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Name: Economic Community of West African States
Year Founded: 1975
Purpose: Promoting economic integration in all fields of activity of the constituting countries through fostering self-sufficiency, forming one trading unit, and offering access to abundant resources.
Member Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’ Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Senegal and Togo

Facts:

1. In 2007 the Executive Secretary position was transformed into a empowered President of the Commission with a Vice President and 15 Commissioners in order to better structure the organization.

2. Today, more than 300 million citizens are being served under ECOWAS.

3. By 2020 they are looking to have a single currency and single biometric identity card made.

Positives: Increasing trade opportunities with surrounding countries, additional help with conflicts and crisis, and promoting economic growth in places that historically have had a hard time.
Negatives: Unable to have full economic independence especially with the formation of one uniform currency. Also tension may grow if resources become limited due to the dependency on ECOWAS.

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Year Founded: November 1,1993

Purpose: to promote social economic and and political harmony among he countries in the western part of Europe.

Members: the countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

3 facts
1) The capital is in Brussels Belgium

2) 510.1 million people live in the European Union

3)All of the decisions are made by treaties that are ratified by the countries involved.

+) have economic stability and have many allies also it makes traveling between the countries in Europe easier.

-)not having many borders could let bad people into other countries easier also if there is a problem in a country the governments habds are tied if they want to fix something.

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Map: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/International_Monetary_Fund_%28art.VIII%29.png/800px-International_Monetary_Fund_%28art.VIII%29.png-Founded in December 1945
-Promotes international Monetary cooperation, facilitate international trade, and foster sustainable economic growth
-Has over 189 member states
-Fact: Was concieved at a United Nations meeting
-Fact 2: Created to oversee the world's currency
-Fact 3: Headquarters are in Washington DC

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-September 1960
-Coordinate and unify petroleum policies, and ensure stabilization of oil markets in order to secure the supply of petroleum to consumers.
-Saudi Arabia, Iran, Venezuela, Iraq, Nigeria, Indonesia, Algeria, Kuwait, Libya, Quatar, Ecuador, Angola, Gabon.
- 3 facts:
-The mission of OPEC is to ensure they’re stable oil prices for petroleum producers
-OPEC controls 80% of the worlds oil reserves
-OPEC does not set oil prices
-Postives about OPEC
Coordinates oil production policies, stabilizes the oil market
-Negative about OPEC
Limited control over prices

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~Founded in 1945
~Purpose: Maintain peace between nations while developing relations with the members
~Members: France, Colombia, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States of America, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Canada, Taiwan and many more(193).
~Fact 1:  UN peacekeepers help over 150 million people across the world.
~Fact 2: UN Peacekeeping is supported by 193 member states, who contribute personnel, equipment, and funds. But started with 51 countries after WW2.
~Fact 3: The U.N. reaches virtually every corner of the world.
~(+):Recognized as an ally in the organization, and ability to remain in peace with the other members. Protection in times of need from other members.
~(-):You are obliged to follow international law otherwise you can be removed from the organization, losing a position and opportunity to have many allies and peace.

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• Founded April 4, 1949
• It’s main purpose was to defend each other from the possibility of communist Soviet Union taking control of their nation
• Countries involves : Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
• Defends an airspace over Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Slovenia on a 24/7 basis, 365 days a year
• Member countries make direct and indirect contributions to the cost of running NATO, they ask all countries to contribute 2% of their respective GDP’s to defense spending
• NATO has a global network of security partners from over 40 countries.
• Positive : it helps for its member states to create their defensive programs and consults them in economics and other areas
• Negative :

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Founded: 1949
Members: 28, including North American and European nations
Purpose: initially to show solidarity post-war against the threat of communist Soviet Union, now provides for military alliances and strategy between countries.
Facts:
1. Headquarters are located in Brussels, Belgium
2. Summit meetings are held about every 2 years
3. Latest membership additions were Croatia and Albania in 2009
Positive: currently provides unity between many nations, promoting peace worldwide, members receive protection and military alliance with each other.
Negative: Originally created tension and competition between many nations and the Soviet Union, still can be seen as alienating many nations. Nations with it are also committed to protecting eachother, which may cost them money and resources.

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-founded: November 1, 1993, Netherlands
-purpose:
-members: France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, Romania, Austria, Greece, Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria, Finland, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Denmark, Portugal, Repiblic of Ireland, Malta, Estonia, Slovakia, Latvia, Cyprus, Slovenia
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Founded- January 1st, 1994
Purpose- it’s purpose is to increase business investment, reduce trading costs and overall help North America be competitive in the global marketplace. They can’t offer better deals to investors from non- NAFTA countries.
Countries- United States, Mexico, and Canada
Facts- 1. NAFTA is the worlds largest free trade agreement.
2. The gross domestic product of the three countries is more than $20 trillion.
3. U.S grocery prices would be higher without tariff free imports from Mexico.
A positive?- It has boosted economic growth, products and jobs for the countries involved. As well as lowering consumer prices. It also spurs small businesses. For the U.S it has increased its export of goods from $142 billion- $517 billion.
A negative?- U.S jobs were suppressed. U.S wages were suppressed. Mexico farmers were put out of business. Mexico’s environment deteriorated.