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The motto of UN is “Standing proud in France, complacency’ 200.lranian poet Saadi, wrote a poem eight century ago that later became a motto inscribed on the entrance of the United Nations building. His poem's title is Bani Adam. 201. The most powerful organ of United Nations is, Security Council 202.Pakistan became non-permanent member of UN Security Council 7 times. : 203.In General Assembly of the United Nations all member states of UN are represented. 204.UNFCC (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) was adopted during the Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro (1992). It came in force in March 1994 205. The Presidency of the United Nations Security Couneil rotates (in alphabetical order) among its members every one month. 206.UNESCO, which deals with Education, Science and Culture, has its headquarters in Paris, 207.The United Nations “Commission on Human Rights" meets in Geneva for six weeks each year. General Knowledge 87 208.The First United Nations Conference on Environment and Development was held in 1992 at Rio de Janeiro. 209.In September 2015 the United Nations replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by Sustainable Development Goals 210.In 1948 UNCIP was established to investigate and mediate the Indo-Pakistan dispute on the future of Kashmir. UNCIP stands for United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan 211.The first United Nations subsidiary agency Pakistan joined soon after independence was Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 212.The article 3 of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of UN relates to health 213.International Monetary Fund (IMF) was created after the Breton Wood conference. 214. Kyoto Protocol came into force in 2005. 215.There are six official languages of the UN These are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish 216.UNCTAD release report From the Great Lockdown to the Great Meltdown. 217.World Bank publishes “World Development Report”. 218.China joined World Trade Organization in 2001 219.The World Trade Organization came into effect in January 1995 220.Among 17 SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) some are are: To end poverty, Health, Water sanitation. 221.Sir Zafarullah Khan. was UN General Assembly president in 1962-1963 222.All powers of the World Bank are vested in the Board of Governors, 223.World Bank gave first loan in 1947 to France. 224.The head (secretary-general) Antonio Guterres of UN belongs to Portugal 225.The United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies is International Telecommunication Union 226.United Nations played an important role in international human rights law. REGIONAL ORGANIZATIO! SAARC 1. South Asian leader Zia-ul- Rehman promoted NS & GROUPS 2. In April 1981, foreign secretaries of South Asian countries met at Colombo. 3. There are 8 members of SAARC. the idea of regional cooperationFovmore Past Papers visit Objective General Knowledge (One Liner) testpreparation.pk 88___ Advanced Objective General 4. Recently Afghanistan became member of SAARC SAARC law was accorded recognition in which year 1994 The SAARC secretariat is in Kathmandu o 6. 7. The first SAARC summit was held in Dhaka, 8. SAARC was formed in Dhaka on December 8, 1985 9. 4th SAARC summit was held in Islamabad in 1988. 40. In 1981 SAARC Law Commission was formulated 41. First Summit of SAARC was held in 1985 in Dhaka (Bangladesh) 12. The lowest number of people living below the poverty line among the SAARC Countries are in Sri Lanka 13. 1981was observed as “SAARC Year of Shelter” 14, 1992 wes declared as SAARC year of Environment 45. The SAARC year of combating drug abuse and drug trafficking was 1989. 16. Abu-al-Ahsan was the first SAARC Secretary General. 17. From Bangladesh first Secretary General did belong. 18. Apart from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are the other member countries of SAARC. 19. Japan and China got observer status in SAARC 20. SAPTA is a trade agreement by SAARC nations. 21. SAPTA come into operation in December . 19985. 22. 2001-2010 was the SAARC decade of the rights of the child. . Shah Birendra Bir. Bikram Shah Dev inaugurated SAARC secretariat. _ 24. SAARC year of Poverty Eradication was 1995, "25. SAIV stands for SAARC Agriculture Information Centre. 26. STC stands for SAARC Tuberculosis Centre 27. STC was inaugurated in 1992. 28. SAARC Human Resource Development Centre is in Islamabad. 29. SAARC charter day is annually on 8 December. 30. There are 8 SAARC directors. 31. 19” SAARC conference was held in Pakistan. " 12. 13. 14, 15: 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23, 24, 25. ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC. COOPERATION (OIC) The Organization of Islamic Conference camg into existence in 1969. The first Secretary General of OIC was Tunky Abdul Rehman The Headquarter of Organization: of Islami Conference is located in Jeddah OIC Secretary General is appointed for the period of 4 years. The first OIC summit was held from September 22-25, 1969 in Rabat. On the occasion of Third Islamic Summit Conference held in 1981 the main achievement of OIC was Formation of a $3 billion fund for economic development. Second OIC Summit conference was held in Lahore. In 1974 second OIC Summit Conference was held i Total number of OIC member states is 57. Casablanca city has the honour Of. hosting Organization of Islamic Conference twice, The fourth OIC summit was. held at Casablanca in 1984 i In 1985 a Pakistani Syed, Shariffudin Pirzada became the Secretary General of OIC. The smallest OIC member state area-wise is Maldives. COMSTECH was established in 1981. OIC’s secretariat of Standing Committee for Scientific and Technical Cooperation is based in Islamabad. According to a recent study of COMSTECH, which of the following. OIC. member -Tarkiye produce largest number of. research publications in science and.technology- The Charter of OIC was adopted in 1972. The foreign Ministers of OIC member states met after every 1 years. * Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has been granted “Observer Status” in OIC. 24 countries took part in. first OIC Summit, In 1974, Islamic Solidarity Fund was set up in Lahore, The Islamic Development Bank is # specialised institution of OIC. Its head quartet is at Istanbul, Egypt was readmitted in OIC in 1984, . The Conference of Head ‘of States of OIC is convened every 3 years. - 21% of World Population lives in OIC states. \6. 7. 8. 29. ra 10. " 12. 13. 14, en Fovmore Past Papers visit testpreparation.pk 70% world crude oil reserves are in OIC states. i: 27 members of OIC are from Africa OIC changed its logo and name from Organisation of the Islamic Conference to Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in 2011 World's largest international organisation outside the United Nations is OIC. ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (ECO) Economic Cooperation established in January 1985. The head quarter of ECO is located in Tehran ECO is the successor organization to the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD) which was established in 1964 and remained up to 1979. ECO day is observed on 28" December. The official language of ECO is English In 1990, at_a ministerial meeting held in Islamabad, Treaty of Izmir was modified to provide legal basis for ECO adopted later as the charter of ECO? Pakistan, Iran and Turkiye established Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) for promoting technical, cultural and economic cooperation among the member states. The Principal objectives of ECO: The sustainable economic development of Member States; the progressive removal of trade barriers and promotion of intra-regional trade & the promotion of stability in the ECO region The Secretary-General of ECO is elected for a period of 3 years. The 10" summit of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was held in Islamabad The highest policy and decision-making body of the ECO is The Council of Ministers (COM). Eight Technical committees are conducting activities of ECO. Among the members of Cooperation Organization landlocked countries are 7. Turkiye is the third founder member of ECO (RCD) except Pakistan and Iran ASEAN Established during the Vietnam War, ASEAN was originally intended as: A bulwark against the spread of Communism in South Asia; to accelerate economic growth and promote regional peace in the region & to mediate In case of differences between member countries The total members of ASEAN are 10. In which year ASEAN was founded on 8 Organization Economic (ECO) the = © @ nw aa General Knowledge August 1967 : 5 slates first signed the Bangkok Declaration in 1967 Z In Jakarta the secretariat of ASEAN is located. H.R Dharsono was the first Secretary General of ASEAN ASEAN Heads of State and Governments meet every 3 years The first formal ASEAN summit was held in Bali, Indonesia in 1976 Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established on August 9, 1967 with its headquarters in Jakarta. ARAB LEAGUE Arab League was established on March 22, 1945 with its headquarter at Cairo. The original number of Arab League member states in 1945 were 7. The term of Arab League Secretary-General is 5 years. In 1979, Arab League suspended membership of Egypt. Egypt was readmitted into Arab League 1989. Arab League is comprised of 22 member countries. The term of Arab League Secretary-General is 5 years. Egypt, Saudi Arabia & Jordan’ were the founding members of Arab League. ‘After Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel on March 26, 1979, the other members of the Arab League voted to suspend Egypt's membership and to transfer the league's headquarters from Cairo to Tunis. Egypt was reinstated as a member of the Arab League in 1989, and the league's headquarters returned to Cairo in 1990. NAM The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide. The Non-Aligned Movement originated in the aftermath of the Korean War, as an effort by some countries to counterbalance the rapid bi- polarization of the world during the Cold War, whereby two major powers formed blocs and embarked on a policy to pull the rest of the world into their orbits. One of these was the pro-Soviet, communist bloc whose best known alliance was the Warsaw Pact, and the other the pro-American capitalist group of countries many of which belonged to NATO, In, 1961,= Advanced Objective General Knowledge (One Liner) Grawing on the principles agreed at the Bandung Conference of 1955, the Non. Aligned Movement was formally established in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, through an initiative of Nugoslav President Josip Broz Tito, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah, and’ Indongsian President Sukamo 3. The Non-Aligned Movement gained the most traction in the 1950s and early 1960s, when the international policy of non-alignment achieved major successes in decolonization, Gisarmament, opposition to racism and apartheid in South Africa, and persisted throughout the entire Cold War, despite several conflicts between members, and Gespite some members developing closer ties with either the Soviet Union, China, or the United States. 