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International cooperation
Development cooperation has its origin in 1944, within the framework of the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference. convened by 44 countries in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States, and together with the creation of international financial organizations such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund -
Charter of the United Nations
The so-called Charter of the United Nations in San Francisco, drafted by representatives of 50 countries, will reflect in its preamble that the peoples of the United Nations declared themselves particularly determined to promote social progress or establish the best living conditions of a greater freedom -
Objectives of the United Nations
One of the four objectives of the United Nations set out in the charter was to achieve international cooperation by solving international economic, social, intellectual and humanitarian problems -
World War II
Its origin was in 1945 when the Second World War ended -
Plan Marshall
It was an initiative of the United States to help Western Europe, named after the Secretary of State who designed it, George Marshall, and consisted of providing economic aid worth about 20 billion dollars at the time1 for the reconstruction of those countries of Europe devastated after World War II. -
World Bank
They are joined by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, origin of the WTO (World Trade Organization) -
Globalization
Globalization and integration of the world economy, was the basis of international cooperation for development, premise of economic growth -
OCDE
se crea la mayoría de las agencias y se crea el comité de OCDE (organización para la cooperación y el desarrollo económico) -
Decolonisation
As the decolonization process progressed, the General Assembly, in 1960, adopted the historic Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. This Declaration recognized the right to self-determination of all peoples and affirmed that colonialism must come to an end quickly and unconditionally. Two years later, the Special Committee on Decolonization had been established to oversee its implementation. -
UECSS
PENUD created the Special Unit for South-South Cooperation (UECSS) -
OMC creation
The aim is to help producers of goods and services, exporters and importers to carry out their activities. -
Plan Colombia
Is a bilateral agreement between the governments of Colombia and the United States. It was conceived in 1999 during the administrations of Colombian President Andres Pastrana Arango and U.S. Bill Clinton with the specific objectives of generating social and economic revitalization, ending the internal armed conflict in Colombia, and creating an anti-narcotics strategy. -
New millennium
Development goals are created for the new millennium: - Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger - Promote gender equality and empower women - Develop a global partnership for development -
The Paris declaration
The Paris declaration is made, in which they make an international agreement that had five points to improve the effectiveness of development aid today -
ODS
The ODS build on the success of the Millennium Development Goals (ODM) and seek to go further to end poverty in all its forms. The new goals have the uniqueness of urging all countries, whether rich, poor, or middle-income, to take action to promote prosperity while protecting the planet. -
Nobel peace prize
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his determined efforts to end the more than 50-year-old civil war, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220,000 Colombians and displaced nearly six million people.