let’s be friends: aka – i got your gatt right here
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Let’s be Friends: aka – I got your GATT right here. Objective: Analyze the establishment of the world peace movement after WWII. Std 11.9.1. United Nations. April 12, 1945 representatives from 50 nations met in San Francisco June 26 sign agreement for UN - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Let’s be Friends:Let’s be Friends:aka – I got your GATT aka – I got your GATT
right hereright hereObjective: Analyze the establishment of the world peace
movement after WWII.Std 11.9.1
United NationsUnited NationsApril 12, 1945
representatives from 50 nations met in San Francisco
June 26 sign agreement for UN
General Assembly and 5 nation security council
Security council: UK, USSR, China, US, France
On security conucil any nation could veto an action
UN GoalsUN Goals
Main Goals◦international law◦international security◦Economic development◦social progress◦human rights◦world peace
Includes 192 countries
MethodsMethods
All countries provide troops
Peacekeeping – “Blue Helmets”
HaitiFailures
◦Serbia◦Rwanda
International Declaration of International Declaration of Human RightsHuman Rights
Signed in 1948 - non-binding
All countries promote - “universal respect for, and observance of, human rights”
Provide support for countries in transition to democracy
International Declaration of International Declaration of Human RightsHuman Rights
Foundations in◦Enlightenment◦Bill of Rights◦Declarations of the
Rights of Man◦Four Freedoms
International Monetary FundInternational Monetary Fund
Promote International Trade ◦ - monetary
cooperation◦ - stabilization of
exchange ratesPut money aside to
pay debts
World BankWorld Bank
Goal is to reduce poverty
Provide loans – leveraged loans
Marshall Plan
World Bank GoalsWorld Bank Goals
Strengthen government
Build InfrastructureDevelop financial
systemsCombat corruptionEducation
General Agreement on Tariffs and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)Trade (GATT)
Ended in 1994, became World Trade Organization
Reduce tariffs in international trade
Has been expanded to intellectual property rights
Shaping EuropeShaping Europe
Helps to foster a capitalist environment
Provided money, trade, support for countries
Pulled them away from Communism
Maintaining PeaceMaintaining Peace
Created a community
Support for other countries when needed
Has a way to enforce action
Objective: Analyze the role of NATO and SEATO, in maintaining security during the Cold War.
Std 11.9.2
I got your back if you I got your back if you got minegot mine
AlliancesAlliances
Military Alliance Key in Cold WarSupport
NATONATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Support democracyLocated around
North AtlanticCanada, US, Britain,
France, West Europe etc.
Defensive AllianceKeep Russians out,
Americans in and Germans down
SEATOSEATOSouth East Asian Treaty OrganizationBlock communist gains in Southeast AsiaProvide coordinated defense and military forceIf country attacked then other participants
could say no
CENTO (METO)CENTO (METO)
Middle East Treaty Organization
Similar to NATO/SEATO
Only in Middle East
Stop spread of Communism
Warsaw PactWarsaw Pact
Communist Response to NATO
Made up of only communist countries
USSR, Albania, Poland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania etc
ContainmentContainment
Contain CommunistMilitary EconomicUse NATO/SEATOMain US idea during
Cold War“support free peoples
who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures”
Domino TheoryDomino Theory
If one country in Southeast Asia falls then the rest will fall
Looked at Eastern Europe as example