The Third World Institute (ITeM) is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), not affiliated to any religious group or political party, and headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay. ITeM was formally created as a non-profit Civil Association on July 7, 1989, recognized as a legal person by Uruguay?s Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) and exempted from national taxes by a 1994 Presidential decree. As of 1996, ITeM is a Non-Governmental Organization in special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
