Amnesty International UK: "Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards."

Arms Trade Resource Center [US]: "a project of research and public education on preventative diplomacy and the control of international arms transfers that seeks to promote new US policies appropriate to the realities of the post-Cold War world."

BASIC - British American Security Information Council: "an independent research organization that analyzes government policies and promotes public awareness of defense, disarmament, military strategy and nuclear policies in order to foster informed debate."

BICC - Bonn International Center for Conversion [Germany]: "an independent non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and facilitating the processes whereby people, skills, technology, equipment, and financial and economic resources can be shifted away from the defense sector and applied to alternative civilian uses."

Bradford University, Department of Peace Studies: "The oldest, largest academic centre for the study of peace and conflict in the world, ranked among the best politics and international relations departments in the UK. Houses the Bradford Disarmament Research Centre, on WMD."

Center for Defense Information [US]: "the nation's foremost independent military research organization"

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND): "campaigns non-violently to rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and to create genuine security for future generations."

Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade [Canada]: "a national network of individuals and organizations in Canada that... continues to expose and oppose Canada's role in the international arms trade."

Conscience - the Peace Tax Campaign: "Conscience campaigns for the right for people who are ethically opposed to war to have the military part of their taxes spent on peace building initiatives."

The Corner House: "The Corner House carries out analyses, research and advocacy with the aim of linking issues, of stimulating informed discussion and strategic thought on critical environmental and social concerns, and of encouraging broad alliances to tackle them."

Corporate Watch: "Corporate Watch is a radical research and publishing group, based in Oxford, UK... Our approach is to investigate corporate structures and the system that supports them more broadly, rather than solely criticising the individual companies for bad behaviour. We are committed to ending the ecological and social destruction wrought by the corporate profit motive."

Economists for Peace and Security [US]: "works to inform social scientists, citizens, journalists and policy-makers worldwide about the full costs of war and conflict, and to propose feasible alternative approaches to building international security."

European Network Against Arms Trade: "ENAAT consists of groups and individuals who regard arms trade as a threat to international peace and security and recognise the increasing need to work together against this threat at an international level."

European Peace Directory Online: "an online resource for all those in Europe who are working for peace and want to find out who else in Europe is working in this field."

Federation of American Scientists [US]: "conduct analysis and advocacy on science, technology and public policy, including national security, nuclear weapons, arms sales, biological hazards, secrecy, education technology, information technology, energy and the environment."

Fellowship of Reconciliation: "Seeks to identify the causes of violent conflict and raises public awareness of them, encouraging supporters and the public to challenge the structures, policies and attitudes that lead to violent conflict."

Human Rights Watch: "is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world."

Institute for War & Peace Reporting: "informs the international debate on conflict and supports the independent media in regions of transition."

IANSA - International Action Network on Small Arms: "IANSA has been created to facilitate NGO action aimed at enhancing human security by preventing the proliferation and misuse of small arms."

International Alert: "Mission: To address the root causes of violence and contribute to the just and peaceful transformation of violent internal conflict."

IISS - International Institute for Strategic Studies: "an independent centre for research, information and debate on the problems of conflict."

Kurdish Human Rights Project: "Working to protect and promote the human rights of all persons living throughout the Kurdish regions of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey and the former Soviet Union..."

Landmine Action: "is working to eliminate landmines, and help both the individuals and communities affected by them."

Leeds Metropolitan University, School of Applied Global Ethics: "brings together a number of strands of the university’s activity in which ethics is centrally important. For example, it is concerned with peace, conflict resolution and development in global societies, as well as applied ethics in areas such as health and social care; higher education; technology; disability and special needs."

Mark Thomas: "the brand new officially official Mark Thomas web site, totally and controversially endorsed by Britain's most activist comedian, scourge of the establishment and prime geezer."

Missile Defense Working Group: "a network of campaigning and research organisations that are opposed to the development of a Missile Defense system and to any UK involvement in a United States or European Missile Defense system."

Movement for the Abolition of War: "War must cease to be an admissible human institution."

Network for Peace: "was set up to continue the work of the National Peace Council, one of the oldest peace organisations in the UK. "

New Internationalist: "exists to report on issues of world poverty and inequality; to focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless in both rich and poor nations; to debate and campaign for the radical changes necessary if the basic material and spiritual needs of all are to be met."

No WARP! - Network Opposed to Weapons and Related Production [Aotearoa/New Zealand]: "No WARP! is dedicated to campaigning for the production and export of socially useful products, not those designed to maim, kill and destroy."

Online European Peace Directory: "The European Peace Directory is an online resource for all those in Europe who are working for peace and want to find out who else in Europe is working in this field."

Oxford Research Group (ORG): "combines rigorous research into nuclear decisions with an understanding of the people who make those decisions."

Pax Christi: "is an international Christian peacemaking movement, based on the gospel and inspired by faith."

Peace Movement Aotearoa [Aotearoa/New Zealand]: "is the national networking organisation for those concerned about peace and related issues in Aotearoa/New Zealand"

Peace Pledge Union: "The PPU is an independent organisation of individuals from all walks of life. Their shared belief is that war and violent conflict are neither necessary nor inevitable. Their shared aim is to work towards creating a just world free from war."

Quaker Peace and Social Witness: "working with and on behalf of Quakers in Britain to translate our faith into action."

Saferworld: "working to promote practical solutions to armed conflicts"

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute [Sweden]: "The task of the Institute is to conduct 'scientific research on questions of conflict and cooperation of importance for international peace and security with the aim of contributing to an understanding of the conditions for peaceful solution of international conflicts and for a stable peace'."

Small Arms Survey [Switzerland]: "serves as the principal international source of public information on all aspects of small arms, and as a resource centre for governments, policy makers, researchers, and activists."

Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) Project [Switzerland]: supports violence reduction in Sudan by informing policy-making on civilian protection and the design, implementation and evaluation of arms control interventions.

TAPOL - the Indonesia Human Rights Campaign: "campaigning to expose human rights violations in Indonesia, East Timor, West Papua and Aceh."

Transnational Institute Militarism and Globalisation Project: "TNI is an international network of activist-scholars committed ro critical analyses of the global problems of today and tomorrow." Their Militarism project includes publications on the Arms Trade.

Transparency International: "Purpose - To curb corruption by mobilising a global coalition to promote and strengthen international and national Integrity Systems."

War on Want: "fights poverty in developing countries in partnership and solidarity with people affected by globalisation."

War Resisters' International: " is a network of pacifists and nonviolent activists on every continent, who work on national, regional and international levels, as well as in local communities, to end war and the causes of war."

WDM - World Development Movement: "Britain's leading campaigning organisation winning changes that benefit the world's poor."

WILPF - Women's International League for Peace and Freedom: "brings together women from all over the world who are opposed to war, violence, exploitation and all forms of discrimination and oppression, who wish to unite in establishing peace by non-violent means based on political, economic and social justice for all."

York University, Centre for Defence Economics: "undertakes research into all aspects of the economics of defence, disarmament, conversion and peace"