23:23, 10 November 2006

160 NCOs were successful to reregister in Russia

A total of 160 non-commercial organizations (NCOs) from 17 countries have passed the reregistration procedure in Russia, including human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" and "Amnesty International," the Radio Liberty reports.

According to the ITAR-TASS, most of the organizations who have submitted documents for registration are engaged in international adoption.

We remind you that a number of representative offices of foreign NGOs (non-governmental organizations) have suspended their work in Russia awaiting reregistration. Under the Law on NGOs, affiliates of foreign organizations had to submit their reregistration documents before October 18.