World+Health+Organization

WHO (World Health Organization) is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends. PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) is a political and paramilitary organization regarded by the Arab League since October 1974 as the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people." Considered a terrorist organization and anti-Israel. Led by Yassir Arafat. Have achieved a tentative peace with Israel, are attempting to resolve conflicts. IMF (International Monetary Fund) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 185 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world. Lends to countries experiencing economic difficulty, and advises on and monitors the economic activities of its members. A specialized agency of the UN. OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) OPEC's mission is to coordinate and unify the petroleum policies of Member Countries and ensure the stabilization of oil markets in order to secure an efficient, economic and regular supply of petroleum to consumers, a steady income to producers and a fair return on capital to those investing in the petroleum industry. Members: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Qatar, Indonesia, Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Nigeria, Ecuador, Angola G7 (Group of Seven)-The **G7** (also known as the G-7 or Group of Seven) is the meeting of the finance ministers from a group of seven industrialized nations (France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, US, Canada). The finance ministers of these countries meet several times a year to discuss economic policies. OAS (Organization of American States)lt brings together the nations of the Western Hemisphere to strengthen cooperation on democratic values, defend common interests and debate the major issues facing the region and the world. The OAS is the region's principal multilateral forum for strengthening democracy, promoting human rights, and confronting shared problems such as poverty, terrorism, illegal drugs and corruption. It plays a leading role in carrying out mandates established by the hemisphere's leaders through the Summits of the Americas. Goals: •  To strengthen the peace and security of the continent. •  To promote and consolidate representative democracy, with due respect for the principle of nonintervention. •  To prevent possible causes of difficulties and to ensure the pacific settlement of disputes that may arise among the member states. •  To provide for common action on the part of those states in the event of aggression. •  To seek the solution of political, judicial, and economic problems that may arise among them •  To promote, by cooperative action, their economic, social, and cultural development. •  To eradicate extreme poverty, which constitutes an obstacle to the full democratic development of the peoples of the hemisphere. •  To achieve an effective limitation of conventional weapons that will make it possible to devote the largest amount of resources to the economic and social development of the member states.