American Committee for Peace in Chechnya is a private, non-governmental organization (NGO) in North America. It was founded in 1999 exclusively dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to the separatist insurgency in Chechnya (Second Chechen war). Chaired by former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, former Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig and former Congressman Stephen J. Solarz, the committee is composed of more than one hundred distinguished Americans representing both major political parties and nearly every walk of life.Based at Freedom House, the Committee's mission encompasses three distinct yet interrelated objectives: