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secure, and sustainable development of civil aviation through cooperation of its member states.
To implement this vision, the organization has established six strategic objectives for the period 2005
to 2010:
1.
Enhance global civil aviation safety.
2.
Enhance global civil aviation security.
3.
Minimize the adverse effect of global civil aviation on the environment.
4.
Enhance the ef
ciency of aviation operations.
5.
Maintain the continuity of aviation operations.
6.
Strengthen law governing international civil aviation.
Visit the ICAO Web site at
www.icao.int
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International Institute for Peace Through Tourism
The International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) is a not-for-pro
t organization dedicated
to fostering and facilitating tourism initiatives that contribute to international understanding and
cooperation, an improved quality of environment, the preservation of heritage, and through these
initiatives, helping to bring about a peaceful and sustainable world.
It is based on a vision of the world
'
is largest industry, travel and tourism
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becoming the world
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s
rst
global peace industry; and the belief that every traveler is potentially an
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A primary goal of IIPT is to mobilize the travel and tourism industry as a leading force for poverty
reduction (see Chapter 10).
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Ambassador for Peace.
DEVELOPMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
(INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL)
Financing is always a major problem in tourism development. Large
financial organizations are willing
to make developmental loans. Examples include the
(United States), International
Finance Corporation (United States), the OPEC Fund for International Development (Austria), African
Development Bank (Cote d
World Bank
Ivoire), East African Development Bank (Uganda), Inter-American
Development Bank (United States), Caribbean Development Bank (Barbados), Asian Development
Bank (Philippines), European Investment Bank (Luxembourg), European Regional Development Fund
(Belgium), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (United Kingdom), Islamic Develop-
ment Bank (Saudi Arabia), and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (Kuwait).
Examples of national organizations are FONATUR (Mexico) and Embratur (Brazil). Further sources
include governments of countries that want additional hotel development or other supply compo-
nents and are willing to make low-interest loans or grants or offer other
financial inducements for such
types of development.
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Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development
The
(OECD) was set up under a
convention, signed in Paris on December 14, 1960, that provides that the OECD shall promote policies
designed to (1) achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
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