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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">Open Letter to the Representatives of the Core Group of the Generation Equality Global Forum: Permanent Mission of France; Permanent Mission of Mexico; UN Women Civil Society

 Division; and Civil Society Core Group Representatives</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">CC: The UN Secretary-General; UN Women Executive Director; UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict; Security Council Informal Expert Group on Women and Peace

 and Security; Women and Peace and Security Focal Points Network; UN Inter Agency Standing Committee on Women and Peace and Security; UN Women Peace and Security Section; United Nations Population Fund; UN Development Program; the UN Secretary General Envoy

 on Youth; the Group of Friends on Women and Peace and Security; and the Global Coalition on Youth, Peace, and Security</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">Dear Core Group Members of the Generation Equality Global Forum,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">We are grassroots women and youth peacebuilders, national, regional and global women�s rights and feminist organizations, and civil society networks from around the world who

 are working towards the full and effective implementation of the Women and Peace and Security, and Youth and Peace and Security agendas. Together we formed ourselves as the <b>Beijing+25 Women and Peace and Security � Youth and Peace and Security (Beijing+25

 WPS-YPS) Action Coalition</b> to ensure the integration of the WPS and YPS agendas in the Beijing +25 Generation Equality Global Forum processes and outcome documents. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856">

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">Moreover, the Beijing+25 WPS-YPS Action Coalition is committed to <b>increasing the awareness of civil society organizations, in particular grassroots organizations working in

 conflict-affected countries and territories, about the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the various processes related to its 25</b></span><b><sup><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black; top:-2.5pt">th</span></sup></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black"> anniversary. </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">This

 is critical to ensuring that civil society�s key messages are reflected in all discussions on Beijing +25, including the Generation Equality Global Forum and their outcome documents. The Beijing+25 WPS-YPS Action Coalition supports strong participation and

 co-leadership of women and young women from local communities affected by conflicts in the Beijing+25 processes.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856">

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">2020 is a pivotal year for gender equality. The 25</span><sup><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black; top:-2.5pt">th</span></sup><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black"> anniversary

 of the Beijing Conference, the 20</span><sup><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black; top:-2.5pt">th</span></sup><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black"> anniversary of UN

 Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, and the 5</span><sup><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black; top:-2.5pt">th</span></sup><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black"> anniversary

 of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2250, are catalytic moments to move both the Women and Peace and Security and Youth and Peace and Security agendas forward.<b> Therefore, we express deep concern over the lack of representation of grassroots women

 and youth peacebuilders and the marginalization of the WPS and YPS agendas in the Beijing+25 regional and global processes. We are alarmed about the lack of broad consultation with civil society in the development of the official Action Coalitions and cross-cutting

 levers of the Generation Equality Global Forum. We are seriously concerned that there is no official Action Coalition dedicated to peace and security</b> <b>even though evidence-based data shows armed conflict is inextricably linked to gender inequality</b>.</span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001UYNjVMh3hVTZ8-28FQx2hVihHevx5TCL7x97L-w5AVNgnbiSYcE_6SL9GWnbeUJHjpuwWO3YfGZ5gtQuCNXqRnNoI913-y5CWxnCqZ3jWdGblsf5Wjsukm6OaQho90C5wXOi85cAR-mZE2Max2TfErXsKbBQi5pMmBBQ5CzwVooVLBkZf03ZNo72P7hKpngeq8fcy8Q-kricRzkVwkosNqdOfSi2QSvQBnrZjlTvz1AO2y4RCGJnW7YxxMzYcEtenqzQ6KXBY_3M2aPCeZboKkJ_PUJZHAM8SnaDW0FkNrgsGmBmo8A_gA==&c=HJjYJy-iOHKPf2TNi_-YMu_C9_h4ymBhWvdVVaFEhvvaHJuAgfd5jg==&ch=DoQPHSSWYEiEmiiYllDtLPTLHivtjY8dVb4AMz7uncSDtTs5wrtvBg==" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black; text-decoration:none">[1]</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black"> The

