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AARO: ASSOCIATION OF AMERICANS RESIDENT OVERSEAS, was founded in Paris in 1973 as a not-for-profit, non-partisan, public service organization representing United States citizens living abroad. AARO’s mission is to seek fair and equal treatment from the U.S. government for Americans living and working abroad; to inform AARO members of issues affecting them; and to build awareness in the United States of the role played by Americans overseas.

 

ACA: AMERICAN CITIZENS ABROAD, the voice of Americans overseas, is a non-profit, non-partisan volunteer organization that represents the interests of Americans living and working outside the U.S. to the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government, the U.S. Congress, and the U.S. Federal Judiciary to insure that Americans overseas are treated with equality and fairness. ACA keeps Americans overseas informed and supports their role as informal representatives of the United States. Headquartered in Geneva Switzerland, ACA receives no subsidies or aid from any government agency either U.S. or foreign. It is funded only by membership dues and voluntary contributions from around the world.


 

FAWCO: FEDERATION OF AMERICAN WOMEN’S CLUBS OVERSEAS, is a non-partisan not-for-profit organization founded in 1931, currently comprising 78 member associations in 38 countries worldwide. The oldest and largest organization representing private-sector Americans abroad, it is incorporated in the State of New York, and is an approved Non-Governmental Organization with special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.  It has been particularly active in the fields of citizenship rights and voting from overseas.