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Biodiversity; biological diversity in an environment as indicated by

numbers of different species of plants and animals

Biotechnology; the manipulation (as through genetic engineering) of


living organisms or their components to produce useful usually commercial
products (as pest resistant crops, new bacterial strains, or novel
pharmaceuticals); also: any of various applications of biological science
used in such manipulation

Deport; to send out of the country by legal deportation

Geneva Convention; one of a series of agreements concerning the


treatment of prisoners of war and of the sick, wounded, and dead in battle
first made at Geneva, Switzerland in 1864 and subsequently accepted in
later revisions by most nations

Intellectual property; property (as an idea, invention, or process) that


derives from the work of the mind or intellect; also: an application, right,
or registration relating to this

Maquiladora; a foreign-owned factory in Mexico at which imported parts


are assembled by lower-paid workers into products for export

Prisoner of Conscience; someone who is held in prison because of his


or her political or religious beliefs

Reconciliation; the action of reconciling : the state of being reconciled


and/or the Roman Catholic sacrament of penance

Refugee; one that flees; especially: a person who flees to a foreign country
or power to escape danger or persecution
Tariff; a schedule of duties imposed by a government on imported or in
some countries exported goods

Peacekeeping; the preserving of peace ; especially : international


enforcement and supervision of a truce between hostile states or
communities

Peacemaking; one who makes peace especially by reconciling parties at


variance

Peace Enforcement;
Application of military force, or the threat of its use, normally pursuant to internati
onal authorization, to compel compliance
with resolutions or sanctions designed to maintain or restore peace and order.

Non-governmental Organization (NGO); any non-profit, voluntary


citizens' group which is organized on a local, national or international level.

Global Village; the world viewed as a community in which distance and


isolation have been dramatically reduced by electronic media (as television
and the Internet)

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