4. First NAM Conference was held in Belgrade (Yugoslavia) in September 1961, 5. Pakistan joined the NAM in 1979. 6. Pakistan is not the founder member of NAM, 7. The Non-Aligned Movements came into existence mainly through the initiative of Yugoslavian President Joseph Tito, Indian Prime Minister Jawaher Lal Nehru & Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nassar 8. The NAM does not have a constitution 9. The NAM does not have a permanent secretariat 0. The NAM's Coordinating Bureau is based at the UN 11. In 1992, the membership of Yugoslavia from Non-Aligned Movement was suspended. 12. The Non-Aligned Summits are held every Three year. SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO) 1. The new name of "Shanghai Five" Shanghai Cooperation Organization. 2. China founded — International “Shanghai Five" on April 1996 3. Members of Shanghai five were consisted of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan 4. Shanghai Five specially focused on battling ‘terrorist threats from Afghanistan, 5. In June 2001 Central Asian State Uzbekistan was invited to join the Shanghai Five and the group was officially named the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Alliance, 6. 10. 4 12. 13. 14 15. 16. 17. 18. 19, 20. 241 22. 23, 24, 25, 26. 27. 28. 29. For more Past Papers visit . testpreparation.pk The major objectives of SCO are: Resoivi border problems; fostering economic ties? promoting a multi-polar world Iran, India and Pakistan gained observer status in Shanghai Cooperation Organization in July, 2005 Sth summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held in Astana Kazakhsten on July 5, 2005. Pakistan” and India attended the sco Conference for the ‘1st time as observers on July §, 2005 along with Iran, The new member(s) of SCO are Pakistan & India Shanghai Cooperation formed in 15 June 2001 SCO Headquarters is located in Beijing, China Total Members of SCO 8 Members Total Observers in SCO 4 Total Dialogue Partners in SCO 6 Official languages of SCO are Chinese & Russian Pakistan applied for full ‘SCO in in 2010 Pakistan, along with India, has become a full member of the SCO on June 9, 2017 In June 2002, the heads of the SCO member states met in St Petersburg, Russia Pakistan attend a SCO summit for the first time in July 2006 (Astana, Kazakhstan) The SCO decided to admit india and Pakistan as full members in In July 2015 (Ufa, Russia) India and Pakistan signed the memorandum of obligations of joining the SCO as ful members in June 2016 (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) The SCO has established relations with the United Nations in In 2004 The SCO has established relations with Commonwealth of Independent States in 2005 The SCO has established relations with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in In 2005, The SCO has established relations with the Collective Security Treaty Organization in 2007 The SCO has established relations with the Economic Cooperation Organization in 2007 The top decision-making body in the SCO is The Council of Heads of State The first SCO joint military exercises was held in 2003 (in Kazakhstan) Organisation sco Membership of theFormore Past Papers visit testpreparation.pk ). According to the Charter of the SCO, Summits of the Council of Heads of State shall be held annually at alternating venues J, Afghanistan received observer status on 6 June 2012 in Beijing, China , Belarus was granted dialogue partner status in 2009 , Iran has observer status in the SCO, and applied for full membership on 24 March 2008 |. First country to receive observer status at the 2004 Tashkent Summit is Mongolia COMMONWEALTH The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 56 sovereign states. Most of them were British colonies or dependencies of those colonies, The Commonwealth dates back to the first half of the 20th century with the decolonisation of the British Empire through increased self- governance of its territories. It was originally created as the British Commonwealth of Nations through the Balfour Declaration at the 1926 Imperial Conference, and formalised by the United Kingdom through the Statute of Westminster in 1931. The current Commonwealth of Nations was formally constituted by the London Declaration in 1949, which modernised the community and established the member states as “free and equal’, Queen Elizabeth is the symbolic head of Commonwealth. The Secretariat of Commonwealth operates from London. Which of the following countries left the Commonwealth on becoming Republics in 1948 Myanmar (Burma). Pakistan left Commonwealth in 1972 when Bangladesh was recognized _—_—by Commonwealth Pakistan rejoined Commonwealth as 49th member in 1991 South Africa left Commonwealth in 1961. It rejoined in May 1994 raising the number of Commonwealth to 51 British politician Lord Reseburg coined the term “Commonwealth of Nations” in 1884 |. Important Declaration London Declaration was adopted in 19497 India was the Britain's largest colony that joined Commonwealth. The Commonwealth games are held every 4 years, . The Commonwealth Games, often referred to 14 15. 