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1
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bimstec hq is:
and founding day is :
current sec gen:
1st sec gen:
current members:

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dhaka, 6 june 1997, tenzin lekphell, First Secretary General was Sumith Nakandala from Sri Lanka. 7

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bimstec initially called?
when did myanmar, bhutan, nepal join?
— is bimstecs 25th foundation year

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BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation).
admission of Myanmar on 22 December 1997, and Bhutan and Nepal in February 2004.
2022 this yr

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in 2019, the first ever BIMSTEC Conclave of Ports summit was held in –
2022 summit delared:
when did asian dvlp bank become a partner?

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vishkhapatnam, Master Plan for Transport Connectivity, 2005

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in bimstec, how many members from south asia and how many from south east?
also which declaration led to formation of bimstec?

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Five are from South Asia –
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Two are from Southeast Asia –
Myanmar
Thailand

bangkok declaration

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SAARC was founded in — on —-.
secretariat:
secretary general:

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dhaka, on 8/11/1985
kathmandu
Esala Weerakoon

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how many members does saarc have currently? how many members foud it?

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current:8
founded by: 7 contries (inc India)

afghanistan joined saarc in 2007, making it 8

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world bank was founded in —– and were initially known as —-.
current prez and hq?

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1944, IBRD
it was established along with the International Monetary Fund at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference.
President: David Malpass
and hq in washintgon, us

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world bank is under the UN. true/false?
WB group has how many susbidiary insitutions? out of these, which 2 make up WB? and how many member countries?

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true.
5 insitutions, ie, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Development Association (IDA)
International Finance Corporation (IFC).
Multilateral Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
India is not a member of icsid.

ida+ibrd = wb

189 members inc india

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what 2 reports does world bank publish?
what is wb’s motto?
wb was founded by 2 ppl who?

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human Capital Index.
World Development Report.
also publsihed EodB - stooped recently.
Motto: Working for a World Free of Poverty
John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White
wb is treaty based org.

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current prez of world bank is—
it also also run by – executive directors and – vice prezes.

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david malpass
The World Bank is run by a president and 25 executive directors, as well as 29 various vice presidents ( There are two executive vice presidents, three senior vice presidents, and 24 vice presidents). IBRD and IDA have 189 and 174 member countries, respectively. The U.S., Japan, China, Germany and the U.K. have the most voting power

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asean members how many?

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10.
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
TV CLIP of MBBS

T= Thailand V= Vietnam C= Cambodia L=Laos I=Indonesia P=Philippines M= Malaysia B- Burma (Myanmar) B=Brunei S= Singapore.

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india has FTA w asean signed when?

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ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement was
signed and entered into force on 1 January 2010.
Under the Agreement, ASEAN Member States
and India have agreed to open their respective
markets by progressively reducing and eliminating
duties on 76.4% coverage of good. The ASEAN-India Trade in Services Agreement was signed in November 2014.

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g7 founded in?
g7 members?
g7 2022 host
g20 founded in?

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1975, JUICE GF (japan, us, italy, canada, english (uk), germany, france AND europian commission)
2022 host is germany
1999

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48th g7 summit invitees?

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SSIIA
senegal s africa india indoesia argentina

The G7 does not have a formal charter or a secretariat. G7 countries make up 10% of the world’s population, 31% of global GDP, and 21% of global carbon dioxide emissions,

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India’s first ever Lithium deposit site
indias 1st lithium plant

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karnataka, mandya distt
gujarat

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wto est?
TRIPS est?
SAME DATE
wto hq, director general
members?

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1 jan 1995
geneva, Director-General: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
164 (160 UN member states, the European Union, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan)

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wfp est in — by which two un bodies?
hq, exec director?
members?
given nobel peac rprize which yr?
1st programme in (2 yrs after est) sudan in which yr?

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1961, unga and fao
rome, david beasly (5yr term)
WFP is governed by an executive board which consists of representatives from 36 member states, and provides intergovernmental support, direction and supervision of WFP’s activities.
2020 prize
1963
WFP is an executive member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group or UNSDG, a consortium of UN entities that aims to fulfil the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), focus on sDG 2.