 Secretary-General has identified the lack of peace and security as one of greatest threats to 21</span><sup><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black; top:-2.5pt">st</span></sup><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black"> century

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">We, the undersigned organizations, offer our expertise, resources, and broad outreach in order for a <b>WPS and YPS Action Coalition</b> to be officially recognized. We present

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<b>Many grassroots women�s rights and youth organizations have found it impossible to participate in Beijing+25 processes due to lack of information, awareness, funding, capacity, access to internet, and language restrictions.</b> For example, despite awareness

 of the limited number of women peacebuilders at the High-level Meeting on Progress in the Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in West Asia and despite expressed interest from women peacebuilders to participate, the organizers

 of the High-level meeting were unable to provide support in order for the women to contribute to this important discussion.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#4C4C4C">

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<b>The marginalization and limited participation of women and youth peacebuilders has resulted in weak language on the WPS and YPS agendas in regional outcome documents.</b> For example, the Arab Declaration on Progress in the implementation of the Beijing

 Declaration and Platform for Action fails to highlight the importance of the meaningful participation of women and girls in all aspects of conflict prevention, relief and recovery, and peacebuilding. Similarly, the reports from the regional intergovernmental

 consultations in Africa</span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001UYNjVMh3hVTZ8-28FQx2hVihHevx5TCL7x97L-w5AVNgnbiSYcE_6SL9GWnbeUJH5FkExSWJDpksRnv1cyvr5I2ZHsdLpxy-b27Jkp-IHLEPaVl2ooe0UivObMXi132fHiVOzhD5nxqMeaH5xL0cO-RaPs2hWmITCZXq-S0apYHe9vXpInrEc2L9LuznX1j5DXuh6hXFaoyFI_RNkUvlAzJhiI0MWjaxQOVATUro9o4ded_Qqcj9-Ld8WXpbqiwpE3dLgdxa6wSnMzx6wnVz_uCW_za5unCQCARFbm3qxpAtNoh7UZxQdg==&c=HJjYJy-iOHKPf2TNi_-YMu_C9_h4ymBhWvdVVaFEhvvaHJuAgfd5jg==&ch=DoQPHSSWYEiEmiiYllDtLPTLHivtjY8dVb4AMz7uncSDtTs5wrtvBg==" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black; text-decoration:none">[3]</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black"> and

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 specific recommendations on the effective implementation of the YPS agenda, particularly the involvement of young women and LGBTQIA+ youth in peace processes and political decision-making.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#4C4C4C">

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<b>The official Action Coalitions and cross-cutting levers identified by UN Women�the key outcomes of the Generation Equality Global Forum�do not include a specific constituency working on WPS and YPS.</b> The criteria for the official Action Coalitions developed

 by UN Women includes an assessment of the nature of the need to address the theme (whether the theme has proven deeply entrenched and persistent over the last 25 years) and the universality of the scope of the theme on women and girls around the world. It

 is undeniable that the issues at the intersection of the WPS and YPS agendas are urgent, persistent, prevalent and universal.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#4C4C4C">

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">Twenty-five years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, armed conflict continues to be a major obstacle to the fulfilment of women�s rights and

 gender equality. In 2016, more countries experienced violent conflict than at any time in nearly 30 years. The risk of nuclear conflict is growing as key treaties on nuclear disarmament are increasingly under threat, and nuclear competition among countries

 is intensifying.</span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001UYNjVMh3hVTZ8-28FQx2hVihHevx5TCL7x97L-w5AVNgnbiSYcE_6SL9GWnbeUJH1bh9dIz4yQuxA84YwsbBCtPGHsGnr5dUcZXZpYSWa9MC937_8E6fe-B8cdss_WQy946NkmDp-guWq8Pz9-Aj7NVGMeHHLnqbkXc-DzWFCPrZkaxKcIRD7i7DehT_6BFh54F0lwLDpOZYY3gtaCs_BMoaR9wW77v5ePLT00vIBkzqwqsx9O7sleVpVl2dsof4p33G_OM3O-S72fzAlI5PgfdUP3E0tQcjZSysgalbYSoeYIMfqADAKw==&c=HJjYJy-iOHKPf2TNi_-YMu_C9_h4ymBhWvdVVaFEhvvaHJuAgfd5jg==&ch=DoQPHSSWYEiEmiiYllDtLPTLHivtjY8dVb4AMz7uncSDtTs5wrtvBg==" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><sup><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black; top:-2.5pt; text-decoration:none">[5]</span></sup></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black"> It