16. 7. 18. 19. 20. 24 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 1 2. General Knowledge _91 as the Friendly Games. The most recent Commonwealth Games, the 22nd, were held in Birmingham from 28. July to 8 August 2022. The next Commonwealth Games will be the first games in history held in a decentralized way, as they are scheduled to be hosted across four cities in the Australian state of toria from 17 to 29 March 2026. The term of office for Commonwealth secretary General is 4 years Turkmenistan is a member of Commonwealth. In 1926 the British dominions became defined as free and equal countries within the British Empire? Approximately 2.4 billion people live in Commonwealth countries. Since 1977 2nd Monday in March has been celebrated as Commonwealth Day. 15 Commonwealth countries British monarch is considered the head of state Ireland left Commonwealth in 1949. Fiji lost Commonwealth membership due to military coup in 1987. Fiji was reinstated in 1997 The ‘Commonwealth secretariat © was. established in London to serve as clearing house for the exchange of information in 1965. In 1947 the office of dominions was abolished and the Secretary of the Commonwealth assumed charge. 30%of the total population of the world constitute Commonwealth. EUROPEAN UNION The European Union was established with its headquarters at Brussels in 1987. European Union consisted of 27 members. European Union was' established in 1957 with the main objective of establishing such a strong political and economic bonds that war would cease to be a threat The union has a total area of 4,233,255.3 km2 (1,634,469.0 sq mi) and an estimated total population of about 447 million. Containing §.8 per cent of the world population in 2020, the EU generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of around US$17.1 trillon in 2021, constituting approximately 18 per cent of global nominal GDP. ; ‘All EU countries have a very high Human92 10. " 12. 13, 14. 15. 16. 47. 18. 19. 20. 24 22. Advanced Objective General Knowledge (On Development Index according to the United Nations Development Programme. In 1991 the governments of the 12 member states signed the Treaty on European Union Commonly called The Maastricht Treaty. Out of total of 27 members 19 member states have replaced the nationdl currencies with Euro. Under The Maastricht Treaty European citizenship was granted to citizens of each member state. European Union's headquarter is located Brussels. European Economic Community was brought into existence by the Treaty of Rome ‘Single market with free movement of goods and capital agreement took place by EU in January 1993. European Economic Community (EEC) was established on March 25, 1957 by the Treaty ‘of Rome is also known by the name of European Common Market Benelux Economic Union was established in 1958 with the objective of forming the Union for the purpose of economic unit by Belgium, Netherland and Luxembourg. Single market with free movement of goods ang capital agreement took place by EU in January 1993 Edropol is the European Union's criminal intelligence agency. It became — fully operational on July 1, 1999. The establishment of Europol was agreed to in the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, officially known as the Treaty on European Union (TEU) that came into effect in 1993. Total members countries of Europol are 27 The headquarters of Europol is located in The Hague, Netherlands Norway is NOT a member of European Union The recipient of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was European Union. The euro currency came into existence on January 1999. UK left European Union completely on 31 January 2020. This process is named as Brexit. INTERPOL 194 countries coordinate and cooperate in their activities with Interpol. The International ~—Criminal__—Police Organization, better’ known by name of Interpol. . 3 4 Noo 10. 1 12. je Liner) For moré Past Papers visit testpreparation.pk Interpol was established in 1923, Interpol was established as the Internation Criminal Police Commission and adopted ig telegraphic address Interpol as its name i, 1956. Total members countries of Interpol are 194 Interpol was founded in Austria in 1923, First Interpol's headquarter was situated jn Vienna, Austria until 1942. Interpol's headquarter from 1942 to 1945 was situated in Berlin, Germany. Interpol's headquarter from. 1945 to 1989 was situated in Saint Cloud, Paris. The current Interpol's headquarter is situateg in Lyon, France. German languages is not official language of Interpol The Interpol operates in four languages: English, French and Spanish. BRICS Members of BRICS are 5. BRICS is the acronym coined to associate