O.A.S

The Organization of American States (OAS) is the world’s oldest regional organization, dating back to the First International Conference of American States, it came into being in 1948 with the signing, in Bogotá, Colombia, of the Charter of the OAS.

Nowadays it has 35 independent states of the Americas and has granted permanent observer status to 63 states, as well as to the European Union. The Organization of American States constitutes the principal political, juridical, and social governmental forum in the Hemisphere.

This O.A.S is the most important organization for the american states and it was established to achieve among its member states an order of peace and justice, to promote their solidarity, to strengthen their collaboration, and to defend their sovereignty, their territorial integrity, and their independence.(Article 1 of the Charter of the OAS)

The OAS uses a four-pronged approach to effectively implement its essential purposes, based on its pillars: democracy, human rights, security, and development.

References
Our purpose(n.d)O.A.S, Retrieved on May 17th, from:
http://www.oas.org/en/about/our_structure.asp

Classmate blogs!

The 5 classmates blogs that I visit were:

• Oh Kitaek's blog
• Sebastian Posada's blog
• Carlos Vallejo's blog
• Estefania Ramirez' blog
• Jokela Antii Antero's blog

I like all the blogs but the one that I like the most was Sebastian Posada's blog because his blog is very nice, interesting and I like the way he writes, if you want to check it out here is the URL http://sebasposadatheworld.blogspot.com/

Sorry, Kevin Rudd's Apology to "The stolen Generation"

On February 13, 2008, the Australian prime misnister Kevin Rudd apologised for the hurt caused by decades of state-sponsored treatment of the indigenous community.

According to it, it is useful to say sorry after years of wrong policies towars a minoriy? in my point of view the apologise given by the Australian parliament showed the commitment they have with the aboriginals, it was a step in which they say sorry for the hurt they cause but they also have to compensate the families, the parliament should help these people with health, housing and education because those are key elements for the well being of the community.

References:

http://www.smh.com.au/multimedia/2008/national/australia-says-sorry/main.htlml/multimedia/

video: sorry, Kevin Rudd's apology to "the stolen generation" retrieved on may 1st, 2010, from http://youtube.com/

Trade unions in Europe

"Trade unions emerged as a response of workers to the most pernicious effects of the industrial revolution. The first trade unions were established in Western Europe and the United States in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century as a reaction to the developement of capitalism. In colombia the trade unions began since the first companies and factories were established but they became more important in the 1918-1920."1

"Most European Countries have serveral competing union confederations, ofeten divided in political grounds, although the ideological differences may subsequently have weakened. Union mergers continue to remake the trade union landscape, although generally within rather tha between confederations"2

The role that play the trade unions in Europe and Colombia are similar, after the economic crisis the european labor unions enforced their role and started to claim for their rights and their own interest.

References

1. Sindicato (n.d) retrieved on May 1st 2010 from, http://www.udistrital.edu.co/comunidad/dependencias/sintraud/SINDICATO.doc

2 L. Fulton (2009) Retrieved on May 1st 2010 from, http://www.worker-participation.eu/National-Industrial-Relations/Across-Europe/Trade-unions2

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