IMPORTANT ORGANISATIONS & PACTS

Name Founded Member Headquarter
• ADB- 1966- Headqarter at Philippines(Manila) and total 187 member countries
• Arab League- 1945- 22- Cairo(Eygpt)
• ASEAN- Aug 8, 1967- 10 member countries -Hq Jakarta, founded at Bangkok.
• 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