People Power and Post War Politics

Part AGlobal CitizenRegional Agreements

By

S. Angelo

Head Teacher History

East Hills Girls Technology High School

ANZUS

• Established 1951• Australia, New Zealand, United

States• Strengthening alliances• 1986 – NZ banned entry of US

nuclear powered ships• US suspended commitment to NZ• Bilateral agreement• Joint defence facilities in Australia

SEATO

• Established September 1954• Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation• Australia, Britain, France, NZ,

Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, US• Protect countries in SE Asia from

communism• Forward Defence strategy• Containment• Dissolved in 1977

COLOMBO PLAN

Established 1950• Foreign aid• Aims

– Improvement of economic development in SE Asia & the Pacific

– Improvement of social development in SE Asia & the Pacific

• 7 nations originally• Education, health, food, training• Headquarters in Sri Lanka

APEC

• Established in 1989• Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Group• Australian initiative• Aims

– Reduction of production costs– Creation of employment

• Anti-terrorist initiatives– Advance Passenger Information System

Activities• Complete the table

YEAR NAME TERMS

1950

ANZUS

SEATO

1989

Activities• Complete the table – Answers

YEAR NAME TERMS

1950 Colombo plan Foreign aid

1951 ANZUS Strengthen alliances

1954 SEATO Protect countries in south east Asia

1989 Apec Make world peace

Source Study - Photographs

APEC Australia 2007

Australia Prime Minister John Howard

People's Republic of China President Hu Jintao

 Republic of Korea President Roh Moo-hyun

•Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

United States President George W. Bush

Brunei Darussalam Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah

 Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang

Malaysia Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Peru President Alan García

Republic of China (Officially Chinese Taipei[1]) Mr. Stan Shih, Special Representative of

Vietnam President Nguyễn Minh Triết

Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Mexico President Felipe Calderón

Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

President Chen Shui-bian[2]

Chile President Michelle Bachelet

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark

Russia President Vladimir Putin

Thailand Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont

Australia and the International Labour Organisation

• http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm• http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/

info/termination/countries/australia.htm

Source StudyRetroactive 2: p.235: 1 & 2; p.239: 1 –

5

Australia in the 20th Century: p.298: Analysis and use of Sources1 – 6; Perspectives and Interpretations 1 - 4