The United Nations recognized three Israeli groups as nongovernmental organizations. The U.N.’s Department of Public Information associated ZAKA, Israel’s rescue and recovery organization; the Israeli Women’s Network; and the New Israel Fund’s Empowerment and Training Center for Social Change Organizations as NGOs.
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