Non-governmental Organizations are groups that are not
official parts of any state government. They are, instead, created and run by private
individuals or groups. NGOs are typically involved in trying to solve one particular
problem or type of problem.
Some major NGOs include Doctors
Without Borders, the Red Cross, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations. These NGOs
work in many countries of the world to try to improve the lives of the people. For
example, Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross have done work in disaster areas such
as Haiti which do not have enough medical infrastructure to cope. The Gates Foundation
has worked on improving public health and education around the
world.
For international relations theorists, NGOs are
important because they can help solve world problems and can increase the amount of
contact between different nations. Both of these will reduce (theorists believe) the
amount of conflict in the world.
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