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Nomenklatura
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Who?
Members of the Communist party +State Bureaucracy + Military What & Where? Elite class within the Soviet society and Eastern bloc. How did it work? they were drawn up by the Communist Party from which were selected candidates for vacant senior positions in the state, party, and other important organizations In addition,they were a privilege group who had access to special housing, education, medical care, food, and consumer goods. |
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Balfour Declaration
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When? 1917
Who? Britain issued the Balfour Declaration. Palestine(Arabs) and Jewish settlers were in conflict What? During the First World War, British policy became gradually committed to the idea of establishing a Jewish home in Palestine. where? Palestine(at that time) Consequences? The issuance of the Balfour Declaration greatly increased the immigration of Jews to Palestine and resulted in the Arab- Israeli war in 1948. |
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Khmer Rouge
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Where?
Cambodia which had been a Buddhist Kingdom in the 10-14th century. What & when? Communist Party of Cambodia that control the regime from 1975 to 1979.They were led by Pol Pot. How? Once in power they tried to install communism in Cambodia. The Khmer rouge were responsible to organize mobile work teams that would labor for the party interests. The Khmer Rouge carried out a radical program that included isolating the country from foreign influence, hospitals and factories, outlawing all religions, confiscating all private property and relocating people from urban areas to collective farms where forced labor was widespread |
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SALT
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What?
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks( I and II) Background: 63 Ban test in Atmosphere. 68 agreement against proliferation of nuclear weapons Salt I: (Moscow) One of Nixon's foreign policy goals was to minimize nuclear tension. In 1972 both superpowers agreed to froze the number of launchers and limit the anti-missile system to only 2. (NIXON AND BREZHNEV Salt II: The primary goal of SALT II was to replace the Interim Agreement with a long-term comprehensive Treaty providing broad limits on strategic offensive weapons systems.It was signed by President Carter and General Secretary Brezhnev in Vienna on June 18, 1979 |
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Jacques Foccart
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Masterminded clandestine military coups in French-speaking Africa for Charles de Gaulle and three French presidents after him in the 60's.
Co founder of (SAC) that shaped France’s African policy with behind-the-scenes maneuvers that enabled the country to maintain influence in its former colonies. |
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Olympic Boycotts
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1956 Melbourne
Lichtenstein, the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden boycotted the games in protest of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Egypt, Lebanon, and Iraq also boycotted as a result of the Suez crisis. The People's Republic of China refused to participate due to the inclusion of the Republic of China (Taiwan). 1972 Munich 11 Israeli athletes were taken hostage by Palestinian terrorists 'Black September', to protest against the holding of 234 Palestinian prisoners in Israel. The terrorists murdered two of their captives, then, as the result of a bungled rescue attempt by the authorities, the remaining nine captives were killed alongside three of their captors. 1980 Moscow Due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, President Carter called upon the U.S. Olympic Committee to boycott the Games. The Olympic Charter requires such committees to "resist all pressures of any kind whatsoever, whether of a political, religious or economic nature," but theory and practice diverge. The Americans stayed home, and in total 62 countries including West Germany and Japan refused to attend. In all, 80 nations participated in the Games, down from 122 nations in Munich. The USSR won 195 medals. |
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Alliance For Progress
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when? 1961
Why? Program aimed to broaden the scope for international markets and integrate countries to the US trade System. Where? It was signed in Uruguay, Punta del Este. Who? Between the Us and South America.( Under Kennedy) How? It was estimated that $20 billion of external capital would be needed during the first 10 years; about half was to be obtained from the United States and the rest from international lending agencies and from private sources What? Ameliorate standard of living. Price stability => to avoid inflation. Military assistance=> fight communism. Also, it was aimed to sustain growth in per capita income and accelerated development in industry and agriculture. Context? In 1973 the OAS dissolved the program. |
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Charter 77
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-What?When & Where?
Czechoslovak human rights movement founded in 1977 to lobby for Czech conformity to the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Who? Dissident writers, philosophers, and other intellectuals.It became an underground movement, although it was widely recognized internationally as the leading Czech dissident group. Importance? Protested against the systematic violation of human rights in Czechoslovakia and helped to keep alive free thought during the communist period. Charter activists also founded the Civic Forum, the umbrella group that emerged in November 1989 to lead the Velvet Revolution that ousted the communist system. |
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Francophonie
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What?
All the states and governments of countries that use the French language. Who? Created by François Mitterand , the Francophonie summits bring together the heads of state and governments of the francophone countries every two years. Why? The primary mission of the organization is the promotion of the French language as an international language. It also promotes cultural and technological co-operation between the Francophones countries. When was it founded? Niamey, Niger, in 1970 Critics? Neo colonialism???? "Francophonie is a neocolonial political machine, which only perpetuates our alienation, but the usage of French language does not mean that one is an agent of a foreign power, and I write in French to tell the French that I am not French" by Algerian Intellectual Kateb Yacine. |
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Hutus
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Bantu-speaking people of Rwanda and Burundi. The Hutu comprise the vast majority in both countries but were traditionally subject to the Tutsi, warrior-pastoralists of Nilotic stock.
Conflict? the Hutu-Tutsi strife stems from class warfare, with the Tutsis perceived to have greater wealth and social status Now? After the genocide and the Tutsis regaining control, about two million Hutus fled to Burundi, Tanzania |
