A

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
NA

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
NA

Samoa
NA

San Marino
NA

Sao Tome and Principe
Association of Sao Tome and Principe NGOs or
FONG
other: the media

Saudi Arabia
Ansar Al Marah (supports women's rights)
other: gas companies; religious groups

Senegal
other: labor; students; Sufi brotherhoods, including the
Mourides and Tidjanes; teachers

Serbia
NA

Seychelles
Roman Catholic Church
other: trade unions

Sierra Leone
other: student unions; trade unions

Singapore
UNFEM [Saleeman ISMAIL]
other: investment companies; news organizations

Slovakia
Association of Towns and Villages or ZMOS; Confederation of
Trade Unions or KOZ; Entrepreneurs Association of Slovakia or ZPS;
Federation of Employers' Associations of the Slovak Republic;
National Union of Employers or RUZ; Slovak Chamber of Commerce and
Industry or SOPK; The Business Alliance of Slovakia or PAS

Slovenia
Democratic Party of Slovenian Pensioners or DeSUS
(protecting the rights of the older generation); Slovenian Roma
Association [Jozek Horvat MUC]
other: Catholic Church

Solomon Islands
Isatabu Freedom Movement (IFM); Malaita Eagle Force
(MEF); note - these rival armed ethnic factions crippled the Solomon
Islands in a wave of violence from 1999 to 2003

Somalia
other: numerous clan and sub-clan factions exist both in
support and in opposition to the transitional government

South Africa
Congress of South African Trade Unions or COSATU
[Zwelinzima VAVI, general secretary]; South African Communist Party
or SACP [Blade NZIMANDE, general secretary]; South African National
Civics Organization or SANCO [Mlungisi HLONGWANE, national president]
note: note - COSATU and SACP are in a formal alliance with the ANC

Spain
Association for Victims of Terrorism or AVT (grassroots
organization devoted primarily to opposing ETA terrorist attacks and
supporting its victims); Basta Ya (Spanish for "Enough is Enough";
grassroots organization devoted primarily to opposing ETA terrorist
attacks and supporting its victims); Nunca Mais (Galician for "Never
Again"; formed in response to the oil Tanker Prestige oil spill);
Socialist General Union of Workers or UGT and the smaller
independent Workers Syndical Union or USO; Trade Union Confederation
of Workers' Commissions or CC.OO.
other: business and landowning interests; C