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TYPES OF INTERNATIONAL
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• Inter-governmental organizations (IOs)

• An IO is an organization composed primarily of sovereign states(member states), or of other intergovernmental
organizations. IOs are established by treaty or other agreement that acts as a charter(grant of authority/rights)
creating the group. Examples include the United Nations, the World Bank, or the European Union.
• Political organizations: the United Nations (UN), the Organization of American States (OAS), the African
Union (AU), the European Union (EU)
• Economic organizations: the World Trade Organization (WTO), the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Mercosur.
• Military organizations: the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Warsaw Pact (dissolved in 1991),
the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty
(ANZUS)...
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 BENEFITS OF INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
▶ International organizations can provide smaller states an opportunity for stronger economic
power.

▶This can also help build relationships with larger states in which some believe can prevent
war between one another.

▶also give states an opportunity to be efficient and that is why states join them.

▶10 provides opportunity for secured world wide trade.

▶International organizations can benefit the larger states because it shows others that they are
willing to not always get their way on issues and it allows them to work with others.
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 ► Cultural differences: very hard to deal with such difference.
Beyond the expertise to understand and overcome.

▶Monitoring multiple countries: It is very important and at the

same time very difficult to closely analyze all the economic and
other dynamic situations all over the world.
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LIMITATIONS ▶Resistance from the domestic organizations: the domestic
organizations may not be in favor of centralization of power.
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INTERNATION ▶Govt. and political hurdles: Different countries with different
political parties may lead to diversified the government restrictions
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HISTORY
• The first and oldest intergovernmental organization is the Central
Commission for Navigation on the Rhine, created in 1815 by the Congress
of Vienna.
• The Congress of Vienna was convened in 1815 by the four European
powers which had defeated Napoleon. The first goal was to establish a new
balance of power in Europe which would prevent imperialism within
Europe, such as the Napoleonic empire, and maintain the peace between the
great powers. The second goal was to prevent political revolutions, such as
the French Revolution, and maintain the status quo

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