Sport to promote education‚ health‚ development and peace “Sport is a universal language. At its best it can bring people together‚ no matter what their origin‚ background‚ religious beliefs or economic status. ” United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Why a year of sport? The United Nations has been collaborating with non-governmental organizations‚ the private sector‚ universities‚ parliaments and a range of religious and spiritual communities for a long time. What was missing
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International Integration Introduction The ongoing process of international integration is often referred to as ’globalization ’. An organization called the ’United Nations ’ (UN) is specifically important as it is contributing to this process by creating a possibility for its members to discuss problems‚ initiatives and much more. Almost all states are its members and through that an important environment is created for international integration. The question
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INTRODUCTION What is sport? According to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. The meaning of “sport” is ‚ activity that you do for pleasure and that needs physical effort or skill‚ usually done in a special area and according to fixed rules. Through Wikipedia‚ sport is all forms of physical activity which‚ through casual or organised participation‚ aim to use‚ maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive‚ where a winner or winners
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English and International Integration. Viet Nam is a developing country. Like any other countries‚ it tries very hard to promote its economy. And the most effective way to do that is associating with other countries. Viet Nam is now associating with America‚ Philippines‚ China‚ Thailand... These associations have led to the International integration in Viet Nam. However‚ it can only be built by using the international language of the world – English. International integration is a process by
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English and International Integration. International integration is a process by which countries remove barriers to trade freely and absorb new technology‚ new culture... outside national borders. In the integration period‚ English is considered a bridge linking countries together. Nowadays‚ nearly 4 billion people all over the world use English as their first or second languages. Fluency in English has become an indispensable skill in the context of economic integration today. In my opinion
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in sports for more than a century. To the athletic elite‚ there is the opportunity to turn their childhood passion into their livelihood. From the four most recognized professional sports in America - Baseball (MLB) ‚ Football (NFL) ‚ Basketball (NFL)‚ and Hockey (NHL) - only a select handful of athletes reach the professional level‚ and even fewer remain at that level and see long-term success. Our nation as seen a continuous evolution in professional sports when regarding the integration of race
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Russia is currently involved in several forms of international economic integrations‚ and is also trying to gain access to new ones in the future. Russia is a member of the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC)‚ Black Sea Economic Cooperation(BSEC)‚ Eurasian Economic Community‚ and is currently petitioning to join the European Union‚ as well as‚ the World Trade Organization. Russia joined the APEC on November 14 through 15 in 1998. Members of the APEC includes‚ the United States‚ Canada‚ New
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a crisis (Wolf‚ 2008‚ p. 25). Likewise‚ Jeffry Frieden adds that current regulations and technology allow money to travel around borders almost instantly‚ giving rise to short-term international transactions (Frieden‚ 1991‚ p. 428). With such vulnerabilities‚ to what extent is international financial integration (capital mobility) worth it? To answer this question‚ this paper will try to explain how and why capital mobility alters economic policymaking by governments as well as the tradeoffs
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International sport marketing: practical and future research implications Vanessa Ratten and Hamish Ratten Deakin Graduate School of Business‚ Deakin University‚ Melbourne‚ Australia Abstract Purpose – Sport is a global product and service that many people around the world enjoy playing‚ watching and participating in. Whilst there has been an abundance of global media attention on sporting events such as the Olympics and World Football Cup‚ there seems to be a lack of integration between the
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Evaluate the role of International trade and economic integration in promoting development. Traditionally‚ development has been measured in terms of income levels (GDP per capita) as this can show the value of a country’s goods and services produced in a year shared between its population. The GDP per capita can then be compared between multiple countries to form comparisons. However‚ the fundamental flaw of GDP is that it does not show what resources were used‚ how they were used‚ pollution or the
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