 has been established that the gendered impact of conflict increases the levels of sexual and gender-based violence, marginalization, and discrimination in varied forms experienced by girls, young women, LGBTQIA+ persons, and women. In addition, research shows

 that a state�s level of gender equality can serve as a predictor of armed conflict, whether measuring conflict between states or within states.</span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001UYNjVMh3hVTZ8-28FQx2hVihHevx5TCL7x97L-w5AVNgnbiSYcE_6SL9GWnbeUJH0YdwdCUvHKI6ZPmQuAVos277GZMxLVbLhSvNWPIWHPq4txigwAHSmYNQzhll56jSkI3776-i1EzMWt9p6SPGfppUtPSoDtO8V0VwC-vCtBlEso7Py0oH4G6R3v47LiG5DXH-71-cCK3D7Fuf0FZlTNTQDUeOsjC6Af_UZnIg3TlM1vqBbTZ2mJ1UfYLxzmuxJxGuWiZ_ZzwzKslwsxAvsCptVhfyEZ30yfrY0eNi5TRRSnd6AlAMXQ==&c=HJjYJy-iOHKPf2TNi_-YMu_C9_h4ymBhWvdVVaFEhvvaHJuAgfd5jg==&ch=DoQPHSSWYEiEmiiYllDtLPTLHivtjY8dVb4AMz7uncSDtTs5wrtvBg==" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black; text-decoration:none">[6]</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black"> Therefore,

 conflict prevention, sustainable peace, gender equality, and women�s empowerment are inextricably linked. Moreover, Women and Armed Conflict is enshrined as one of the critical areas of concern in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action</span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001UYNjVMh3hVTZ8-28FQx2hVihHevx5TCL7x97L-w5AVNgnbiSYcE_6SL9GWnbeUJHUdY2hke6uZm0P-2tjUKEVgYNek8yVpCntIAqh8Xd7UojoiosTscWKHRZ7dy8udk3OyYD35HEEUDBnhiO8NdwshYRLmy7APm2KStQmdAybkmfULak8vW9nesf0jRkNvPQq8ud9HiOQFOdNjFBQPKAMzmvSXCSHkn4cmNR3NiBjPE3anj6b57847wtnSyohpjtQAeRIlQSR-4m-C3djfw14qku43xUqm3RiJgcpKlQ42kq_n6mbuMmQQ==&c=HJjYJy-iOHKPf2TNi_-YMu_C9_h4ymBhWvdVVaFEhvvaHJuAgfd5jg==&ch=DoQPHSSWYEiEmiiYllDtLPTLHivtjY8dVb4AMz7uncSDtTs5wrtvBg==" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black; text-decoration:none">[7]</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856">

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">The announcement of the official list of Action Coalitions states that �the context of conflict could be incorporated within the theme on Gender-Based Violence.�</span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001UYNjVMh3hVTZ8-28FQx2hVihHevx5TCL7x97L-w5AVNgnbiSYcE_6SL9GWnbeUJHUy9iQozvY0rjJTHm5cPw8xP6KZJm-tF-v492_IIG8ktS-giCFtQNt1SkCQ2tEQdnJdfnRCHaH38C_3dihkcL1aK5yHNYCUNaHhG86dUnXox37-R6SCTIx1mXen79osWBzHuItdPPxJmOQ5nelGAvsFYFTqEbDn04m6wckgLkK0i9xjIYs9iDuW60wc1eFATS1bHvn6JP1PcA6HVXQKLuaf5A6rgtZRF-BpndLiWNlS-MgSRPt7Wv8A==&c=HJjYJy-iOHKPf2TNi_-YMu_C9_h4ymBhWvdVVaFEhvvaHJuAgfd5jg==&ch=DoQPHSSWYEiEmiiYllDtLPTLHivtjY8dVb4AMz7uncSDtTs5wrtvBg==" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black; text-decoration:none">[8]</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black"> <b>We

