APPF Transition Ceremony
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APPF may refer to: * Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations, a body of the European Union * Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum * Afghan Public Protection Force The Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) was a Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) security service provider intended to protect people, infrastructure, facilities and construction projects. The APPF is organized as a Sta ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Authority For European Political Parties And European Political Foundations
In the fields of sociology and political science, authority is the legitimate power of a person or group over other people. In a civil state, ''authority'' is practiced in ways such a judicial branch or an executive branch of government.''The New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought'' Third Edition, Allan Bullock and Stephen Trombley, Eds. p. 115. In the exercise of governance, the terms ''authority'' and ''power'' are inaccurate synonyms. The term ''authority'' identifies the political legitimacy, which grants and justifies the ruler's right to exercise the power of government; and the term ''power'' identifies the ability to accomplish an authorized goal, either by compliance or by obedience; hence, ''authority'' is the ''power'' to make decisions and the legitimacy to make such legal decisions and order their execution. History Ancient understandings of authority trace back to Rome and draw later from Catholic (Thomistic) thought and other traditional understandings. In mo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been described as a '' sui generis'' political entity (without precedent or comparison) combining the characteristics of both a federation and a confederation. Containing 5.8per cent of the world population in 2020, the EU generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of around trillion in 2021, constituting approximately 18per cent of global nominal GDP. Additionally, all EU states but Bulgaria have a very high Human Development Index according to the United Nations Development Programme. Its cornerstone, the Customs Union, paved the way to establishing an internal single market based on standardised legal framework and legislation that applies in all member states in those matters, and only those matters, where the states have agreed to act ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum
The Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) is a group of parliamentary officials from the Asia-Pacific region who wish to discuss matters that affect their region with their government counterparts around the world. The group was founded in 1993. It is a branch of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Dan Hays Daniel Phillip Hays (April 24, 1939) is a Canadians, Canadian politician born in Calgary, Alberta. He was Speaker of the Senate of Canada from 2001 to 2006, when he became Leader of the Government (Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal) in the Sena ... is a past Chair of the APPF's Canadian section. The Australian National Group was founded in 1995. References [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |