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Partnership for Peace is a North Atlantic Treaty Organization program aimed at creating trust between NATO and other states in Europe and the... former Soviet Union; 22 states are members. It was first proposed as an American initiative at the meeting of NATO defense ministers in Travemünde, Germany, on 20–21 October 1993, and formally launched on 10–11 January 1994 NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium. Twelve former member states have subsequently joined NATO. On April 26, 1995 Malta became a member of PfP; it left on October 27, 1996 in order to keep its security intact. On March 20, 2008 Malta decided to reactivate their PfP membership; this was accepted by NATO at the Summit in Bucharest on April 3, 2008. During the NATO summit in Riga on November 29, 2006, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia were invited to join PfP after which they joined PfP on December 14, 2006. Cyprus is the only European Union member that is not participating.
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The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs. The World Bank's official... goal is the reduction of poverty. According to the World Bank's Articles of Agreement all of its decisions must be guided by a commitment to promote foreign investment, international trade and facilitate capital investment. The World Bank differs from the World Bank Group, in that the World Bank comprises only two institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association , whereas the former incorporates these two in addition to three more: International Finance Corporation , Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency , and International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes . The World Bank is one of five institutions created at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944. The International Monetary Fund, a related institution, is the second. Delegates from many countries attended the Bretton Woods Conference.
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The Council of Europe is an international organization promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human... rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation. It was founded in 1949, has 47 member states with some 800 million citizens, and is an entirely separate body from the European Union , which has only 27 member states. Unlike the EU, the Council of Europe cannot make binding laws. The two do however share certain symbols such as the flag of Europe. The Council of Europe has nothing to do with either the Council of the European Union or the European Council, which are both EU bodies. The best known bodies of the Council of Europe are the European Court of Human Rights, which enforces the European Convention on Human Rights, and the European Pharmacopoeia Commission, which sets the quality standards for pharmaceutical products in Europe. The Council of Europe's work has resulted in standards, charters and conventions to facilitate cooperation between European countries.
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The United Nations , is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security,... economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary organizations to carry out its missions. There are 193 member states, including every internationally recognised sovereign state in the world but Vatican City. From its offices around the world, the UN and its specialized agencies decide on substantive and administrative issues in regular meetings held throughout the year.
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Goran Bregović is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Balkans. He currently splits his time between... Paris and Belgrade, where he settled down during the Yugoslav Wars. Bregović has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Cesária Évora. He rose to fame playing guitar with his rock band Bijelo dugme. Among his better known scores are Emir Kusturica’s films . Bregović’s compositions, extending Balkan musical inspirations to innovative extremes, draw upon European classicism and Balkan rhythms. Bregović's music carries Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, Greek and Romani themes and is a fusion of popular music with traditional polyphonic music from the Balkans, tango and brass bands. Bregović was born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, to a Serbian mother and Croatian father. His father was an officer in the Yugoslav People's Army . When his parents divorced he remained living with his mother in Sarajevo.
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Haris Čizmić is a Bosnian American artist, musician, video producer and graphic, industrial and web designer. Čizmić obtained a... Bachelor of Arts degree in Design from University of Sarajevo. He began his career working as a consultant for companies in Slovenia, Sweden, Germany, Italy and Croatia. As the youngest member of the Bosnian Professional Artist Society, he exhibited his work at several solo and group exhibitions. After graduation, he worked as an assistant teacher at High School of Applied Arts in Sarajevo. In 2000 he moved to the United States. Since then, he has worked in areas of marketing and advertising to all forms of media: Web, TV, video, print, illustration, 3D, animation, and traditional media. As a senior Art Director at Campbell-Ewald, and later at Wunderman-Team Detroit, his work includes brand and online media units for Chevy, Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Warrior Sport, Scotts, Bosch, and many others. Haris is involved in many different and diverse fields and is extremely multi talented in many different aspects.
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Branko "Đuro" Đurić is a Bosnian actor, director and musician from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Born to a Serb father and Bosniak mother... in Sarajevo, Đurić rose to prominence throughout the former Yugoslavia with the hit comedy series Top Lista Nadrealista during the 1980s. Đuro became something of an epitome for the Bosnian people, primarily due to his accent and slang. He was also one of the founding members of SCH and the frontman of Sarajevo rock band Bombaj Štampa. During the Yugoslav wars he moved to Slovenia. Following his appearances on Top lista nadrealista and Audicija sketch comedy shows, Đuro was cast by the award-winning director Emir Kusturica in Dom za vešanje. Though his role in the movie was minor , Đuro left a good impression that opened doors for an acting career. Notable films where he appeared have included: Currently, Ðurić is married to Slovenian actress Tanja Ribič with whom he played with in Kajmak in marmelada and lives and works in Slovenia, where he leads Theatre 55, a film production company.
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Sejo Sexon is the stage name of Davor Sučić, Bosnian rock and roll musician, composer, actor and television director. Sejo was one of the... founders of the New Primitivism movement in Sarajevo, where he co-founded the band Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors , and was the lead-guitarist and co-author with the original setup of Zabranjeno pušenje. He also participated in the Top lista nadrealista - war edition TV show in episodes which were created and aired between 1992 and 1994 in besieged Sarajevo. After the Bosnian War he moved to Zagreb, Croatia where he lived for some time. Later he came back to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and continued one of the two later fractions of Zabranjeno pušenje .
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Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of Central Europe, the... Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers 56,594 square kilometres and has diverse, mostly continental and Mediterranean climates. Croatia's Adriatic Sea coast contains more than a thousand islands. The country's population is 4.29 million, most of whom are Croats, with the most common religious denomination being Roman Catholicism. In the early 7th century the Croats arrived in area of present-day Croatia. They organised the state into two dukedoms by the 9th century. Tomislav became the first king by 925 AD, elevating Croatia to the status of a kingdom. The Kingdom of Croatia retained its sovereignty for nearly two centuries, reaching its peak during the rule of Kings Peter Krešimir IV and Dmitar Zvonimir. Croatia entered a personal union with Hungary in 1102.
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Serbia /ˈsɜrbiə/, officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast... Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans. Serbia borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; the Republic of Macedonia to the south; and Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the west; additionally, it borders Albania through Kosovo, whose status as part of Serbia is disputed. Serbia covers an area of 88,361 km and has a population of just over 7.1 million, while the capital and largest city is Belgrade. The arrival of the Serbs to the Balkans in the 7th century, established several states, eventually forming the Serbian Empire in the 14th century. By the 16th century, Serbia was conquered and occupied by the Ottoman Empire, at times interrupted by the Habsburgs. In the early 19th century the Serbian revolution re-established the country as the region's first constitutional monarchy, which subsequently expanded its territory and pioneered the abolition of feudalism in the Balkans.
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