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<p> <strong>Introduction: </strong>The Global Proliferation of Region-Building<br> <em>Ludger Kühnhardt</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 1. Region-Building in Europe European Union</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community (The Treaties of Rome)</li>
<li> Single European Act</li>
<li> The Treaty on European Union</li>
<li> Treaty of Lisbon</li>
<li> Amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty Establishing the European Community</li>
</ul>
<p> <strong>Chapter 2. Region-Building in Latin America and the Caribbean</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Central American Integration System (SICA)</li>
<li> General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration</li>
<li> Tegucigalpa Protocol to the Charter of the Organization of Central American States</li>
<li> Convention on the Statute of the Central American Court of Justice Framework</li>
<li> Treaty on Democratic Security in Central America</li>
<li> Andean Community of Nations (CAN)</li>
<li> Andean Subregional Integration Agreement (Cartagena Agreement)</li>
<li> Trujillo Act</li>
<li> Treaty Creating the Court of Justice of the Cartagena Agreement</li>
<li> Sucre Protocol</li>
<li> Additional Protocol on the Treaty Establishing the Andean Parliament</li>
<li> Additional Protocol to the Cartagena Agreement - Andean Community Commitment to Democracy</li>
<li> Quirama Declaration</li>
<li> Caribbean Community (CARICOM)</li>
<li> Agreement Establishing The Caribbean Free Trade Association</li>
<li> Treaty Establishing the Caribbean Community</li>
<li> Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas</li>
<li> Establishing the Caribbean Community Including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy</li>
<li> The Rose Hall Declaration on Regional Governance and Integrated Development</li>
<li> Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)</li>
<li> Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) Agreement (Treaty of Asuncion)</li>
<li> Southern Common Market - Protocol of Ouro Preto</li>
<li> The Protocol of Olivos</li>
<li> Constitutive Protocol of the Parliament of the MERCOSUR</li>
</ul>
<p> <strong>Chapter 3. Region-Building in Asia Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> The ASEAN-Declaration (Bangkok-Declaration)</li>
<li> Declaration of ASEAN Concord</li>
<li> Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia</li>
<li> Declaration of ASEAN Concord II</li>
<li> Kuala Lumpur Declaration on the Establishment of the ASEAN Charter</li>
<li> Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations</li>
<li> Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)</li>
<li> The Cooperation Council - Charter</li>
<li> The Unified Economic Agreement between the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council</li>
<li> The Economic Agreement between the Gulf Cooperation Council States (Revised)</li>
<li> South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)</li>
<li> Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation</li>
<li> Agreement on SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA)</li>
<li> Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism</li>
<li> Social Charter Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)</li>
<li> Agreement for Establishment of SAARC Arbitration Council</li>
</ul>
<p> <strong>Chapter 4. Region-Building in Africa</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> African Union (AU)</li>
<li> Organization of African Unity (OAU)</li>
<li> Charter Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community</li>
<li> The Constitutive Act</li>
<li> Solemn Declaration on a Common African Defence and Security Policy</li>
<li> Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)</li>
<li> Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)</li>
<li> Treaty of ECOWAS (Revised)</li>
<li> Southern African Development Community (SADC)</li>
<li> Consolidated Text of the Treaty of the Southern African Development Community</li>
<li> Protocol on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation</li>
<li> Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections</li>
</ul>
<p> <strong>Chapter 5. Region-Building in Eurasia</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)</li>
<li> The Alma-Ata Declaration</li>
<li> CIS Treaty on Collective Security</li>
<li> Charter of the Commonwealth of Independent States</li>
<li> CIS Treaty on the Formation of an Economic Union</li>
<li> Agreement on Collective Peacekeeping Forces and Joint Measures on their Material and Technical Supply</li>
<li> Agreement on the Creation of a Common Economic Space</li>
</ul>
<p> <strong>Chapter 6. Region-Building in the Pacific Ocean</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)</li>
<li> Agreement Establishing the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat</li>
<li> Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA)</li>
<li> Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER)</li>
<li> Agreement Establishing the Pacific Islands Forum</li>
</ul>
<p> Bibliography<br> Index<br> About the Editor</p>

<p> <b>Ludger Kühnhardt</b> has been Director at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) and Professor of Political Science at Bonn University since 1997. He has been advisor to political leaders in Europe and Africa. As a Public Policy Scholar he has worked at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. As Visiting Professor he has taught and studied at renowned universities across the world, including St. Antony’s College Oxford, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, Seoul National University, Cape Town University, and the College of Europe in Bruges. He has conducted research in comparative region-building in all continents.</p>