Search results for: “community organizations”

  • Multi-Governmental Organizations

    Multi-Governmental Organizations Multi-Governmental Organizations Operating in more than one Continent: Web Resources Multi-Governmental Organizations dealing with more than one continent include: United Nations (UN) detailed overwiew of the United Nations system Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)  International Energy Agency (IEA) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) OECD Washington Centre OECD Tokyo…

  • Economic Community of Great Lakes Countries

    Economic Community of Great Lakes Countries or Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL) in relation with International Trade In the context of trade organizations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of Economic Community of Great Lakes Countries or […]

  • West African Economic Community

    West African Economic Community Outline Also called "Communauté Economique de l'Afrique Occidentale". The CEAO was established in 1973. It consists of a number of West African countries, such as the Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Upper Volta. A Communi…

  • Caribbean Community and Common Market

    Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), organization established in 1973 to promote regional unity and to coordinate economic and foreign policy among Caribbean nations. Member countries include Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, G…

  • Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in International Organizations

    Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in International Organizations Note: this entry is based on the article, authored by Alain Pellet, “Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes” of the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. Whether expressly or in practice, all regional international organizations offer to their Member States some kind of mechanism for the peaceful settlement…

  • Economic Community of West Africa

    Economic Community of West Africa Economic Community of West Africa and the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes As to disputes arising between members of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS), regarding the interpretation or application of the Treaty under which it was created, the latter provides that such disputes shall be amicably settled by direct…

  • Economic Community of West Africa

    Economic Community of West Africa Economic Community of West Africa and the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes As to disputes arising between members of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS), regarding the interpretation or application of the Treaty under which it was created, the latter provides that such disputes shall be amicably settled by direct…

  • International Organizations History

    International Organization: Historical Development of International OrganizationsIntroduction to International Organizations HistoryHistorically, international organizations and regimes have reflected the interests of the world's most powerful nations, or great powers. Many int…

  • International Organizations Cross References

    International Organizations Cross-References International Organizations are Institutions which have membership from several states, and they are usually international in scope. Some such Organizations are intergovernmental (e.g., the Commonwealth of Nations), and some are nongovernmental (e.g., Amnesty International). Some have wide or geographic purposes (e.g., African Union), and some have single purposes (e.g., the Colombo Plan).…

  • MPEPIL: Regional organizations, institutions and developments

    MPEPIL: Regional organizations, institutions and developments   Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) list of articles of this subject. List of articles pertaining to this subject: Regional organizations, institutions and developments: 1. Acquis communautaire, Hilf, Meinhard 2. African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (1981), Ouguergouz, Fatsah 3. African Commission on Human and…

  • American Organizations

    American Organizations American Organizations Web Resources Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Defense Board (IADB) Pan American Health Organization (PAHO / OPS) Representación en Argentina Representación en Bolivia Representação no Brasil Representación en Colombia Representación en Costa Rica Representación en Cuba Representación en El Salvador Representación en Guatemala Representación en Nicaragua Representación en Panama Representación…

  • Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations 7

    Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations   PART V INVALIDITY, TERMINATION AND SUSPENSION OF THE OPERATION OF TREATIES SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 42 Validity and continuance in force of treaties 1. The validity of a treaty or of the consent of a State or an international organization to…

  • List of International Organizations

    List of International Organizations in the world Afghanistan •United Nations, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Albania •United Nations, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Algeria •United Nations, Alger, Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement (United Nations Development Programme) Argentina •Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (Inter-American Development Bank), Buenos Aires, Instituto para la Integración de América Latina…

  • Social Isolation

    Child Abuse Cause Social Isolation and Low Community InvolvementParents and caretakers who abuse children tend to be socially isolated. Few violent parents belong to any community organizations, and most have little contact with friends or relatives. This lack of social involvement deprives…

  • Social Work

    Social Work Definition Social Work may be defined as a professional activity aimed generally at enriching and enhancing individual and group development or at alleviating adverse social and economic conditions. See more about social work in the legal dictionary. Its practitioners work to […]