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Economic Commission for Latin America
CEPAL

The Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL) was set up under Resolution 106 (VI) passed by the Economic and Social Council on February 25, 1948 and started off that same year. In its Resolution 1984/67 dated July 27, 1984, the council voted the Commission be renamed Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
CEPAL is one of the UN’s five regional commissions and it’s headquartered in Santiago de Chile. It was founded with a view to help in Latin America’s economic development, in the coordination of actions aimed at promoting and buttressing that development among the member countries and the rest of the world. Later on, it scope embraced Caribbean nations and a new objective to foster social development was added to its agenda.
CEPAL counts on two sub-regional headquarters: one for Central America based in Mexico, D.F. and a second one for the Caribbean in Port of Spain, established on June 1951 and December 1996 respectively. Moreover, the organization has national offices in Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Montevideo and Bogota, plus a liaison office in Washington, D.C.

http://www.un.org/Docs/SG/SG-Rpt/ch3d-3.htm

Economic Cooperation for Asia and the Pacific
APEC

APEC is an intergovernmental consultive forum, non institutional, where subjects of regional economic cooperation are dealt with. It was set up in 1989 at the request of Australia and Japan, a first meeting was held this year in Camberra with some representative nations of the Asian-Pacific area. The mission of APEC is: - Support the growth and development of the region- Contribute to have a larger liberalization of the world economy- Reinforce the positive effects of the increasing economic interdependence- Reduce the barriers in relation to the trade of goods, services and investments.APEC’s members are 21 today. APEC’s members abide by the following principles: all the decisions are by consensus. The members are not countries but “economies”. “Open regionalism” is practiced. The different development levels and the cultural diversity is recognized. A consistency is kept with GATT-WTO. Liberalization is sought and trade and investments are facilitated. An intense technical and economic cooperation is made.One of the aspects stressed by APEC is its informal nature. We have been trying to set up a dynamic and efficient organization that does not require rigid structures to operate. It is believed that through the establishment of a flexible system we can enjoy a more active and significant participation of the members’ economies.APEC holds the following events: Leaders’ Summit, Ministerial Meetings, High Officials Meetings (HOM) and meetings of the Committees and Work Groups.

http://www.apec.org

Economic Cooperation for Asia and the Pacific
APEC

APEC is an intergovernmental consultive forum, non institutional, where subjects of regional economic cooperation are dealt with. It was set up in 1989 at the request of Australia and Japan, a first meeting was held this year in Camberra with some representative nations of the Asian-Pacific area. The mission of APEC is: - Support the growth and development of the region- Contribute to have a larger liberalization of the world economy- Reinforce the positive effects of the increasing economic interdependence- Reduce the barriers in relation to the trade of goods, services and investments.APEC’s members are 21 today. APEC’s members abide by the following principles: all the decisions are by consensus. The members are not countries but “economies”. “Open regionalism” is practiced. The different development levels and the cultural diversity is recognized. A consistency is kept with GATT-WTO. Liberalization is sought and trade and investments are facilitated. An intense technical and economic cooperation is made.One of the aspects stressed by APEC is its informal nature. We have been trying to set up a dynamic and efficient organization that does not require rigid structures to operate. It is believed that through the establishment of a flexible system we can enjoy a more active and significant participation of the members’ economies.APEC holds the following events: Leaders’ Summit, Ministerial Meetings, High Officials Meetings (HOM) and meetings of the Committees and Work Groups.

http://www.apec.org

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO

FAO was founded in October 1945 with the objective of raising the nutritional levels and quality life and also of improving agricultural productivity and the situation of the rural population.At present FAO, made up by 180 member States, in addition to CE a member organization, has over 4,300 officials all over the world.The Organization provides a direct assistance for development, gather, reviews and analyze information, furnishes government with assessment on policies and planning and serves as an international forum for the debate on topics related to agriculture and food.FAO actively participates in the fostering of lands and waters, vegetal production, forestry, fishing, economic and social policy, investment, nutrition, food standards, goods and trade. Another of its main functions is to face urgent situations regarding food and agricultural problems as draught, pests, insects and the like.A concrete priority of the Organization is the fostering of the sustainable agricultural and rural development, a strategy at a long run for the conservation and ordering of the natural resources. Its aim is to satisfy the needs of the present and future generations through programs that do not damage the environment and that can be technically appropiate, economically viable and socially accepted.

http://www.fao.org

Free Trade Agreement
FTA

Treaty signed by Canada, the United States and Mexico to encourage development and trade, the treaty of three as it is usually known.

http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org