What is "nongovernmental"

Usage examples of "nongovernmental".

Moreover, unlike the territories under the regime's control, the Kurds welcomed nongovernmental organizations, which brought in much needed food and medical supplies, especially during the worst moments of the early 1990s.

American and allied forces would also have to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people, at least until the United Nations and personnel from nongovernmental organizations could move in and take over these tasks, which likely would take only a few weeks, given past experiences.

Allowing the United Nations to take the lead in coordinating the economic and political reconstruction of Iraq (and relying primarily on nongovernmental organizations to perform most functions at local levels) would have benefits other than simply being the best way to achieve our goals.

Nothing in the agreement prevents us from this course of action, and as we are a nongovernmental monopoly, the government cannot legally object to our editorial discretion.

And suddenly, with remarkable speed, there'd be committees, and blue ribbon panels, and legislation, and opinion polls, and nongovernmental charity organizations—all of them with lists of contacts and almost identical talking points, sprouting up like mushrooms.

However, as the medicines were preclassified as radioactive and the property of a nongovernmental organization, they would forgo VACIS and pass directly to a U.

The Coven was one of the first nongovernmental groups to move into space in a big way, but they were not the last.

In the jargon of activism, Global Witness was an NGO, or nongovernmental organization.

But as an illegal and nongovernmental organization, which never takes any direct action itself, I think that we might be able to save a lot of lives.

AEGIS, the Association for the Elevation of Governmental Institutions and Systems, was a private, nongovernmental organization that nonetheless received hefty donations from the Decentralized Democratic Tribunal, the central government of the Terran Sphere, because its activities helped bring retrograde colony-planets back into contact with the civilized worlds, and prepared them for membership in the DDT.

And suddenly, with remarkable speed, there'd be committees, and blue ribbon panels, and legislation, and opinion polls, and nongovernmental charity organizations—.

And suddenly, with remarkable speed, there'd be committees, and blue ribbon panels, and legislation, and opinion polls, and nongovernmental charity organizationsall of them with lists of contacts and almost identical talking points, sprouting up like mushrooms.