International Organizations & Foreign Policy

International organizations that operate outside of the formal political arena but that are nevertheless influential in spearheading international initiatives on social, economic, and environmental issues.

• World Trade Organization (WTO)

• United Nations (UN)

• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

• Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)

An international organization dedicated to the medical care of the sick or wounded in wars and natural disasters; formed in 1863

• Red Cross/Red Crescent

• UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)

• World Health Organization (WHO)

• United Nations (UN)

a permanent global institution to promote international trade and to settle international trade disputes; formed in 1995

• World Health Organization (WHO)

• United Nations Children's Fund

• United Nations (UN)

• World Trade Organization (WTO)

An international organization that has joined together for military purposes and protection; formed in 1949

• World Trade Organization (WTO)

• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• World Health Organization (WHO)

an agency of the United Nations that administers programs to aid education and child and maternal health in developing countries; formed in 1946

• UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)

• World Health Organization (WHO)

• World Trade Organization (WTO)

• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations

• The Supreme Court

• World Court

• Circuit Court

• Florida Supreme Court

Agreement that created a free-trade area among the United States, Canada, and Mexico

• Red Cross/Red Crescent

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• World Trade Organization (WTO)

• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

an organization of the world's countries that promotes peace and security around the globe; formed in 1945

• Red Cross/Red Crescent

• World Health Organization (WHO)

• United Nations (UN)

• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Failed invasion of Cuba by CIA-led Cuban exiles

• Battle of Cuba

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Invasion of Afghanistan

• Cuban Missile Crisis

The policy of trying to stop the spread of communism

• Quarantine

• Communist Imprisonment

• Isolationism

• Containment