Other International Orginizations Flashcards
Promotes free trade; 150 member nations; encourages member nations to remove trade barriers
World trade organization
Includes 28 in North America and Europe; goals are to keep peace and defend members in war; may send armed forces to crisis areas; works with other nations to prevent conflict
North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO)
Part of the UN; improves health for all people; fights and prevents disease; helps countries meet health standards; ended smallpox; reached people about the HIV virus
World health orginazation (who)
Volunteer group run by US government, now has volunteers working in 77 countries; helps Americans and other world citizens understand each other; promote public health; teach people how to use technology for business development
Peace corps