•Term
"non-governmental organization (NGO)" first used at founding of United
Nations in 1945
•Historical
precedents: medieval
charities and alms-giving, sectarian & secular welfare associations
•1775
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery > abolition of slave trade,1841
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1828 American Peace Society
> 425 peace societies
in 1900 and Hague Conferences
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