Global Governance Key Facts
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- Created on: 07-05-19 20:02
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- Global Governance Facts-
- 1. The Port of Liverpool was in operation for 300 years
- 2. In 2018, the Windrush was in the news due to the Home Office deporting 63 people because there immigration paperwork from the Windrush migration had been lost and therefore they could not prove that they had legal right to be in the UK despite having lived in the UK all their lives.
- 3. The ocean covers 70% of the worlds surface
- 4. The United Nations was founded in 1945 and has 193 member states
- 5. The European Union was founded in 1993 and has 28 member countries
- 6. G7 was founded in 1975 and has 7 member countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK and USA)
- 7. G20 was founded in 1999 with 19 member countries plus the EU, representing 85% of global economic output
- 8. G77 was founded in 1964 with 77 member countries from developing nations
- 9. NATO was founded in 1949 and has 29 member countries
- 10. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is an international treaty which was adopted and signed in 1982
- 11. The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is an area that extends 200 miles from the shore
- 12. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals were adopted in 2015 and clear targets for 2030 were set
- 13. Over 3 billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods
- 14. Oceans contain 200,000 identified species but there could be millions
- 15. CITES – Convection on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)
- 16. Approximately 5,800 species of animals and 30,000 species of plants are protected under CITES.
- 17. The transport and handling of goods today accounts for less than 1% of the market value of goods
- 18. In 1950, the value of world trade stood at $61 billion
- 19. By 2017, the value of world trade stood at $17.7 trillion
- 20. The 1954 OilPol Convention attempted to reduce the harm of tanker flushing by prohibiting discharges of oil within 50 miles of most land and 100 miles of certain particularly sensitive areas.
- 21. In 1869, the Suez Canal opened as an artificial waterway
- 22. In 1991, rebel groups overthrew the Barre government of Somalia, leaving the country desperate and its population struggling to survive.
- 23. In 2006, 81.8% of Somalia’s population were classified as being multi-dimensionally poor.
- 24. In 2006, 63.3% of Somalia’s population were classified as living in severe poverty
- 25. 96% reduction in the local catch (fishing) in Somalia
- 26. Annually piracy costs $200 million in total with $50 million being in the form on ransom
- 27. There were…
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