International groupings Flashcards
Financial action task force FATF
Intergovtl body estabd 1989, initiative of G7.
Policy-making body working to generate political will for national legislative and regulatory reforms in various areas. Imposes binding obligations on all UN member states
FATF Secretariat housed Act OECD headquarters in Paris
combat money laundering, terrorist financing. counter financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system.
Comprises 37 member jurisdictions and 2 regional organisations representing most financial centres. more than 200 countries and jurisdictions committed to implementing them.
Blacklist: Country is noncooperative. support terror funding and money laundering activities.
Grey list: country considered safe heaven for supporting terror funding and money laundering. Serves as a warning before entering blacklist.
Considered in the grey list may face:
Economic sanctions from IMF, World Bank, ADB.
Problem in getting loans from IMF, World Bank, ADB and other countries.
Reduction in international trade.
International boycott.
G7 countries
US Canada Japan
Uk France Germany Italy
G8
G7 + Russia
G20
G8 plus Turkey, European Union, Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, Mexico, China, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia Australia, India, South Africa
G20 guest countries
Norway, Netherlands, Spain, Kenya, Senegal, Vietnam, Singapore
ASEAN
Estb 1967; HQ Jakarta, Indonesia
3 pillars: Economic, political security, socio-cultural
10 Mya, Thai, Camb, Laos, Viet, Malasia, Singapore Indonesia, Brunei Philippines
SAARC
MBBS PAIN
Cotton- 4 Countries
Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali
World Cotton Day
Second World Cotton Day was observed on 7th October 2020.
The event is organised in collaboration with the Secretariats of the :
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the
International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)
Vanilla countries in Indian Ocean
Mal Sy gone maad @ Mau rya
Maldives Seychelles Comoros Mayotte + Madagascar Mauritius reunion Island
Eurasian economic union EAEU
BARKK
Belarus Armenia Russia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan
13 OPEC countries
A UK VIGILANCES
Iran, Nigeria, Libya, Congo, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Venezuela, Equatorial Guinea, Algeria, Angola, Gabon, Kuwait
SCO members
Kylie Kane PURChased TIsco
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Russia, China, Tajikistan, India
16 RCEP countries
10 asean + 6 others JANSIC
Japan Australia New Zealand South Korea India China, also 10 Asean countries
Official languages of UN
FACERS
French, Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish
G4 group: 📍
▪️BIG J
(Brazil, India, Germany, Japan)
Nordic Council
Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Norway
Arctic Council
Nordic Council plus Russia, USA, Canada
Gulf Council GCC
Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, S. Arabia, UAE, Kuwait
Mekong Ganga Cooperation:
▪️LIMCa TV
Laos, India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
BIMSTEC countries: 📍
▪️MBBS NIT
Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan, SriLanka, Nepal, India, Thailand
APTA countries: 📍
▪️CBI-KLS
China, Bangladesh, India - Korea, Laos, Sri Lanka
SASEC countries:📍
▪️MBBS NIM
Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan, SriLanka, Nepal, India, Maldives
SACEP countries: MBBS PAIN
(Maldives, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Nepal)
SAWEN countries: MBBS PAIN
(Maldives, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Nepal)
India”s border with neighboring countries (Largest to smallest): BaChPaN MBA
(Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, Afghanistan)
Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence (GPAI)
international and multi-stakeholder initiative (GPAI); India founder member.
promote responsible and human centric development and use of AI.
experts from the industry, civil society, governments, and academia to collaborate.
GPAI is supported by a Secretariat, hosted by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Indian Ocean Conference
Initiated by India Foundation along with its partners from Singapore, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
It is an annual effort to bring together Heads of States/Governments, Ministers, Thought Leaders, scholars, diplomats, bureaucrats and practitioners from across the region.
Indian Ocean is also rich in natural resources. 40% of the world’s offshore oil production takes place in the Indian Ocean basin.
Fishing in the Indian Ocean now accounts for almost 15% of the world’s total.
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international financial institution owned by central banks that “fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks”. The BIS carries out its work through its meetings, programmes and through the Basel Process – hosting international groups pursuing global financial stability and facilitating their interaction.
It also provides banking services, but only to central banks and other international organizations. It is based in Basel, Switzerland.
BirdLife International
BirdLife International is a global partnership of NGOs -conserve birds and their habitats.
preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding important sites for birds, maintaining and restoring key bird habitats, and empowering conservationists worldwide.
IUCN’s Red List authority for birds.
BirdLife International publishes a quarterly magazine, BirdLife: The Magazine.
