MPORTANT
ORGANISATIONS & PACTS
Name
Founded Member Headquarter
• ADB-
1966- Headqarter at Philippines(Manila) and total 187 member countries
• Arab
League- 1945- 22- Cairo(Eygpt)
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ASEAN- Aug 8, 1967- 10 member countries -Hq Jakarta, founded at Bangkok.
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Colombo Plan- 1st July 1951- Colombo (Srilanka)
•
Common Wealth- 1931 HQ London. Total members 54
• D8-
15 June 1997- Founded at Turkey, HQ Turkey.
• ECO-
Jan 1985- 8- Tehran.Total members 10
• ICJ-
1951- Hq in Hauge.
•
ICRC- 1883- Geneva.
• NAM
1961
• OIC
22 to 25 Sep 1969- 57 member countries – Hq in Jeddah established in Rabat
(Morocco).
•
SAARC 8, 1985- 7- 8 Katmandu- established at Dhaka.
•
NATO- 1949 Brussels.
•
SEATO Sep 8, 1954 founder at Manila, ended in 1972
• UNO
24 Oct 1945 New York.
•
Warsaw Pact 14th May 1955. Dissolved in 1991
• Term
of non-permanent members of the Security Council is 2 years.
•
General Assembly and Security Council appoints the judges of International
Court of Justice.
• RCD
was changed to ECO in Jan 1985.
• G-8 was established on 22 September 1985. G-8 was
originally the G-5 but was expanded when Canada, Italy and Russia jointed in June 1997.
• European Union came in to being on January 1,
2000, EU adopted Euro currency in 2001. Its head quarter is in Brussels (Belgium).
•
International Energy Agency was founded in 1974; its head quarter is in Paris
(France).
•
International Olympic Committee was formed in 1984; its head quarter is in
Lausanne (Switzerland).
• The
head quarter of international Red Cross and Red Crescent is in Geneva
(Switzerland).
• Organization of Petroleum and Exporting Countries
was founded in Baghdad in 1960; its head quarter is in Vienna (Austria).
• The organization of Economic Cooperation and
Development was founded in 1961; its head quarter is in Paris (France).
• The world council of churches was established in
1948 in Amsterdam (Netherlands), its headquarter is in Geneva (Switzerland).
• North American Free Trade Agreement, its origin
lies in the free trade agreement signed by the USA and Canada in 1989.
• The
organization of African Unity was founded in 1963; its head quarter is in Addis
Ababa (Ethiopia).
• The organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting
Countries was founded in 1968, its headquarter is in Cairo (Egypt).
•
Organization of American State was founded in 1948; its heat quarter is in
Washington DC (USA).
•
China became the member of the World Trade Organization on 11 December 2001
• OPANAL stands for Agency for the Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons in Latin America.It was formed on 2nd December, 1969, its headquarter is in Mexico
City.
• OECS
stands of Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, established on 18th June,
1981.
• The
head quarter of OECS is in Casries (St. Lucia).
• UN
has 6 principle organ
•
Security Council has 5 permanent members.
• The Economic and Social Council acts as
coordinating body for the numerous specialized agencies created by the UN. The council has 54 members
elected for the term of 3 years.
• The
international court of justice comprises 15 judges.
• The
IBRD was established in 27th Dec 1945.
•
Steel Pact was signed between Italy and Germany on 22nd May 1939 at Berlin.
• Camp
David Accord made between Egypt and Israel on 17 Sep 1978.
•
Locarno pact signed on 16th October, 1925, signed at Locarno.
• Four
Power Pact was signed on 16th July, 1933 at Paris.
•
CENTO was signed on 24th Feb, 1955 in Baghdad.
•
Balkan Pact was signed on 9th Feb, 1934.
•
Eisenhower Doctrine was announced in 1957.
•
Entente Cordiale was formed in April 1904, the agreement was signed between
England and France.
•
Dawes Plan was introduced in 1924.
• CTBT
opened for signature from Sep 24, 1996.
•
KELLOGG-Briand pact was signed by 15 states on 27th August, 1928, it was signed
in Paris.
• Rio
Summit was held in Rio-de-Janero on 14th 1992.
•
Amnesty International is an international organization which works for the release
of the political prisoners. It was
established by peter Bomenson in the year of
1961.
• In
1941 the Atlantic Charter was signed by Churchill and Roosevelt.
• Truman Doctrine-------- announced on 12
March 1947 about the security of Greece and Turkey.
• USSR
and its allies signed Warsaw pact in the year 1955.
• The famous Dumbarton Oaks conference, which
formulated proposals about UN charter, was held in Dec 1944.
• On 14th August 1941, US president F.D Roosevelt
and British Premier W. Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter on a battle ship.
•
Veraillies Treaty was signed in 1919.
•
Bostan Tea party tool place in 1773.
• The civil right act which was passed in USA in
1964 was the result of the March of 250000 people organized by Martin Luther king in 1963.
• The
famous XYZ affair tool place when an American delegation visited England.
