ISS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Lisbon Strategy, Global Warming, United Nations Charter

• School: MSU
• Department: Integrative Studies Social Sci
• Course: ISS 230
• Professor: T B A

Document Summary

1951 geneva convention on the status of refugees. Treaty of maastricht (1993: eu formed (incorporated eec, program of integration, monetary union with a central european bank, single currency, the euro, powerful members could opt out (britain , uni ed social policies, refugee policies etc, often disagreements over policies. Treaty of amsterdam, 1999: incorporated the schengen agreements into the legal framework of the eu, not everyone in schengen is part of the eu and vice versa. Current major success of eu: elimination of trade barriers and tariffs within the eu, strong economic block (all grouped together, trade as one, lisbon strategy, 2000, a development plan on employment, economic growth, and social cohesion for eu. United nations: charter: to maintain international peace and security, in uential in larger public health projects, getting rid of small pox, etc, supporters of universal human rights, limited success as a peacekeeper, military alliances.