Foreign Policy Assignment

CANADA'S ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Assignment

Canada belongs to a number of international organizations for a number of reasons. Listed below are ten organizations with links to the appropriate sites. For each organization you must find the following information:

1. Date the organization was formed
2. The member nations
3. Main purpose and goals of the organization
4. Canada's role in the organization
5. Identify the goal(s) of foreign policy addressed by the organization

Foreign Policy Sites

APEC – Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canada-apec/menu-en.asp
http://www.apecsec.org.sg/

Commonwealth
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreign_policy/commonwealth/menu-en.asp
http://www.thecommonwealth.org/

G8
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/g8fmm-g8rmae/menu-en.asp

la Francophonie
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreign_policy/francophonie/menu-en.asp

NAFTA - North America Free Trade Agreement
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/nafta-alena/menu-en.asp

NATO – North Atlantic Organization
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreign_policy/nato/canada_nato-en.asp
http://www.nato.int/

NORAD – North American Aerospace Defence Command
http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/focus/canada-us/bg00.010_e.asp

OAS – Organization of American States
http://www.oas.org/default.htm

UN – United Nations
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canada_un/ottawa/menu-en.asp
http://www.un.org/

WTO – World Trade Organization
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/tna-nac/wto-en.aspwww.wto.org

Reminder: Unit Exam is Thursday!