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Latin-American Economic System
ECLA

SELA has actively participated in the efforts to encourage AEC from its very origin, when the officials of the Great Caribbean, including Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela, met to define the constitution and the working program.Most of the members of AEC also belongs to SELA which comprises the whole region of Latin America.One of SELA’s main objective is that of fomenting the regional integration among the Latin American states and the Caribbean.Both SELA and AEC closely collaborate in topics comprising regional and international trade, sustained development and matters of interest in the fields of culture, science and technology.

http://www.sela.org

Latin-American Integration Association
ALADI

The Latin America Association of Integration (ALADI) is a intergovernmental body that is continuing the process started by ALALC in the year 1960, promotes the expansion of the region integration, thus ensuring its economic and social development and has as a final objective the establishment of a common market.It is the largest Latin-American group of integration and is made up by 12 member countries.The 1980 Montevideo Treaty (TM80), a juridical, global, constituent and regulating document of ALADI, was signed on August 12, 1980, thus establishing the following general principles: pluralism in subjects of politics and economics, progressive convergence of partial actions toward the formation of a Latin-American common market, flexibility, differential treatments at the development level of member countries and multiplicity in the implementation of trade instruments.Under its umbrella and for express power granted to its Organs, member countries can—without requiring another legal internal document for internal authorization—pass agreements of diverse nature.ALADI propitiates the establishment of an area of economic preferences in the region with the fianl objective of achieving a Latin American common market.

http://www.aladi.org

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/

Organization of American States
OAS

The principles guiding OAS are those of regional cooperation which dates back the 19th century.April 30, 1948, over 50 years ago, 21 nations of the hemisphere joined in Bogota, Colombia to adopt the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS) with which they confirm their support to common topics and the respect to sovereignty in each country, since then OAS has expanded, thus including the nations of the Caribbean and also Canada.The nations of the Americas are working closer than ever, progressing in mutual agreement with the strengthening of democracy, protection of human rights, promotion of peace and security, trade fostering and the struggle against the complex problems caused by poverty, drug traffic and corruption. Together building a future for the next generation.

http://www.oas.org

Organization of Oil Exporting Countries
OEC

The fund of the Organization of Oil Exporting Countries (OEC) is a multilateral institution of the development finances aimed at promoting the cooperation between member States of the organization of oil exporting countries (OEC) and others developing countries. It was set up in Argel, Algeria, at the Conference of Heads of States and Governments of the OEC countries in March 1975. The solemn declaration of the Conference reaffirmed the natural solidarity of OEC countries toward other developing countries in their mutual struggle and thus the Conference made a call so to take actions to consolidate cooperation with these countries.The membership of the Oil Producing Countries Organization is open to any country that exports net substantial oil and that shares the ideals of this Organization.

http://www.opec.org