International Organizations
Interpol, short for International Criminal Police Organization, is an intergovernmental body for facilitating international police organization. Europol, short for European Police Office, is a law enforcement agency solely for the European Union and its members. |
The main between Country and State is that the term “Country” refers to a large nation with its own government and economy, whereas the term “state” refers to a large governing area within the country. “State” can also sometimes be used to refer to the whole country as well. |
The term, ‘smuggling’ refers to the illegal movement of goods from one place to another, whereas ‘trafficking’ refers to the illegal movement of goods with the purpose of trade. Hence, the basic difference between the two terms is that smuggled goods need not be sold, they can be for personal use, whereas goods are always trafficked with the intention of selling them. |
ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. The UN has accused ISIS of human rights abuses and war crimes. In the western world, ISIS is primarily known for a series of videos showing beheadings of soldiers, civilians, journalists, and aid workers. The Taliban, also spelt as Taleban, is an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan. The Taliban have been accused of using terrorism as a specific tactic to further their ideological and political goals. |
ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. ISIS is primarily known for a series of videos showing beheadings of soldiers, civilians, journalists, and aid workers. ISIS started out as al-Qaeda in Iraq. Al-Qaeda is a global militant Islamist organization headed by Osama bin Laden. Al-Qaeda has carried out many attacks on targets including the September 11 attacks. |
The WTO is responsible for facilitating world trade, while the UN is responsible for promoting international co-operation. |
NAFTA is a trilateral rules-based trade bloc that is signed between North America, Canada and Mexico. CAFTA is a treaty signed between the United States and the Central American countries. |
NAFTA is a trilateral rules-based trade bloc in North America that has 3 members. European Union is a politico-economic agreement between 28 countries that reside primarily in Europe |
The term treaty refers to an international agreement between two parties, members or even nations. People ‘convene’ or come together to decide and agree on the issue before it is published in a legal, binding document or a treaty. A document that is legally binding that allows alterations and amendments to the main treaty. |
The UN is an international organization which was created in order to keep the peace between nations and help create the international laws of cooperation. The UN is popularly known as the United Nations Organizations (UNO). |
The UN is an international organization which was created to keep the peace between nations and help create international law and cooperation. NATO is a military and political alliance of different countries which was created to counter Soviet and Communist power. |
G8 stands for Group of Eight. The eight groups are the most economically powerful democracies in the world. On the other hand, G20 stands for Group of Twenty. The twenty groups are the major economies consist of finance ministers and central bank governors. |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a government agency that works under the United States Department of Justice. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent civilian intelligence agency of the United States that is responsible for providing intelligence regarding national security to the US policymakers. |
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was a multilateral agreement regulating international trade. It was created in 1948 and lasted until 1993. World Trade Organization (WTO) was formed as a replacement for GATT in 1995 with the purpose of supervising and liberalizing international trade. WTO has a more permanent structure compared to GATT. WTO also monitors trade in services and trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights, in addition to trade in goods. |
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