Unit Five Flashcards
(38 cards)
Why is the Arctic valuable?
- four million people living there
- more than 40% of Canada’s land mass
- source of diamonds, petroleum, etc
What are concerns in the Arctic?
- determining who owns what
- very sensitive ecological zone
- sustainability
- indigenous peoples
Why was the Arctic council made?
to solve issues in the arctic
What are the members states of the arctic council?
- Canada
- Denmark/ Greenland/Faeroe Islands
- Finland
- Iceland
- Norway
- Sweden
- the Russian Federation
- USA
What are the indigenous representatives in the arctic council?
- Aleut International Association
- Arctic Athabaskan Council
- Gwich’in Council International
- Inuit Circumpolar Council
- Russian Associate of Indigenous Peoples of the North
- The Saami Council
Why is global warming such a big issue?
- its causing climate change and effecting the Arctic wildlife
- species invading from the Pacific Ocean (since its warmer) is a concern
- melting causes the Northwest passage to open, the region’s oils and minerals could be exploited
What areas did the North Strategy take concrete action in?
- exercising Arctic sovereignty
- protecting environmental heritage
- promoting social and economic development
- improving and devolving Northern governance
What is the G7?
An international organization of most industrialized countries in the world that meets yearly to discuss world economic, social, and political issues
- Canada, France, Germany, Ital,y Japan, UK
Why was the G7 founded?
To discuss economic solutions during the economic recession of the 1970s
What is the commonwealth?
a unique international organization that unites Britain and its former colonies in an association of equals
What are the uniting principles of the commonwealth?
- democracy
- respect for human rights
- the rule of law
- sustainable development
- peace
- justice
- cooperation
What are the issues the world’s indigenous people show need for?
- defining nation and ‘nation within nation’ status
- defining applications of international law within nation status
- protecting Human Rights of everyone in the world
- ensuring equitable access for all nations to the UN
What is the world council of indigenous people?
It was formed in 1980 to develop a relationship to the UN and have concepts of aboriginal rights internationally
What issues to the world council of indigenous people respond to?
- getting absorbed into colonial empires without consent
- international laws made during European colonization that don’t reflect indigenous perspectives
- issues to human rights considered internal/domestic
- right governed by political/legal system of a colonial power
- legal rights and religious principles are not always applied with integrity
- could influence governments by “political and legal agitation”
What is “Fourth World”?
used to describe nations incorporated forcefully into nation states that maintain a distinct popular culture but are internationally unrecognized; forced into becoming a part of a nation state/country
What is the EU?
The European Union; an economic/political association of European nation-states
founding members (Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxenberg, Netherlands), currently has 27 members
What does the EU deal with?
- economic and social issues with policies addressing regional, agricultural, social issues in member nations
- address issues of former colonies
- their uniting point was recovering and rebuilding from war
What are the benefits of EU membership?
- larger market for selling products
- access to funding for special projects
- secure food supplies at affordable rates (EU’s agricultural policies)
- savings (Euro Currency System)
- Increase ease of citizens working, studying, travelling in other European countries
- improved standard of living
- increased security
- ensured continuation of democracies
- increased economic advantages from competing groups in the world markets
What are the three branches of the EU?
- European Parliament
- Council of EU
- European Commission
What is the European Parliament branch of the EU?
- represents the peoples
What is the council of EU branch?
- represents the national governments
What is the European Commission branch of EU?
- represents the common interests
What is the EU’s mission?
- provide peace, prosperity, stability for all
- overcome continental divisor
- ensure safety
- promote balance of economic and social development
- meet the challenges of globalization,, preserve diversity in Europe
- uphold shared values
What are examples of EU programs?
Comenius- school education
Ermanus- higher education
Leonardo Da Vinci- vocational training
Grundtvig- Adult education
Jean Monnet- European integration studies
