Lund student life is based on three central structures: the student nations, the Academic Society ( AF ) and the student unions.

In Sweden, nations exist only in Uppsala and Lund.

The nations in Lund were formed at the time of the foundation of the university ( 1666 ) or shortly thereafter.

* Corporations-These are similar to the Studentenverbindungen in Germany and Austria, but there is no de facto constraint to participate as it is in the student nations at the universities of Uppsala, Lund and Helsinki.

Blekingska Nationen ( Province of Blekinge student community ) was founded in 1697 and is today one of Lund University's leading student nations concentrating on musical activities.

The student nations or nationer at the two ancient universities in Uppsala and Lund, of which there are now thirteen at each university, are the oldest student societies in Sweden.

The nations in Lund were formed at the time of the foundation of the university ( 1666 ) or shortly thereafter.

These are named on regional lines, where the nations in Lund take their names from provinces and areas in southern Sweden, and those in Uppsala take their names from all over Sweden, except for the Scanian lands, the traditional catchment area for Lund, which was founded in 1666 to provide higher education for the youth in the newly-conquered areas.

In addition to Uppsala and Lund, student nations were also formed at the University of Tartu and Royal Academy of Turku ( now University of Helsinki ), the second and third oldest universities in the Swedish Empire.

That is particularly true of sovereignty when it is applied to democratic societies, in which `` popular '' sovereignty is said to exist, and in federal nations, in which the jobs of government are split.

I believe that the industrial countries are ready to participate actively in supplementing the efforts of the developing nations to achieve progress.

Here, in two nations alone, are almost five hundred million people, all working, and working hard, to raise their standards, and in doing so, to make of themselves a strong bulwark against the spread of an ideology that would destroy liberty.

A common meeting ground is desirable for those nations which are prepared to assist in the development effort.

Indeed it might be a more appropriate vehicle than NATO for the development of a parliamentary organ of the Atlantic nations, because it could encompass all of the members of the Atlantic community including those, like Sweden and Switzerland, who are unwilling to be associated with an essentially military alliance like Aj.

That time is now past and the Atlantic nations, if they are to survive, must develop a full-fledged community, and they must also look beyond the frontiers of `` Western civilization '' toward a world-wide `` concert of free nations ''.

History has demonstrated many times that concerts of nations based solely on the negative spur of common danger are unlikely to survive when the external danger ceases to be dramatically urgent.

The probable answer is that it will do so just as long as Russia can exercise a veto in favor of chaos and until young African nations wake up to the truth that out of false pride they are visiting ruin on Central Africa.

But there are indications that many developing nations will welcome Peace Corps volunteers, and that if the volunteers are well chosen, they will soon demonstrate their value and make many friends.

Throughout the world the people of the newly developing nations are struggling for economic and social progress which reflects their deepest desires.

To meet this urgent need for skilled manpower we are proposing the establishment of a Peace Corps -- an organization which will recruit and train American volunteers, sending them abroad to work with the people of other nations.

This organization will differ from existing assistance programs in that its members will supplement technical advisers by offering the specific skills needed by developing nations if they are to put technical advice to work.

Thus, although the agenda of external assistance in the economic sphere are cumulative, and many of the policies suggested for nations in the earlier stages remain relevant, the basic purpose of American economic policy during the later stages of development should be to assure that movement into a stage of self-sustaining growth is not prevented by lack of foreign exchange.

We are just beginning the task of trying to win or maintain the friendship of the new African nations against the ruthless competition of the Communist bloc.

We are acutely aware that yours is a society which, in spite of several wars and many privations, has developed itself into one of the foremost nations of the world.

The Soviet Union and other members of the Communist bloc are rapidly expanding their economic, technical and military assistance to the uncommitted nations.

As a result, the West is in a poor bargaining position at the current Geneva negotiations on Laos, and South Vietnam and other nations in Southeast Asia are under increased pressure.

in effect, he was practicing what he preached in his Berlin message two weeks ago when he declared: `` We shall always be prepared to discuss international problems with any and all nations that are willing to talk, and listen, with reason ''.

