SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE
9 June 2006
Survival And Other Charities Launch Code Of Conduct
Survival International and ten other leading charities have launched a ground-breaking code of conduct for NGOs
(non-governmental organisations).
Survival, Oxfam, Amnesty, Greenpeace, Civicus and six other charities have joined forces to launch the Accountability
Charter, which sets new standards of openness and ethical behaviour in reporting, fundraising and campaigning.
The eleven founding NGOs are now inviting other international NGOs to sign up to the Charter.
Survival's Director Stephen Corry said today, 'This is a really important initiative. NGOs today can be very powerful in
influencing public opinion and shaping government policy, and it is important to recognise that this power brings with
it a heavy responsibility in terms of openness and ethical behaviour. This Charter sets the benchmark which we hope
other charities will follow.'
Besides Survival, the other founding members of the Charter are ActionAid International, Amnesty International, CIVICUS
World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Consumers International, Greenpeace International, Oxfam International,
International Save the Children Alliance, International Federation Terre des Hommes, Transparency International and
World YWCA.
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