such notable organizations as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Law Association, the International Criminal Law Association, the International Institute for Humanitarian Law and many others. Non-governmental organizations have a sufficiently significant status, because to obtain this status any association must prove its practical usefulness in influencing the rest of the countries, since only in this case it will gain world recognition.
Today there are more than 8 thousandorganizations of international level, which exert a weighty influence both on the economic development of states and on the socio-spiritual development of the population throughout the world. Every year they gain more and more popularity, being considered the spokesmen of public opinion and contributing to the improvement of civic consciousness of society. In modern Russia there are also similar organizations that exert a great influence not only on society, but also on the state itself. The fact is that many non-governmental organizations of Russia lobby their interests through certain persons who sit in the State Duma, as a result of which the state apparatus itself is subjected to indirect influence. Among such social structures in Russia it is necessary to allocate "Solidarity", "Strategy-31", "New Eurasia" and so on. In total in our country there are more than 550 thousand public associations, where non-governmental organizations are engaged in their activities. However, everything is not so simple here, since many of them work under cover and are secretly financed by US state departments. It is for this reason that scandals arise periodically in Russia about accusations of a program being conducted by a non-governmental organization in covert lobbying for the interests of a transatlantic power. Many such accusations are simply impossible to prove, so the truth can be found only by circumstantial evidence and evidence.
In conclusion, manynon-governmental organizations at the international level have a useful impact on the historical course of events, since they bring to our society the ideals of decency, mutual respect, respect for human rights and civil liberties.
