Glossary Index

The glossary contains brief articles that provide key information on persons, organizations, events, places, and important concepts. These articles provide background for the research summaries in the Compendium, while also offering an encyclopedia of information on globalization and autonomy.

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Events

AIDS Pandemic
Bandung Conference
Brandt Commission
Chakrabarty Case
Coalition of Pharmaceutical Producers Withdraws Lawsuit against the South African Government
Collapse of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) (1997)
Geneva Accords (1954)
Intercontinental Encuentros for Humanity and Against Neoliberalism (August 1996 and 1997)
International Radiotelegraph Conference
New International Economic Order (NIEO)
Nuremberg Trials
Patent Cooperation Treaty
Plan Puebla Panama
Plant Patent Act
San Francisco Conference
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Tet Offensive (January 1968)
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
Trilateral Cooperation
United Nations Charter
United Nations Conference and Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
UN Millennium Summit
Uruguay Round
Wade-Wolf Debate on Global Inequality
World Social Forum (first meeting)
World War II
WTO (establishment of)
WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancun (September 2003)
WTO Ministerial Meeting in Seattle (November 1999)
Zapatista Uprising (1 January 1994)