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THE
FREE SPEECH PARTNERSHIP
WHO READS US?
www.newnations.com is a not-for-profit company delivering reports free on screen, which requires reader registration, currently standing at 16,000 plus. We are accessed from 104 nations. We include diplomats and researchers of many foreign governments, as well as those of the
West, a high proportion of senior business executives, including from Fortune 500 corporations and academics of all nations etc. We are reaching readers in many countries where democracy and human rights protection are either fragile or nonexistent.
WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED SO FAR?
We know that our reports are read by political, intellectual, and industrial elites and "oppositionists" in various countries, who can then use them toward achieving the objective of protecting human rights and advancing democracy. For example, we believe that during the recent events of overturning undemocratic governments in Ukraine, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan, our reports had long been reaching appropriate readers there whose national media was largely government controlled.
Although the majority of our readers are based in developed countries, many are located in countries with a reputation for human rights abuses and a clear democratic deficit. Currently we have 344 registered readers in Iran, 340 in Afghanistan, 260 in Pakistan*, 96 in Libya, 88 in Egypt*, and 56 in Syria. (*in the newnations expansion plan).These statistics are particularly gratifying and demonstrate our considerable reach.
Following are some examples of how our work is used:-
- Foreign
governments cite our information, boasting of their moving up in the
rankings (eg Jordan, http://www.jordanembassyus.org/new/aboutjordan/dp2.shtml
).
Of course countries poorly ranked will not publicise their status but they
are aware of their ranking and many we think are concerned enough to want to
take steps to improve their conditions, to help deflect criticism from World
Concern and other watchdog groups.
- We
have been told that researchers for US Senators and Congressmen often go
straight to our websites when they need to produce a country report,
particularly for countries which are not reported on or are less well known.
- Our
Newnations contributing editor who writes monthly analyses on North Korea
attended an international seminar on the subject of that country last year.
In attendance was the US State Department delegation leader in the six
country negotiations regarding North Korea's status on nuclear weapons. He
told our editor that one of our recent analyses was so helpful that he
distributed it, not only to other members of the delegation, but also to the
delegations from Russia, China, South Korea and Japan.
- The
US Chamber of Commerce tells us that they refer their member corporations to
our country reports, particularly in cases when they wish to give their
members a better understanding of a country (e.g. with regard to
corruption), but when it would be inappropriate to say so themselves.
- A
Google search of worldaudit.org and newnations.com reveals the tremendous
extent to which the WorldAudit ranking system and Newnations reports are
cited and used. There are thousands of references to them by a variety of
users across the globe.
WORLD CONCERN - a British based Charity
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We tell the world about the world
Our mission is to further the promotion of liberal democracy and the
safeguarding of the environment by the actions of accountable governments.
To advance this cause we use the oxygen of publicity to report, without
fear or favour, the affairs of nations that are in transition, their
politics, economics, business, finance and human rights - and we tell it
how it is, consistently, calmly, and objectively. There is a void of
easily accessible information which we seek to fill by offering well
organised one-stop-shop country pages, for information past, present, and
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The 'active' Trustees (working without remuneration) in this venture are Clive Lindley, Chairman of Trustees, publisher and editor-in-chief of newnations; and Simon Gee, contributing editor of newnations' monthly reports on South Africa, also responsible for our Africa development program. These two trustees have been the major contributors in the expenditure of approximately $400,000 to create and bring the publications through to this time. There are seven contributing editors around the globe and an
office in rural Wales.
To move forward and fulfil our development program it is now necessary to widen the circle of contributors.
WHAT IS A SPONSORSHIP?
We are inviting Sponsors to support the project at the rate of £10,000 a year per country, each of which will enable us to add a new nation to our monthly reports. A sponsor is entitled if they wish:-
- to
choose the nation they would wish to sponsor,
- to
be listed on the newnations Home page list of "Free Speech
Partners,"
- to
have the message "sponsored by. (name and company logo)",
prominently on the specific country report page of their choice,
- and
if requested, to receive an advance copy of the monthly report for the
nominated country, ahead of general publication.
The target nations on our next expansion list are: -
ASIA : China, Mongolia, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Burma-Myanmar, Pakistan, Bangladesh,
AFRICA : Zimbabawe, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt,
LATIN AMERICA : Cuba, Mexico,Venezuela, Chile, Brazil, Argentine,
TO SEE THE NATIONS NOW COVERED
For more information please contact me:-
Clive Lindley.
Chair of Trustees World Concern PO Box 12, Monmouth UK NP25 3UW
or at e-mail newnationcl@aol.com
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