five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The BRICS members are all developing or “newly industrialised countries, but they are distinguished by their economies. The. BRICS have a combined. area of 39,746,220 km? (15,346,101.0 sq mi) and an estimated total population of about 3.21 billion, or about 26.7% of the world land surface and 41.5% of the world population Four out of five BRICS members are among the world's ten largest countries by population, by area and GDP, except for South Africa which is twenty-third in both Members of G20, as of 2018, these five states had a combined nominal GDP of US$19.6 trillion; about 23.2% of the gross world product, a combined GDP (PPP) of around US$40.55 trillion (32% of the world's GOP PPP), and an estimated US$4.46 trillion in combined foreign reserves. The foreign ministers of the initial four BRIC states (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) met it New York City in September 2006, beginning @ series of high-level meetings. A full-scale diplomatic meeting was held in Yekaterinburg: Russia, on May 16, 2008. South Africa Joined the BRIC grouping it By Inclusion of South Africa BRIC converted large, fast-growingFovmore Past Papers visit testpreparation.pk into BRICS. 40. Belgium is not a BRICS member country, 41. The first formal summit of BRICS member states was held in Yekaterinburg in 2009. Yekaterinburg located in Russia, FATF 4, The Financial Action Task Force (on Money Laundering) (FATF) is an intergovernmental organisation founded in 1989 on the initiative of the G7 to develop policies to combat money laundering. 2. The objectives of FATF are to set standards and promote effective implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering, _ terrorist financing and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system. The FATF was founded in'1989. The headquarter of FATF is in Paris. 5. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has 39 members. 6. The FATF currently comprises 37 member jurisdictions and 2 regional organisations. 7. Pakistan was placed in FATF grey list in June 2018 8 Current President of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is T Raja Kumar. 9. FATE had put Pakistan on its Grey List. 10. The FATF President is a senior official appointed by the FATF Plenary from among its members for a term of One year. 11. First time Pakistan was. placed in FATF grey list for three years. 12. FATF is Abbreviation for Financial Action Task Force. 13. The Grey-list of FATF includes countries that are not doing enough to fight money laundering and terrorist financing 14. The impact of countries which are included in grey list of FATF are negative image to the world & country’s financial system is weak and effective measures are not being taken to halt money laundering or financing groups. 16. The impact of countries which are included in black list of FATF is that blacklisted countries are those that are unwilling to fight money laundering and terrorist financing. 16. China, Saudi Arabia & Turkiye opposed the inclusion of Pakistan in grey list. 17. India tried to black list Pakistan. 18. Indonesia is observer of FATF. Be 22 10. 1 12. 13, 14, 15 16. AT, 18. 19. Goneral Knowledge 93 OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Headquarter of International Organic Accreditation Services (OAS) is located in USA. International Finance Corporation (IFC) was established In 1955. The Group of 77 was established under the supervision of the UNO in 1964. The Group of 77 (G77) at the United Nations (UN) is a coalition of 134 developing countries, designed to promote its members’ collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 founding members of Group of 77 headquartered in Geneva, but it has since expanded to 134 member countries according to the organization. The headquarters of European Economic Community is in Brussels. Headquarters of World Economic Forum is situated in Geneva. Davos is a famous city 0: Switzerland. The idea for a global health agency was proposed in 1945 ‘at the United Nations Conference on International Organization held in California? Global campaign. to eliminate smallpox of WHO began in 1967. Organisation of Petroleum —_ Exporting Countries (OPEC) was established on November 14, 1960 with its headquarters at Vienne “To control production and pricing of crude oil” was the miain objective behind its formation. The headquarters of OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Countries) is at Vienna. Colombo Plan was established with its headquarters in Colombo in 1950. Headquarter of International Association Development is located in Washington. 2nd Monday in March is being celebrated as Commonwealth Day. In 16 Commonwealth countries monarch is considered the head of state. World Health Organization is not a principal organ of the UNO. American president Eisenhower was also a commander of NATO army in Europe before presidency of USA. The objective behind formation of NATO: To consult and develop capacity to resist armed British94. Advanced Obj 20. 24 22, 23. 24. 25, 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 3 | 32. 