Supranational Organizations Project



Supranational Organizations Project

Your group has been assigned to research information on a supranational organization. Answer the following questions about your organization. You will then teach your peers about your organization in class. You may create handouts, lecture, or put together a Power Point presentation. You must also turn in an MLA Bibliography page that lists all of the sources you used for this project. Have fun!

Questions to answer:

1. When did this organization become official?

2. Were there any predecessors to this organization?

3. How many states are members to this organization?

4. List 5 major member states.

5. What is the purpose of this organization?

6. How is this organization structured?

7. How do you join this organization?

8. What are the benefits of this organization?

9 What are the downfalls of this organization?

10. Why would a state want to join this organization?

|Organization |Year Official |# of Member States|5 Major Members |Purpose |Benefits |Downfalls |

| | | | | | | |

| | | | |(include Pol, Mil, or Eco) | | |

|EU (European Union) |1993; 1958 Europ. |27 |GB, Fr, Germ, Sp, It |Eco: to develop a single market thru|Travel freely for EU citizen; Euro |Economies are intertwined|

| |Community | | |a standardized system of laws; free |zone countries; no tariffs | |

| | | | |movement of goods, services, and | | |

| | | | |capital | | |

|NAFTA (N. American Free |1994 |3 |Can, Mex, US |Eco: eliminate barriers to trade |Removes tariffs, increases trade, |Lose of US jobs, |

|Trade Agreement) | | | | |reduces inflation, |suppresses wage, Mex |

| | | | | | |farmers out of business |

|ASEAN (Assoc. of SE |1967 |10 |Indonesia, Malaysia, |Eco: regional peace; social, |Mutual respect for ind, |Not democratic, only |

|Asian Nations) | | |Singapore, Philippines,|economic & cultural growth |sovereignty, national id of all |managed through top |

| | | |Thailand | |nations; shared objectives |leaders; too localized; |

| | | | | | |geography distance from |

| | | | | | |rest of world |

|WTO (World Trade |1995 |153 |US, UK, China, |Eco: Facilitate trade among all |More open trade for members, lower |Trade disputes among |

|Organization) | | |Pakistan, Israel, Sp, |members; no discrimination in trade; |tariffs; promote peace; inc. |members; hurt LDCs |

| | | |India |handles trade disputes |standard of living; encourages good| |

| | | | | |gov’t | |

|ADPA (African Diamond |2006 |12 |Angola, Botswana, |Eco: work together to increase |perform better in world economy; |Unstable regions; |

|Producers Assoc) | | |Namibia, South Africa, |profit in diamond market |contributes to prosperity of member|produced in conflicted |

| | | |DRC Congo | |nations populations |areas |

|NATO (North Atlantic |1949 |28 |UK, Germ, Sp, Fr, US, |Military: defend countries; keep |Military support; provide food; |Lrg number of countries |

|Treaty Organization) | | | |peace, save lives |mutual defense; 70% of world’s |to approve action; cannot|

| | | | | |defense spending is from NATO |initiate military action;|

| | | | | |member countries |could led to large |

| | | | | | |alliance wars |

|AU (African Union) |2002 |54 |Algeria, Niger, Chad, |Eco & Pol: promote political & |Help to achieve growth of economies|Ineffective in stopping |

|preceded by Org. of | | |Egypt |socio-economic growth of continent; |and political stability of member |major problems |

|African Unity | | | |achieve peace & security; promote |nations | |

| | | | |democracy & human rights | | |

|OAS (Organization of |1889 |35 |US, Brazil, Chile, |Human rights, security developments |Settle disagreements and disputes |Inequality of members |

|American States) | | |Uruguay, Mex | | | |

|OPEC (Organization of |1960 |12 |Saudi Arabia, Iran, |Eco: control oil supply on world |Political influence; control prices|Limited by oil producing |

|Petroleum Producing | | |Kuwait, Iraq, Libya, |market for advantageous prices; unify|of oil |capabilities, and |

|Countries) | | |Venezuela |policies on petroleum exports | |decrease in influence of |

| | | | | | |oil; small oil producers |

| | | | | | |cannot compete against |

| | | | | | |OPEC |

list of organizations

EU

NAFTA

ASEAN

WTO

African Diamond Producers Association – ADPA

NATO

African Union – AU

OAS

OPEC

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