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highest policy making body of asean is —-. comprising heads of satte or govt. summit meetings held – . 1st summit held in —, indonesia in 23-24 feb, — (42nd amendment)

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sean summit.
biannually
bali, 1976

18
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nato has – members
founded when and where
hq
The — founding members
The various allies all sign the —- Agreement, which is a 1951 document that acts to embody civilian oversight of the Alliance

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30 members,
4 April 1949, Washington, D.C., United States
brussels, belgium
12 founded members were of the Alliance were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States.
1951 ottawa agreement

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nato cyber dfenece grp has – members
hq

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32 (27 nato +5 non nato)
tallinn, estonia

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HAC FOR NATURE AND PPL or high ambition coalition launhced in — by 3 nations: FCB.

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2019, france, britain, osta rica
€ It is co-chaired by Costa Rica and France and the
Ocean co-chair belongs to the United Kingdom.

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— joined the High Ambition Coalition
(HAC) for Nature and People - is the first of the BRICS to join it. aim is again 30 by 30 target.

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india

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unhrc is intergovtal created by UNGA in —-.
hq:
members: —, which are elected by UNGA. india was eleted in jan 2019 for a – yr period.

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2006, geneva
47, 3 year

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CICA is an intergovt forum. The idea of creating the organization was first voiced by Kazakhstan’s First President —- in —— at the 47th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The highest decision making organ of CICA is the
Meeting of the CICA Heads of State and Government
(Summit).
€ The Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs
is required to be held every t— yrs

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Nursultan Nazarbayev in 1992
2 years

24
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1st CIC A summit was held in june, —-. summits are held every – yrs
India co-chairs two CICA CBMs (Confidence Building
Measures) on ‘Development of Secure and Effective
Systems of Transportation Corridors,’ and ‘Energy
Security’.

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2002, 4 years

25
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CICA secretaria:
members?
Executive Director

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almaty, kazakh since june 2006
members - 27 asian + 9 observers + 5 int org
Kairat SARYBAY

26
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OECD is an intergovernmental economic
organisation, founded to stimulate economic
progress and world trade.
¾ Founded: —-
¾ Headquarters:
¾ Total Members: (has a 6 in it like the date)
¾ India is not a member, but a key economic partner

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1961.
Paris, France.
36

27
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is a multilateral development bank with a mission to improve social and economic outcomes
in Asia.
est by the AIIB Articles of Agreement (entered into force December —). operations beagn in jan 2016. but prprosed by china in —.
how many founding members?
.current AIIB’s membership has grown to – countries. diff is 45.
hq ??

prez and vp?

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2015
2013
57 members
102
beijing

jin Liqun
urjit patel

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India was among the AIIB’s 57 founding members in 2016. It is also its second-largest shareholder (with —% voting shares) after — (26.06%).
we have received USD 4.35 billion from the Bank. This
is the highest of any country, with the bank so far approving loans of USD 19.6 billion to support 87
projects in 24 countries.
— is second with USD 1.95 billion.
AIIB has approved financing projects in India in a host
of sectors like energy, transport and water including the Bangalore metro rail project/ — Metro (USD 335 million),
Gujarat rural roads project (USD 329 million) and
Phase 3 of the Mumbai urban transport project
(USD 500 million).

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7.62%
China
Turkey - 1.95 bn (we-4.35 bn)
Namma Metro

29
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IEA is an autonomous Intergovernmental Organisation
established in — in —. (date, place), wake of the oil crisis of 1973-
1974.
focuses on its energy policies which
include economic development, energy security, evironmental protection.These policies
are also known as the 3 E’s of IEA.
€ IEA Clean Coal Centre- how coal
can become a cleaner source of energy, compatible with the UN sdg.

members??

exec drector?

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1974 in Paris, France.

31 member countries and 11 association countries of the IEA represent 75% of global energy demand.

fatih birol

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€ A candidate country to the IEA must be a member
country of the —
eligibility Criteria: A candidate country to the IEA
must have:
€ Crude oil and/or product reserves (Strategic Oil
Reserves) equivalent to - days of the previous year’s net imports, to which the government has
immediate access (even if it does not own them directly) and could be used to address disruptions
to global oil supply.
A demand restraint programme to reduce national
oil consumption by up to –%.

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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
90 days
10%.

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Bretton Woods twinsare two multilateral organizations created at the Bretton Woods Conference in — .Both twin organizations functioned to enact and maintain the Bretton Woods system of proscribed international currency exchange rates. They are IBRD (lending arm of WB group) and –

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1944
IMF

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, hq?? ., est in —, while formally started on 27 december — (1 yr difference) with HOW Many COUNTRIES?
currently has how many?? .
formed at the Bretton Woods Conference primarily by the ideas of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes.

