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Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth

Commonwealth, name by which is widely known the Commonwealth of Nations that between 1931 and 1946 was called the British Commonwealth of Nations, associations of diverse political branches that in a volunteer way offers a symbolic and real faithfullness of the British colony. Among these political entities are 54 sovereign states andsome dependent territories.The term Commonwealth of Nations was officially used for the first time in the Imperial Conference of 1926 to refer to the “group of self-governed communities formed by Great Britain and its domains.” This definition was added to Westminster Statute, passed by the British Parliament in 1931. When India became an independent republic in 1949 and continued under the umbrella of the Commonwealth, a precedent was established which has been followed by many old British colony, once they attained independence.The Commonwealth doesn´t have an executive political organ and the only formal political consultations among member States are the periodical meetings held with the prime ministers to deal with common problems.

http://www.thecommonwealth.org/

Economic Commission for Latin America
CEPAL

The Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL) was set up under Resolution 106 (VI) passed by the Economic and Social Council on February 25, 1948 and started off that same year. In its Resolution 1984/67 dated July 27, 1984, the council voted the Commission be renamed Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
CEPAL is one of the UN’s five regional commissions and it’s headquartered in Santiago de Chile. It was founded with a view to help in Latin America’s economic development, in the coordination of actions aimed at promoting and buttressing that development among the member countries and the rest of the world. Later on, it scope embraced Caribbean nations and a new objective to foster social development was added to its agenda.
CEPAL counts on two sub-regional headquarters: one for Central America based in Mexico, D.F. and a second one for the Caribbean in Port of Spain, established on June 1951 and December 1996 respectively. Moreover, the organization has national offices in Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Montevideo and Bogota, plus a liaison office in Washington, D.C.

http://www.un.org/Docs/SG/SG-Rpt/ch3d-3.htm

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO

FAO was founded in October 1945 with the objective of raising the nutritional levels and quality life and also of improving agricultural productivity and the situation of the rural population.At present FAO, made up by 180 member States, in addition to CE a member organization, has over 4,300 officials all over the world.The Organization provides a direct assistance for development, gather, reviews and analyze information, furnishes government with assessment on policies and planning and serves as an international forum for the debate on topics related to agriculture and food.FAO actively participates in the fostering of lands and waters, vegetal production, forestry, fishing, economic and social policy, investment, nutrition, food standards, goods and trade. Another of its main functions is to face urgent situations regarding food and agricultural problems as draught, pests, insects and the like.A concrete priority of the Organization is the fostering of the sustainable agricultural and rural development, a strategy at a long run for the conservation and ordering of the natural resources. Its aim is to satisfy the needs of the present and future generations through programs that do not damage the environment and that can be technically appropiate, economically viable and socially accepted.

http://www.fao.org

International Criminal Police Organization
INTERPOL

On June 13, 1956, the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) replaced the International Criminal Police Commission founded in 1923. This organization serves as an information and database center on criminal activities used by law enforcement agencies from 177 countries. Each member nation relies on a national office that receives information from the INTERPOL and dole it out among its local offices and agencies nationwide. INTERPOL keeps a close eye on drug smuggling and money laundering operations. Shortly after World War II, INTERPOL was directly run by the Nazi Party and that situation remained so through the entire war . In 1938, its headquarters were moved from Vienna (Austria) to Berlin (Germany). Today, the headquarters are in Lyon, France

http://www.interpol.int

Organization for Education, Science and Culture of the United Nations "UNESCO," Enciclopedia Microsoft® Encarta® 2000. © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
UNESCO

UNESCO, a body integrated to the Organization of the United Nations (ONU), was set up in 1946 to promote world peace through culture, communication, education, natural sciences and social sciences. UNESCO main decisive organ is its General Assembly, made up by representatives of 181 member States. The General Assembly elects members of the executive committee and appoints the general director. The executive committee is made up by representatives of 51 member States and gathers twice a year, in between the meetings held by the general assembly, to supervise the implementation of UNESCO biannual policies. These policies are implemented by the Secretariat, headed by the general director. Mexico and Dominican Republic are the first Latin-American countries to form part of UNESCO and signed the constitution deed in 1946. The first general conference was held in Paris, but the second one took place in Mexico, November 1947. UNESCO’s first general director was the British biologist Julian Sorell Huxley (1946-1948).UNESCO’s main priorities are to provide education for all, to establish a culture of peace through education, to promote free circulation of information among countries and freedom of the press and to protect the natural and cultural heritage and thus defend the expression of cultural identities.The prioritized topics are education, development, urbanization, population, youth, human rights, women equality, democracy and peace. UNESCO’s policies referring to society and social sciences give priorities to the problems of the youth which are the first victims of unemployment, economic and social inequalities and those of the increasing gap among the developing countries and developed countries, but the second one took place in Mexico, November 1947. UNESCO’s first general director was the British biologist Julian Sorell Huxley (1946-1948).UNESCO’s main priorities are to provide education for all, to establish a culture of peace through education, to promote free circulation of information among countries and freedom of the press and to protect the natural and cultural heritage and thus defend the expression of cultural identities.The prioritized topics are education, development, urbanization, population, youth, human rights, women equality, democracy and peace. UNESCO’s policies of society and social sciences give priorities to the problems of the youth which are the first victims of unemployment, economic and social unequalities and that of increasing gap among the developing countries and developed countries.

http://www.unesco.org/