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The glossary contains brief articles that provide key information on persons, organizations, events, places, and important concepts. These articles provide background for the research summaries in the Compendium, while also offering an encyclopedia of information on globalization and autonomy.

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Organizations

Asian Labor Network on International Financial Institutions (ALNI)
Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens (ATTAC)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Brazilian Landless Workers' Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra)
Brazilian Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores or PT)
Codex Alimentarius Commission
Commission for Africa
Friends of the Earth
G20
Global Compact
Global Exchange
Greenpeace
Group of 77
International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
International Court of Justice
International Criminal Court
International Forum on Globalization (IFG)
International Labour Organization
International Law Commission
International Monetary Fund
International Network on Cultural Policy (INCP)
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
International Telegraph Union (ITU)
International Trade Organization
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
League of Nations
Mexico Solidarity Network
Non-Aligned Movement
Peace Corps
Peoples' Global Action (PGA)
RAND Corporation
Saami Council
South Commission/South Centre
Transparency International
UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS)
United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI)
United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR)
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
United Nations System
United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations
US Agency for International Development
World Bank Group
World Economic Forum
World Health Organization
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Social Forum
World Trade Organization (WTO)
World Wildlife Fund
Zapatista
Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional — EZLN)