 believe that discussing peace and security only through the framework of gender-based violence will not reflect the depth and breadth of issues covered by the WPS and YPS agendas, including women and youth�s meaningful participation in peace processes and

 political decision-making; conflict prevention and disarmament; and prevention of violent extremism</b>. In addition, with a limited number of two to three specific actions per official Action Coalition that will be resourced, committed to, implemented, and

 monitored, it is likely that WPS and YPS priorities and challenges will be overlooked. The Generation Equality Global Forum cannot lead into the full realization of the gender equality agenda if peace and security issues are not accurately reflected; and women

 and youth peacebuilders are not able to meaningfully participate and influence how the Beijing+25 processes and outcomes are shaped.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856">

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">We call on you as the Core Group Members of the Generation Equality Global Forum to designate Women and Peace and Security and Youth and Peace and Security as one of the official

 Action Coalitions. We stand ready to work with all stakeholders to create channels for the effective participation of women and youth peacebuilders in Beijing+25 processes.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">We also call on Member States, UN officials, UN entities, institutions, and organizations copied in this open letter, fellow civil society actors, and everyone who supports the

 full and effective implementation of the Women and Peace and Security and Youth and Peace and Security agendas to join us in this call.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">We cannot allow the Women and Peace and Security and Youth and Peace and Security agendas to be marginalized. We cannot allow women and youth peacebuilders and gender equality

