... of the first organizations to employ the larger goals of the United Nations in a more regional-specific environment was what is now known as the European Union. The European Union acts as a forum in which common goals of a region are discussed and worked towards through intergovernmental organizations, agencies, and cooperation; these methods are very similar to those of the United Nations ... , particularly for the crimes perpetrated in Yugoslavia and Rwanda. By bringing global attention to these atrocities, the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal is making progress in educating and prev...

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... , was to ensure that the people of Kenya, both present and succeeding generations are not impoverished by the greed of a few people. Central and East European countries have also issued acts specifying declaration of assets and liabilities to combat the war against corruption. At the Second Seminar on Anti-Corruption strategies for Central and Eastern European Countries ... acts 10 countries (Albania, Belarus, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) as well as eleven international experts repr...

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... allow an exemption with Council approval. In other words, if a member state is to have a recession it is better to have a deep recession than a shallow recession - and if a member state acts to counter a recession, then GDP might shrink less, but the likelihood of SGP fines or penalties then increases. Only a fall of GDP greater than 2 percent ( - a very large decrease in GDP ... ...

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... and executive powers, and is concerned with the longer term policy agenda. The European Parliament act as the second chamber in the legislative process and the European Court of Justice acts as the European Judicial authority. Conceptually, the institutional configuration of the EU has the potential to provide the framework for democracy; the citizens of EU democratically elect national governments who ... ...

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