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Treaty of Roma
1957
Treaty of Paris
1951
Treaty of Lisbon
2007
Eu countries
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
European Commision
Role: Promotes the general interest of the EU by proposing and enforcing legislation as well as by implementing policies and the EU budget
Members: A team or ‘College’ of Commissioners, 1 from each EU country
President: Ursula von der Leyen
Year established: 1958
Location: Brussels (Belgium)
Treaty of Amsterdam
1997
UN (United Nations) headquarters in
New York City
united nations organs
the General Assembly
the Security Council
the Economic and Social Council
the Trusteeship Council
the Secretariat
International Court of Justice
General Assembly
The General Assembly is the main deliberative organ of the United Nations. It is composed of representatives from all Member States, each of which has one vote.
Security Council
Under the Charter, the Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. It has 15 Members, and each Member has one vote. Under the Charter, all Member States are obligated to comply with Council decisions.
Economic and Social Council
A founding UN Charter body established in 1946, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is the place where the world’s economic, social and environmental challenges are discussed and debated, and policy recommendations issued.
Trusteeship Council
The Trusteeship Council was established to provide international supervision for 11 Trust Territories and to make sure that adequate steps were taken to prepare the Territories for self-government or independence.
International Court of Justice
The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. The Court is charged with settling legal disputes between States and giving advisory opinions to the United Nations and its specialized agencies.
Secretariat
The UN Secretariat, consisting of staff representing all nationalities working in duty stations all over the world, carries out the day to day work of the Organization. The Secretariat services the other principal organs of the United Nations and administers the programmes and policies established by them.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(GATT)
Modern international trade system after WW2
OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
ICJ
International Court of Justice
OPCW
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OIC
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
UNWTO
The World Tourism Organization
WWF
World Wide Fund for Nature
WEF
World Economic Forum
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
WB
World Bank
APEC
asian-pacific economic cooperation
APEC Members
Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; People’s Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Peru; the Philippines; the Russian Federation; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; the United States of America; Vietnam.
Four Asian Tigers
East Asian economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.
G8
The Group of Eight (G8) was an inter-governmental political forum from 1997 until 2014. It had formed from incorporating the country of Russia into the Group of Seven, or G7, and returned to its previous name after Russia left in 2014
G8 MEMBERS
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States
G7
The Group of Seven (G7) is an intergovernmental political forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States; additionally, the European Union (EU) is a “non-enumerated member”
G20
The members of the G20 are: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union
BRICS
BRICS is an acronym for five leading emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
AU
African Union
WHO
World Health Organization
WTO
World Trade Organization
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNICEF
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
IMF
International Monetary Fund
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons
First modern chemical weapon occur in
22 april 1915 WWI Germans attacked French, Canadian and Algerian troops with chlorine gas
WFP
World Food Programme
She conducted pioneering research on radioactivity with her husband Pierre
Marie Curie
She was awarded the Nobel prize in Physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911
Marie Curie
She was the first woman to win a Nobel prize
Marie Curie
She discovered the chemical elements Polonium and radium
Marie Curie
W.C. Röntgen
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays in 1895, German, Engineer and physicist
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon) 1907
Pablo Picasso
Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) 1912
Vassily Kandinsky
The School of Athens 1509–1511
Raphael
Rondanini Pietà 1564
Michelangelo
Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe [The Luncheon on the Grass] 1863
Édouard Manet
Which country has twice rejected joining the EU in a referendum ?
Norway
Friedrich August von Hayek
Austrian–British economist, legal theorist and philosopher who is best known for his defense of classical liberalism, Hayek shared the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Gunnar Myrdal
Erik Erikson
German-American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychological development of human beings. He coined the phrase identity crisis.
Michael Faraday
English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.
Franz Boas
German–American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the “Father of American Anthropology”. His work is associated with the movements known as historical particularism and cultural relativism.
Luigi Galvani
Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher, who studied animal electricity. In 1780, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs’ legs twitched when struck by an electrical spark. This was an early study of bioelectricity.
The Lasker Award
The Lasker Awards have been awarded annually since 1945 to living persons who have made major contributions to medical science or who have performed public service on behalf of medicine. They are administered by the Lasker Foundation, which was founded by Albert Lasker and his wife Mary Woodard Lasker (later a medical research activist). The awards are sometimes referred to as “America’s Nobels”.
The Nobel Prize in Literature
Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, The Swedish Academy
When The Constitution of Italy was enacted by the Constituent Assembly.
22 December 1947
Pulp Fiction directors ?
Quentin Tarantino
The combination of fatty acids with alcohol produces Fatty Acid Esters
Fatty Acid Esters is lipid btw
Friends of Earth
Its advocacy programs focus on environmental issues, highlighting their social, political and human rights contexts
Doctos without borders
We provide independent, impartial medical humanitarian assistance to the people who need it most. Doctors Without Borders/
Greenpeace
focuses its campaigning on worldwide environmental issues
When was NATO formed
1949
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union and communist allies being military alliance and aimed US NATO
sustainable development goals 2030 UN
No Poverty, Zero hunger, good health and well-being, quality education, gender quality, clean water and sanitation,affordable and clean energy, decent work and economic growth, industry inovation and infrastructure, reduced inequalites, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, climate action, life below water, life on land, peace justice and strong institutions, partnership for goals. 17 GOALS FOR 2030
iron curtain
The Iron Curtain is a term describing the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. Winston churchill
The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine, also known as the policy of containment, was President Harry Truman’s foreign policy that the US would provide political, military, and economic aid to democratic countries under the threat of communist influences in order to prevent the expansion of communism.
Cuban missile crisses
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (of 1962) in Cuba, the Caribbean Crisis in Russia, or the Missile Scare, was a 35-day (16 October – 20 November 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, which escalated into an international crisis when American deployments of missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of similar ballistic missiles in Cuba.
Detente
The term is often used to refer to a period of general easing of the geopolitical tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War. It began in 1969, as a core element of the foreign policy of US President Richard Nixon, in an effort to avoid nuclear escalation. The Nixon administration promoted greater dialogue with the Soviet government, including regular summit meetings and negotiations over arms control and other bilateral agreements.[3] Détente was known in Russian as разрядка (razryadka), loosely meaning “relaxation of tension”.
TPP
Trans-pacific Partnership
TRUMP wtihdrew
20 country trade agreement and approved TPP
First worldwide intergovernmental organisation
League of Nations
NAFTA
The North American Free Trade Agreement was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that created a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994, and superseded the 1988 Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Canada.
Bundetag
The Bundestag is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people.
Who is the chinese president
Xi Jinping
bicameral parliament
the legislative procedure that assigns identical powers to the two chamber of a parliament
Who is the most important political leader in parliamentary system
prime minister
what is the feudalism
system derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour
sweden or
Kingdom of Sweden
spain or
Kingdom of spain
monarchy countries
vatikan, UK, thailand, sweden,spain,norway,new zealand, netherlands, morocco, malaysa,luxembourg,
hungary (macaristan)
macar forinti
Who is the father of Political Science
Aristotle or Aristothales
Britons voted brexit in 2016
2020 UK left EU
Jair Balsonaro
president of Brazil
Alexander Lukashenko
president of Belarus
Azerbaijan vs Armenia in 27 september 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh
Who is the world’s first woman prime minister
Indira Gandhi
Benjamin Netanyahu
Former Prime Minister of Israel
