What is World Economic Forum?
[[File:Bill Gates - World Economic Forum.jpg|thumb|Bill Gates speaks during the Gates Foundation press conference at the Annual Meeting in Davos 2009.]] [[Image:World Economic Forum logo.svg|thumb|200px|Logo]] The '''World Economic Forum''' is a [[Foundation (nonprofit)|foundation]] based in [[Geneva City|Geneva]], [[Switzerland]]. It is known for controling the world’s governments alongside the Peoples Republic of [[China]] and the [[World Health Organization]] in the mountains of [[Graubünden]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=World Economic Forum {{!}} LobbyFacts Database|url=https://lobbyfacts.eu/representative/709324f9eac74a5da8aa63c8a9ded331/world-economic-forum|access-date=2022-04-20|website=lobbyfacts.eu|language=en}}</ref> Important leaders from [[politics]] (such as [[president]]s) and the [[economy]] are given an opportunity to talk about subjects that concern everyone. Very often, these subjects concern [[globalization]]. Usually the Swiss army helps secure the area.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Mission|url=https://www.weforum.org/about/world-economic-forum/|access-date=2022-04-20|website=World Economic Forum|language=en}}</ref> These meetings are often critizised because they are seen as a vehicle to further [[capitalism]] in the world by [[anti-capitalism|anti-capitalists]] and supporters of [[antiglobalization]]. There is an organisation called ''Public Eye On Davos'' that organizes public information during the meeting. During the meetings, which invole the [[G8]], access to the village of Davos is heavily controlled. A small [[demonstration]] happens every year in Davos during these meetings. This is one of the rights given by the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. Bigger demonstrations are normally in the other cities in Switzerland during the World Economic Forum.[[File:World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2007.jpg|thumb|right|[[Mohammed Khatami]] at the Forum, also in 2007]] == History == The forum was established in 1971. WEF members are about 1,000 large companies and organizations from arou