Security Council We strengthened and expanded GPF's program to promote accountability and human security in the UN Security Council. We greatly increased the Council-related information on the GPF web site, broadened our resource work with partner organizations and organized over thirty meetings of the NGO Working Group on the Security Council with member ambassadors.

UN Financial Crisis We provided definitive information on the UN's financial crisis to delegations, scholars, journalist and the general public. During the year, UN finance attracted intense attention as member states began negotiations to revise the UN's dues structure and as the United States demanded a substantial reduction in its assessment.

Global Social and Economic Policy We broadened our coverage of social and economic policy to include information on trans-border corporate mergers, Corruption and Money Laundering, IMF reform, offshore financial centers, development aid and global inequality.

Roundtables on Financing for Development We organized two international policy roundtables in preparation for the UN's "Financing for Development" conference, in partnership with WEED, a Bonn-based policy institute, and the Heinrich Boell Foundation of Berlin. One roundtable on "Corporate Investments: Towards Accountable Development" took place in New York on November 8 and a second on "The Future of Overseas Development Assistance" was held in Berlin on December 3.

Millennium Forum We played a substantial role in the UN NGO Millennium Forum, an international policy gathering at UN headquarters in preparatio for the Millennium Summit of world leaders. We participated in the planning process, organized panels on UN Finance and Security Council Reform, participated in a panel on the Global Compact, and drafted text for the final document.

Web Site We built the GPF web site to over 5,000 pages by Annual. Use of the site grew dramatically during the year, to 4.2 million hits overall. Site visitors increasingly came from all world regions.

Holistic Approaches to Issues We emphasized the interconnectedness of global issues, particularly the interrelation of political and economic issues, of security crises and poverty.

Networking We built networks with like-minded NGOs in all areas of our work and deepened our ties with colleagues and partners from the global South.

Program on NGOs We expanded on our world-renowned web-based information on NGOs. We were also actively involved in NGO efforts to increase access at the United Nations. We lobbied delegations and Secretariat officials, and we participated in private meetings with Assistant Secretary General Gillian Martin Sorensen and Secretary General Kofi Annan.

Sanctions Policy We developed our work on UN sanctions policy and contributed to a number of seminars on this topic. We played a major role in an NGO coalition on Iraq sanctions and we worked with groups concerned about conflict diamonds in Angola and Sierra Leone.

International Public Finance We added substantially to our award-winning web information about global taxes. The international campaign for the Tobin Tax and the climate change negotiations heightened interest in this subject. GPF will co-sponsor an international roundtable on global taxes in New York in May 2001.

UN Reform, Nations and States We added to our analysis on UN reform and broadened our innovative information on the changing role of nation states.

Lectures and Related Outreach We spoke at many events including conferences in Ottawa and Berlin, a roundtable at Expo2000 in Hanover, and a briefing at UN headquarters in New York. We presented at the NGO Millennium Forum, Columbia University, the University of Tennessee, and a number of other fora. We gave interviews to researchers, assisted NGO partners, and answered hundreds of email inquiries.

Consultative Status We gained "Special Consultative Status" -- a high level of of NGO accreditation at the UN, offering us new rights of participation in official meetings. After a lengthy process of application and scrutiny, the UN's Economic and Social Council took action in our favor during the spring.

Oxford Companion to Politics of the World GPF Director Jim Paul served on the editorial board of the Oxford Companion to Politics of the World, a multi-year project that went to press in the summer. Oxford University Press will release the book in the spring of 2001.

New Assistant Director We strengthened our staff, as Ms. Giji Gya of Australia assumed the new post of Assistant Director.

Media Interviews We provided the media with many interviews and backgrounders. Among the outlets that contacted us were CNN, BBC-TV, NHK Japan TV, the Chicago Tribune, the Financial Times, KPFA-Pacific Radio, South Africa Radio, Yomori Shimbun (Japan's largest newspaper), and the Wall Street Journal.

Informal Dialogue We attended many events and informal meetings that offered opportunities for lobbying and dialogue with delegates, Secretariat officials, NGO colleagues and leaders of intergovernmental bodies.

Funding Increase We increased GPF's funding through new individual donors, new funding from foundations, new institutional partners, and our new capacity for web-based donations.

Cutting-Edge Technology We continued to upgrade our technology capacity. We dramatically boosted web-access speed while shrinking our costs, with a new DSL internet-access line. We also added a new network server with twice the speed and memory of the previous machine.

Internship Program We strengthened GPF's internship program, which attracted 150 applicants -- a record number. Seventeen outstanding interns joined us during the year from the USA, India, Germany, France, Hong Kong (China), Japan, Ghana, and Canada. To support the many intern "alumni" we wrote 45 letters of recommendation for 20 candidates and othrwise helped our graduates reach their goals for further studies and public service careers.

Global Policy Forum is supported primarily by contributions from generous individuals who join as members. GPF also receives grants from foundations and partner institutions. GPF is incorporated in the State of New York, registered as a charitable organization and recognized by the US Internal Revenue Service as a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the revenue code.