Insofar as these nations claim to incarnate traditions and ways of life which constitute ultimate, trans-political justifications for their existence, such people are inevitably led to emphasize the ways in which these traditions and ways are theirs rather than someone else's.

`` They are determined '', Montgomery writes, `` not to be surprised again, and now insist on a state of readiness for war which is not only unnecessary, but also creates nervousness among other nations in the Western Alliance -- not to mention such great suspicions among the nations of the Eastern bloc that any progress towards peaceful coexistence or disarmament is not possible ''.

Many companies are coming into the country from China and surrounding nations to help improve road surfaces.

In many island nations such as those of the Mediterranean, South Pacific and Caribbean, tourism is central to the economy.

Problems with collapses of banks during downturns, however, was leading to wider support for central banks in those nations which did not as yet possess them, most notably in Australia.

The central European Slavic nations ( Czechs and Slovaks etc.

The central theme of ethnic nationalists is that ".. nations are defined by a shared heritage, which usually includes a common language, a common faith, and a common ethnic ancestry.

Robotic surgery has been touted as a solution to underdeveloped nations, whereby a single central hospital can operate several remote machines at distant locations.

On 31 March 2009, Uzbekistan and the Sultanate of Oman agreed upon a legal framework that protects Omani investments in central Asia and guarantees trade from both nations is free from double taxation.

** The Second Congo War starts in 1998 in central Africa and includes 50 different cultures and 7 different nations.

In 2006 the organization stated that it would cease spending in the Baltic and central European nations by 2010, and funding would be shifted to Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

Recognition of any unilateral declaration of independence would likely be of central importance ; though US officials have indicated that they might support such a move, European nations have argued against unilateral moves by either side.

Canadian style pole dancing, table dancing and lap dancing, organized by multi-national corporations such as Spearmint Rhino, was exported from North America to ( among other countries ) the United Kingdom, the nations of central Europe, Russia and Australia.

One, in many cases the environmental is central to local communities, especially in developing nations.

Messianic Jews believe God's people have a responsibility to spread his name and fame to all nations ( Psalms 96: 3, Ezekiel 3: 18 – 19 ) It is believed that the Children of Israel were, remain, and will continue to be the chosen people of the God, and are central to his plans for existence.

By 1968, the FYDP covered ten military areas: strategic forces, general purpose forces, intelligence and communications, airlift and sealift, guard and reserve forces, research and development, central supply and maintenance, training and medical services, administration and related activities, and support of other nations.

The Kwakwaka ' wakw are a group of Indigenous nations, numbering about 5, 500, who live in the central coast of British Columbia on northern Vancouver Island and the mainland.

With continuing pressure after the American Revolutionary War, the Brotherton Indians of New Jersey migrated to New York, accepting an offer by the Stockbridge Indians, also Christian Indians, to settle on their reservation in the central part of the state, where they had been allocated land by the Oneida people, one of the Iroquois nations.

An empire is a multi-ethnic state or group of nations with a central government established usually through coercion ( on the model of the Roman Empire ).

This is particularly true in the West African nations of Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Mauritania where fishing has historically been central to the local economy.

In 2000, Bono, lead singer with Irish band U2, played a central role in campaigning for debt relief for African nations in the Jubilee 2000 campaign.

The plan built on ideas developed by Senator Nelson Aldrich, who discovered the European nations had more efficient central banks that helped their internal business and international trade.

Eventually weakened both by contention with the northwestern invaders and internal strife they broke up and gave rise to several nations around Deccan and central India regions even as the Gupta Empire arose in the Indo-Gangetic Plain and ushered in a " Golden Age " and rebirth of empire as decentralized local administrative model and the spread of Indian culture until collapse under the Huna invasions.

These other kingdoms eventually agglutinated under one central power, Castile, and named Spain, after Hispania which was hitherto used in the plural ( Hispaniae or the Spains ) to refer to all of the nations on the Iberia peninsula.

The central driving force of these nations was colonialism.

These nations began their movement not only with central goals but with codes of conduct as well ( though non-enforceable ).