The document discusses the formation and functions of the European Union, including its goals of promoting peace, security, economic cooperation, and social values across Europe. It describes how the EU works to create free movement of goods, services, education and employment across its 27 member nations. The future of the EU may include further expansion of membership and increased international cooperation through organizations like the United Nations.

1. Why the European Union?
• Peace
• Safety and Security
• Economic Solidarity
• Promotion of Social Ideas

2. What does the EU do?
• Creates free movement
– Goods and Services (Free Trade)
– Education
– Employment

3. Who is a part of the EU
• 27 European Nations create the
EU with a total population of over
450 million
• The six founding nations were:
Belgium, the Federal Republic of
Germany (West Germany),
France, Italy, Luxembourg and
the Netherlands

4. When was the EU formed?
• Negotiation and treaties have
been signed since 1951 and
countries continue to apply for
membership today

5. Read Pg.258 and
respond to the following:
Laws are supposed
to reflect the beliefs
and values of a
society. What do
you think would
happen if politicians
proposed a North
American
constitution that
reflected the values
and beliefs of all the
countries on our
continent?

6. EU Successes
• Elimination of Trade Wars
– Agricultural subsidies
– Tariffs and Quotas
• Creation of a Common Currency
– Euro instituted in 2002 and used by
12 member nations

7. The Future of the EU
• Increase in membership
– Bulgaria and Romania 2007
– Turkey applied in 1987
• One-World Government?

9. Promoting Internationalism
The United Nations

10. Economic and Social Councils
• WHO
– World Health Organization
• UNEF
– Emergency Forces
• FAO
– Food & Agriculture Organization
• UNICEF
– Children’s Emergency Fund

11. The WHO Mission
• Objective:
– Obtain the highest possible level of health for
all people
• Combat key infectious diseases
• promote the general health of the people
of the world.
• See page 215

12. Global Health Issues
• Read pg.267 and top of 268

13. Global Health Issues
• Epidemic
– A widespread disease, but limited to a specific
community
• Pandemic
– A disease spread across an entire country or
throughout many countries in the world

14. The Threat of a Flu Pandemic
• Many scientists fear the onset of a virus so
powerful that it could kill up to 40% of the
world’s population
• What makes “bird flu” and “swine flu” so
deadly?
– Human bodies do not have the natural
immunity against these viruses

15. How does a flu outbreak
become a pandemic?
• Before globalization
– Viruses spread by migrating birds
– Then from person to person
– ____ risk of pandemic
• After globalization
– Infected persons travel between countries
– the disease spreads from person to person
– ____ risk of pandemic

16. Pandemics in the past
• 1917-1918 The Spanish Flu
– 20 to 50 million people killed worldwide
– More than 50,000 Canadians died
– 60,000 died in WWI

17. Pandemics in the past
• 1956-67 The Asian Flu
– 2 million die worldwide
• 1968-69 The Hong Kong Flu
– 1 million people died
• 1976 The “prevented” pandemic
– First attempt at massive vaccinations
• 1997-1998 New Bird Flu
– 1.4 million chickens slaughtered because of
bird to human viral spread

18. Defences against Viral
Pandemics
• Regular hand-washing/sanitizing
• Cover up coughs and sneezes
• Stay at home when sick
• Immunization
– Takes at least 6 months to develop
– Partially effective
• Tamiflu – antiviral drug
– Effective if taken within two days
– Limited supply

19. Global Health Issues
• Watch CBC News in Review Jan ’06
• Key questions after viewing:
– Is an international organization such as the
WHO needed to control 21st century
pandemics? Or should countries be left to
take action on their own?