https://padlet.com/oksana_yakubovskaya/rt3oaqaca6m8 en-us 2017-11-16 16:08:35 UTC 2026-03-07 21:19:23 UTC hello@padlet.com oksana_yakubovskaya https://padlet.com/oksana_yakubovskaya/rt3oaqaca6m8/wish/207746200 ~a political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe
~purpose: to promote greater social, political and economic harmony among the nations of Western Europe.
~founded in November 1, 1993, in Maastricht, Netherlands. 
~leader: Donald Tusk
~Membership criteria are known as the Copenhagen criteria. These include 'a free-market economy, a stable democracy and the rule of law, and the acceptance of all EU legislation]]> 2017-11-16 16:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/oksana_yakubovskaya/rt3oaqaca6m8/wish/207746200 oksana_yakubovskaya https://padlet.com/oksana_yakubovskaya/rt3oaqaca6m8/wish/207752177 ~The North American Free Trade Agreement is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America
~ leader: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 
~purpose: eliminates most tariffs on trade between Canada, mexico and the U.S]]> 2017-11-16 16:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/oksana_yakubovskaya/rt3oaqaca6m8/wish/207752177 oksana_yakubovskaya https://padlet.com/oksana_yakubovskaya/rt3oaqaca6m8/wish/207756869 ~The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a regional intergovernmental organisation comprising ten Southeast Asian states which promotes Pan-Asianism and intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates
~current leader: Le Luong Minh
~To be admitted as ASEAN member state, a state must maintain embassies in all current member countries of the bloc.
~purpose: to accelerate the economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region through joint endeavors in the spirit of equality and partnership in order to strengthen the foundation for a prosperous and peaceful community ]]> 2017-11-16 16:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/oksana_yakubovskaya/rt3oaqaca6m8/wish/207756869 oksana_yakubovskaya https://padlet.com/oksana_yakubovskaya/rt3oaqaca6m8/wish/207760779 ~The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European states based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949.
~leader: Jens Stoltenberg, 
~In order to join the alliance, candidates must fulfill a series of military, political, economic, and legal criteria that have been outlined by NATO in separate membership action plans, or MAPs.]]> 2017-11-16 16:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/oksana_yakubovskaya/rt3oaqaca6m8/wish/207760779 oksana_yakubovskaya https://padlet.com/oksana_yakubovskaya/rt3oaqaca6m8/wish/207762837 ~to promote free trade and the fluid movement of goods, people, and currency. Mercosur acts as a full customs union and works toward a continuing process of South American integration into the Union of South American Nations.
~leader: Horacio Cartes

]]> 2017-11-16 16:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/oksana_yakubovskaya/rt3oaqaca6m8/wish/207762837 oksana_yakubovskaya https://padlet.com/oksana_yakubovskaya/rt3oaqaca6m8/wish/207764768 ~The African Union is a continental union consisting of all 55 countries on the African continent
~leader: Addis Ababa
~purpose: To achieve greater unity and solidarity between the African countries and Africans. To defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of its Member States. To accelerate the political and social-economic integration of the continent.]]> 2017-11-16 16:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/oksana_yakubovskaya/rt3oaqaca6m8/wish/207764768