Who we are

1 for 8 Billion is a global campaign supported by organisations and individuals from all corners of the globe committed to getting the best UN Secretary-General.  

The UN Secretary-General plays a crucial role in tackling global challenges and improving the lives of seven billion people. It is vital that the best person is chosen for the job. While major reforms were adopted in 2015/16 and consolidated in 2021, there remains unfinished business. Just five countries hold sway over a decision that affects us all. The next Secretary-General will be appointed in 2021 - join our campaign to support a fair, open and inclusive process.

Over 750 organisations have signed up to the campaign with a combined reach of more than 170 million people worldwide. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, CIVICUS, Control Arms, FEMNET, Forum Asia, ITUC, WFUNA and many more are already on board.  Will your organisation join our growing list?

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1 for 7 Billion's NGO supporters

• African Community Development Organization (ACDO)

• Africa Disability Inclusive Society (ADIS)

• Alignment for Dignity

• Amnesty International

• Arab NGO Network for Development

• Association Guineenne des Femmes Chercheurs (A.G.F.C) 

• Association pour le progrès et la deffence des droits des femmes

• Association of World Citizens (AWC)

• Avaaz

• Baha'i International Community

• Bamako Hebdo

• Birches Group LLC

• le Cadre de Concertation des Femmes des Partis Politiques (CCFP)

• Campaign for Earth Federation

• Center for Bangladesh Studies

• Center for Development of International Law

• Center for Education and Citizenship

• Centre for Human Rights-Niš

• Changement Social Bénin (C S Bénin)

• Child Rights International Network - CRIN

• Citizens for Global Solutions

• Citizens Rights Watch (CRW)

• CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation*

• Club Alionne Blonden Beye

• COFEM

• Committee for a Democratic U.N.

• Conectas

• ConnectJustice

• Control Arms

• Convention pour l'Emergence du Sénégal-Coalition Agenda Post 2015 (C.E.S-CAP 2015)

• Darfur Center for Peace Studies & Transitional Justices

• The de Borda Institute

• Democracy Matters

• Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)

• Dominican Leadership Conference

• Earth Village

• Equality Now

• Espolea

• FAWCO

• African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)

• Femlink Pacific

• Forum-Asia

• Free Trade Union Development Center

• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung - New York*

• Future United Nations Development System Project (FUNDS)

• Gender and Mine Action Programme

• Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

• The Global Citizen's Initiative

• Global Citizenship Union

• Global Justice Center

• Global Memo

• Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)

• Global Policy Forum

• Global Poverty Project

• Global Social Justice

• Groupe Pivot Droits et Citoyenneté des Femmes (GP/DCF)

• Human Rights Watch (HRW)

• Humanity Strong

• Impact Creators (IC)

• Institute for Advocacy in Africa (IAA)

• International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges (IAAI)

• International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)

• International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) 

• International Peace Bureau

• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

• International Union of Socialist Youth

• Issues Without Borders (IWB)

• Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy

• Le Monde selon les Femmes

• LIMUN Foundation

• MARS Practitioners Network

• Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies

• National Confederation of UNITES (NCU)

• NAWO - National Alliance of Women's Organisations (UK)

• Nepal Grassroots Development Forum

• Network for Young Women's Emergence

• NGO: Amis des Etrangers au Togo (ADET)

• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

• One World

• Oxford Islamic Information Centre

• Parliamentarians for Global Action

• Peoples World Peace Project

• Present Purpose Network

• PROMODEF 

• Red Latinoamericana de Acogimiento Familiar

• Regions Refocus

• Réseau des Femmes pour les Droits Environnementaux

• Réseau Musonet / Mali 

• Réseau Ouest Africain des Jeunes Femmes Leaders/Mali

• The Roll Out the Barrel Trust

• Rideau Institute on International Affairs 

• Sentinel Human Rights Defenders

• Shirley Ann Sullivan Educational  Foundation (SASEF)

• Social Watch

• Third World Network

• Tjikan

• UNFOLD ZERO

• United Humanity

• Women and Africa International

• Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)

• Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press

• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)

• World Federalist Movement - Institute for Global Policy*

  • Wereld Federalisten Beweging Nederland (WFBN)

  • World Federalist Movement - Canada

• World Federation of United Nations Associations [1]

  • Association pour les Nations Unies -
    Belgium (APNU)

  • Cameroon United Nations Association (ACNU)

  • United Nations Association Denmark

  • United Nations Association of Finland

  • UNA Germany

  • United Nations Association of New Zealand Inc

  • United Nations Association of South Africa

  • United Nations Association of South Sudan

  • United Nations Association of Sweden

  • United Nations Association - UK*

  • Zimbabwe United Nations Association

• Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta

• Youth Action for Development, YAD

• Youth Partnership for Peace and Development (YPPD) Liberia

• Zankei(les enfants)

• Zarga Organization for Rural Development

* indicates informal steering committee member