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Washington, D.C
1944, 1945
29 members
190 nations

Its stated mission is “working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.

33
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he current managing director (MD) and Chairwoman of the IMF is Bulgarian economist is —.
1st woman MD was: christine Lagarde in 2011.
current chief eco??
last cheif eco was gita gopinath, 1st woman to be chief eco. and –th indian.
1st indian was ——— b/w 2003-2006.

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Kristalina Georgieva.
pierre gourinchas
2nd indian
Raghuram Rajan who was Chief Economist and Director of Research of IMF between 2003 and 2006.

34
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FAO is a specialised agency of the UN that leads
international efforts to defeat hunger.. In —, the UN Secretary-General also convened the
very first Food Systems Summit to discuss ways to
transform the production and consumption. fao hq?? est when where?
Its Latin motto, fiat panis, translates to “let there be bread”
how mnay members?

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2021
rome
16 oct 1945 at quebec city, canada
195 members (194 countries + EU)

35
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fao related to which sdg?
fao DG?
it is governed by a biennial conference representing each member country and the European Union, which elects a how many member executive council?
FAO predeccsor?

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sg2, 0 hunger
qu dongyu, china
49 menbers
IIA - International Institute of Agriculture (IIA)

36
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The idea of an international organization for food and agriculture emerged in the late 19th and early 20th century, advanced primarily by Polish-born American agriculturalist and activist —-.
In May–June —-, an international conference was held in Rome, Italy, which led to the creation of the International Institute of Agriculture (IIA) by the King of —, Victor Emmanuel III.
it was the first intergovernmental organization to deal with the problemsof agriculture on a global scale. It worked primarily to collect, compile, and publish data on agriculture, ranging from output statistics to a catalog of crop diseases. Among its achievements was the publication of the first agricultural census in –

A

David Lubin
1905, king of Italy
1930

WW2 ended IIA. officially dissolved in 1948

37
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)/un environment is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. It was established by —, its first director, after the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in June —. est on 5TH JUNE.
hq??
exec director??
members??

unep is implementing agency for —- protocol (ozone layer) AND Global Environment Facility (GEF)

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Maurice Strong
1972.
nairobi, kenya
inger anderson, denmark
193
montreal protocol

38
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he United Nations Environment Assembly is UNEP’s governing body. world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment.
est in june – , during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also referred to as RIO+20, to replace the Governing Council.
it currently has -members and meets every – years to set priorities for global environmental policies and develop international environmental law.

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2012
193
2 yrs

39
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Pakistan was first put on FATF grey list in —, removed in 2009/2010 (former as per drishti) and then again remained under increased monitoring from 2012 to —.. most recently, placed in —.
pak has two concurrent
action plans, with a total of – action plan items. It has largely addressed 32 of the items.
pak has made significant progress and it has largely addressed 26 out of 27 items on the
action plan it first committed to in June 2018.
2nd plan is 2019, with – out of 7 items done.

The UNSC Resolution — was adopted on
28th September —. It declares international
terrorism a threat to international peace and
security and imposes binding obligations on all
UN member states

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2008
2015
2018
34 pts
6 pts

1373 unsc
2001

40
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The Financial Action Task Force (on Money Laundering) (FATF), also known by its French name, Groupe d’action financière (GAFI), is an intergovern org.
est when?? on the initiative of the – to develop policies to combat money laundering and to maintain certain interest .
In —, its mandate was expanded to include terrorism financing.
Since 2000, FATF has maintained the FATF blacklist/Non-Cooperative
Countries or Territories (NCCTs) are (formally called the “Call for action”) — HOW MANY? and the FATF greylist (formally called the “Other monitored jurisdictions”)
/secretariat/hq??
founding and current members?

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founded in 1989
G7
2001
3 (iran, n korea and myanmar addeed very recently)
oecd hq in paris
founding: 16
current: 39 (37 + 2 orgs GCC +europ comm)

41
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as at oct ‘22, pak and — removed off of grey list? – added from grye to black list.

which 3 nations were added to grye?

fatf plenary- deciison body of fatf- meets atleast hw many times in a yr??

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nicaragua
myanmar

tanzania, drc, mozambique
thrice

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