Governing document THE CONFLICT AND ENVIRONMENT OBSERVATORY
Charity number: 1174115
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CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 03 Aug 2017
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS FROM THE EFFECTS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE RELATED TO ARMED CONFLICTS AND MILITARY ACTIVITIES.
THESE OBJECTIVES WILL BE FULFILLED BY UNDERTAKING THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES:
1. BY MONITORING AND COLLECTING DATA ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND DERIVED HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES OF ARMED
CONFLICTS AND MILITARY ACTIVITIES,
2. BY DEVELOPING TOOLS AND UNDERTAKING CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES TO ENABLE RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS TO UNDERTAKE
SUCH MONITORING AND DATA COLLECTION,
3. BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, DECISION MAKERS, POLICY MAKERS, RESEARCHERS, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND DERIVED HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES OF ARMED CONFLICTS AND
MILITARY ACTIVITIES,
4. CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF LEGISLATION AND COMMENTING ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
5. BY UNDERTAKING RELEVANT ACTIVITIES IN THESE FIELDS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS SHARING A SIMILAR
PURPOSE, WHERE THE TRUSTEES HAVE DETERMINED THAT THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH THE CIO’S OBJECTS.
IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY
PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN
EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY
CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS.