•
Potsdam conference was held in 1945.
•
Mamoon Abdul Gavvum (PM of Maldives) said SAARC is a brain child.
•
Napolean I, first person to call English a nation of shopkeepers.
• Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent
perspiration; these words are said by Thomas A. Edison.
•
Hippocrates said that extreme remedies are most appropriate for extreme
disease.
•
Archimedes said that give me but one firm spot on which to stand, and I will
move the earth.
• The
Asian development bank established in 1966 with headquarter located at MANILA
(philipines).
•
Eqypt , Iraq , jorden , Lebanon , Saudi Arab , Syria and Yemen are the founder
nations of the arab league.
•
Asian development bank was established in 1966 with headquarter located at
manila(philipine)
• The
International court of Justice is located in Hague,Holland
• WHO
is not the principal organ of the United Nations.
•
Declaration of Human Rights was adopted on Dec: 10, 1948.
•
Green Peace has no formal structure and Secretariat.
• Who
were the three statesmen who formulated Non-Aligned Movement (NAM): Nehru,
Nasser, Tito
• international headquarter of Transparency
International (TI} is located in Berlin, Germany. The founder of the organisation is Peter Eigen
• The
permanent Secretariat of SAARC is established at: Khatmandu
• How
many official working languages are recognized by UNO:6
• Who
was the first Asian Secretary General of the United Nations? U. Thant
•
Baden Powel was the founder of Boy Scout and Civil Guides Movement.
• CIS are 11 independent states of the former Soviet
Union known as Commonwealth of Independent States
• Head
quarters of WWF are in Vienna, Austria.
•
SAARC was formed in December, 1985.
•
SAARC Human Resource Development Centre is located at Islamabad.
• HQ
of Universal Postal Union is in Berne.
• New
Zealand’s Don McKinnon is the first secretary general of commonwealth.
•
First Islamic Summit was held at Rabat in 1969.
• Second
Islamic Summit was held at Lahore in 1974.
• 1n
1948 the UN drawn up a charter of civil and political rights.
•
First Secretary General of UN was Tregav Lee of Norway.
• Kofi
Anan got noble peace price in 2001.
• UNO
world was coined by F.D Roosevelt.
• Kofi
Anan is the 7th Secretary General of UNO.
• What
was the first country to leave the United Nations-Indonesia
• The
term of the judges of the international court of justice is 9 years.
• ILO
is not an organ of the UN.
•
First city to be placed under UN was Sarajevo.
• The
UN observed 1998 as the human rights year with the theme “ All Human Rights for
All”.
• ICJ
has 15 judges, any two of whom cannot be of the same nationality.
• UN
Charter was signed on June 26, 1945 and came into force on October 24, 1945.
•
Olive Branch is the emblem of the U.N.
• Five
permanent members of U.N Security Council are China, France, Russia, UK and US.
• UN
Security Council has five permanent and 10 non-permanent members.
•
Bangladesh is not a member of ASEAN.
• As per SAFTA agreement, India, Pakistan & Sri
Lanka have to decrease their custom duties to 0-5% by 2013.
•
Estonia is not a member of CIS.
•
Portuguese is not an official language of UN.
• ICJ
has issued the arrest warrant of ... Omar al Basher of Sudan
• The
United States of America has used its veto power more than any other permanent
member
• G-7 is the group of seven rich industralial
nations- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US.
• The UNO originated during the second world war.Its
charter was drawn up from 25th April to 26th June, 1945 at San Francisco which was signed by 51
countries.
• In
1971 the people republic of china was given membership of UNO by expelling
Taiwan.
• The
UN Industrial Development Organization has its headquarters at Vienna.
•
Initially, Arab league has seven countries.
•
Headquarter of Arab League is located in Cairo. Arab League was established on
22nd March 1945.
•
Amnesty International was established in London by the British Lawyer, Peter
Benenson in 1961
• The
International court of justice was constituted on 26th June 1945
• The
Charter of United Nations consists of 111 articles.
• The
Common Wealth of Australia came into existence in 1901.
•
Article 55 of the UN Charter promotes international Human Rights.
•
Territorial waters traditionally are recognized to extend how far from a
state’s coastline? 12 miles.
• A
state’s executive economic zone (EEZ) is recognized to extend how far from the
coastline? 12 miles
•
ECOSOC has been established under chapter 10 of the UN charter
•
United Arab Emirates is a federation of 7 Emirates.
•
Switzerland joined the UN during 2002.
•
African Development Bank was established in 1964.
• The
principal organs of United Nations are Six.
• United
Nations spends a lion’s share of its budget on Refugees rehabilitations
• The UNO originated during the Second World War.
Its charter was drawn up from 25th April to 26th June, 1945 at San Francisco which was signed by 51 countries.
•
Transparency International is based in Berlin.
•
Where is the headquarter of the Amnesty International located: London
•
Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948.
•
Human Right Watch dog headquarter is in.. New York
• In which city World Economic forum usually holds
its meetings? The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a Geneva-based non-profit foundation best known for
its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland
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