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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">The Beijing+25 Women and Peace and Security � Youth and Peace, and Security Action Coalition </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">1. Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) - Jordan</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">3. Amassuru - Latin America and the Caribbean</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">4. Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center - Asia and the Pacific</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">5. Asia-Pacific Women�s Alliance for Peace and Security - Asia and the Pacific</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">6. Asian Youth Peace Network - Asia and the Pacific</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">7. Associa-Med - Tunisia</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">8. Afghan Women Welfare and Development Association (AWWDA) - Afghanistan</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">9. 1325 Action Group - Nepal</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">10. Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) - Asia and the Pacific</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">11. Azerbaijan National Committee of Helsinki Citizens� Assembly - Azerbaijan</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">12. Burundian Women for Peace and Development (BWPD) - Netherlands</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">13. Benimpuhwe Organisation - Rwanda</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">14. Balay Mindanaw - Philippines</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">15. BrightPoint - Afghanistan</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">16. Better World NGO - Iraq</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">17. Canadian Council of Young Feminists (CCYF) - Canada</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">18. Centre de D�veloppement Communautaire - Democratic Republic of Congo</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">19. Collectif des Associations et ONG F�minines du Burundi (CAFOB) - Burundi</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">20. Centre Bamamu Tabulukayi - Democratic Republic of Congo</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">21. Canadian Voice of Women for Peace - Canada</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">22. Cordaid - Netherlands/Global</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">23. Center for Civil Society and Democracy CCSD - Syria</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">24. CEIPAZ-Fundaci�n Cultura de Paz - Spain</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">25. Coalition for Action 1325 (CoAct 1325) - Uganda</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">26. Corporaci�n de Investigaci�n y Acci�n Social y Econ�mica (CIASE) - Colombia</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">27. Center for Peace Education (Miriam College) - Philippines</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">28. Cadre Permanent de Concertation de la Femme Congolaise (CAFCO) - Democratic Republic of Congo</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">29. Democracy Today - Armenia</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">30. Democracy Development Center - Ukraine</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">31. Eve Organization on Women Development - South Sudan and Uganda</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">32. Escola de Cultura de Pau, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona - Spain</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">33. Femmes Juristes pour les droits de la femme et de l'enfant - Democratic Republic of Congo</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">34. Foreign Policy Association (APE) - Moldova</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">35. Fontaine ISOKO - Burundi</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">36. Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) - UK - UK</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">37. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) - Global</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">38. Green Hope Foundation - Canada</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">39. Gender Centru - Moldova</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">40. Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) - Global</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">41. Institute for International Women's Rights-Manitoba - Canada</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">42. IDP Women�s Association Consent - Georgia</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">43. I am She Network - Syria</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">44. International Center for Religion and Diplomacy - Global</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">45. Jago Nari Unnayon Sangstha - Bangladesh</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">46. Luwero Women Development Association - Uganda</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">47. Middle East and North Africa Partnership for Preventing Armed Conflict (MENAPPAC) - MENA region</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">48. Messengers of Peace Liberia - Liberia</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">49. National Network for Beijing Review - Nepal</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">50. National Organization of Women - Sierra Leone</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">51. Naripokkho - Bangladesh</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">52. Nile Basin Discourse Forum - Rwanda</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">53. Nobel Women�s Initiative - Global</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">54. NGO Working Group on Women and Youth in the Great Lakes Region - Great Lakes Region Africa</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">55. Our Generation for Inclusive Peace - Global</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">56. Operation 1325 (Sweden) - Sweden</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">57. Permanent Peace Movement (PPM) - Lebanon</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">58. Rwanda Climate Change and Development Network (RCCDN) - Rwanda</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">59. Rural Women Peace Link - Kenya</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">60. Red Nacional de Mujeres - Colombia</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">61. Rwanda Women Network - Rwanda</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">62. Saathi - Nepal</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">63. Synergie des Associations Feminines du Congo (Synergy of Congolese Women�s Associations/ SAFECO) - Democratic Republic of Congo</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">64. Synergie des Femmes pour les Victimes des Violences (SFVS) - Democratic Republic of Congo</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">65. Teso Women Peace Activists - Uganda</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">66. Together We Build It - Libya</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">67. Think Peace - Mali</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">68. United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY) - Global</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">69. Unity for the Future - Ukraine</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">70. UN Major Group on Youth and Children - Global</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">71. West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)- Nigeria - Nigeria</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">72. Women, Peace, and Security Network - Canada - Canada</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">73. WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform - The Netherlands</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">74. "Women in Public Service" Center - Albania</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">75. Women's Information Center - Georgia</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">76. Women Problem Research Union (WPRU) - Azerbaijan</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">77. Women�s Association for Rational Development (WARD) - Azerbaijan</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">78. Women's NGO Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL) - Liberia</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">79. Women for A Change - Cameroon</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">80. Women's Empowerment Organization - Iraq</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">81. Women�s International League for Peace and Freedom � DRC Section - Democratic Republic of Congo</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">82. Wi'am Center - Palestine</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">83. Women's International Peace Center - Uganda</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">84. Women's Resource Center - Armenia</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">85. Young Peacemakers in Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">86. Young Women for Peace and Leadership - Bangladesh</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">87. Young Women for Peace and Leadership - Democratic Republic of Congo</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">88. Young Women for Peace and Leadership - Indonesia</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">89. Young Women+ for Peace and Leadership - Philippines</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">90. Young Women for Peace and Leadership - South Sudan</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">91. Youth for Change and Development Organization - Afghanistan</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">92. Zhiva Ya - Ukraine</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">Additional Endorsements</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">1. Afghan Women News Agency Organization - Afghanistan</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">2. Association for Behaviour and Knowledge Transformation (ABKT) - Pakistan</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">3. Association of War Affected Women (AWAW) - Sri Lanka</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">4. Cora Weiss, International Peace Bureau (IBP) UN Representative Individual, Global</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">5. Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the UN, Initiator of the conceptual breakthrough for UNSCR 1325 as the Security

 Council President in March 2000, Founder of the Global Movement for The Culture of Peace (GMCoP) - Individual, Bangladesh</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">6. Asia - Pacific Women's Alliance for Peace and Security (APWAPS) - Asia and the Pacific </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">7. Dale T. Snauwaert, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:#384856"></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">12. Betty Reardon, Scholar, Author, and Founder of the Peace Education Center and Peace Education Graduate Development Program at Teachers College, Columbia University - Individual,

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