33, as well as political thveat NATO is a military alliance. Colombo Plan started with seven Commonwealth countries. Currently the number of member countries has risen to 26. The headquarters of the — Anmnesty International is in London. Amnesty Intemational is an organization associated with Protection of human rights. ‘Amnesty International won Nobel Prize for Peace in 1977. Each year World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated on May 8 because itis the Birthday of its founder Henri Durant. Red Cross was established by Jean Henri Durant in 1864. Presently the Group of 77 is comprised of how 134 developing countries. G-77 summit is a forum for North-South Cooperation The Group of 77 was established under the auspices of the UNO in 1964 The oldest world organization is League of Nations’ headquarter was situated in Geneva. League of Nations formally came ~ into existence in January 10, 1920. Child of War" term used for which League of Nations. Woodrow Wilson took major initiative in the formation of the League of Nations. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) went into effect in 1948. GATT was originally signed by 23 countries including USA. . GATT was replaced with WTO in 1995. . World Trade Organization came into effect on January 1, 1995. 3. The headquarter of WTO is at Geneva. |. China became member _ Organization in 2001. é |. NAFTA agreement was signed by Canada of world trade ‘and Mexico towards removing trade barriers. |. The Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT was launched in ‘September 1986, _ Red Cross is the reverse of the flag of Charity in We- is the motto of Red Cross? The Group «1 77 was established under the auspices of the UNO in 1964. . North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established in 1949. NATO was founded with the aim of increasing ability of West to resist the threat of a7. 48. 49. 52, 53. 54, 55, 56, 57. 58. 59, 60. 61 62: 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. Fovmore Past Papers visit testpreparation.pk Communist Bloc. Panda is used as the logo of tho World Wige Fund for Nature (WWF), Headquarter of International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is located in Belgium, World Food Council (WiC) was established iq 1974, Its headquarter situated in Rome, Total membership of NATO has risen to 28, International Association Development’ wag established in 1960. Headquarter of International Finance Corporation (IFC) is located in Washington, Headquarter of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is located in Paris. Headquarter of International Cooperative Agricultural Organization is located in South Korea. China founded __ International “Shanghai Five" in April 1996. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an ___intergovernmental organization of 13 countfies. Founded on 14 September 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela), The headquarter of OPEC is situated in: Alliance, Vienna, Austria, although Austria is not an‘ OPEC member state. Colombo Plan was established in 1950 with its headquarters in Colombo. i Colombo Plan started with seven Commonwealth countries. Currently the number of member countries has risen to 28. Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) was established in 1955, USA was not among the founders of CENTO but later on joined in 1958. Turkiye, Iran’ and Pakistan withdrew from CENTO in 1979, Organization of African Unity (OAU) was established with its headquarters in Addis Ababa in 1963. Organization of American States (OAS) was established in 1948 with the objective of fostering American solidarity, headquartered in the US capital, Washington, D.C. OAS comprised of 35 member countries. South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) Was established with its head office in Bangkok, Thailand in 1954, Pakistan withdrew from the SEATO in 1973. Scouts are a world-wide organized movementFovmore Past Papers vis testpreparation.pk for young people started by an Englishman Lieutenant General Sir Robert-Powell in 1907. 8. Girl Guide Movement was established by Baden-Powell in 1910. .9, G15 was established in 1989. 0. The first D-8 Summit was held in Turkiye in June 1997. 4, The D-8 Summit is convened every 1 year. 2, Sti Lanka was a major donor in financing the SAARC Organization: 3, Pakistan joined the WTO on January 1, 1995. 4. Commonwealth of independent states (CIS) , established on December 8, 1991 5, Headquarter of ~— Commonwealth _of independent states (CIS) is located at Minsk 6, G-20 is a group of 20 developing countries +” members of WTO emerged on 20th August, 2003. 77. The G20 developing nations (and, occasionally, the G21, G23 or G20+) is a bloc of developing nations established on 20 August 2003. Distinct and separate from the G20 major economies, the group emerged at the Sth Ministerial WTO conference, held in _ Canciin, Mexico, from 10 September to 14 _ September 2003, 78. Special member of Commonwealth of Nations is Tuvalu. 79. "WARSAW PACT" was signed on May 14, 1956. b Pakistan joined the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT) on 29-06-05, 81, Headquarter of Freedom House is situated in Washington. 82, The Headquarters of Asian Development Bank (ADB) is located at Manila. 83. Headquarters of Human Rights Watch is in New York. 84. The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab. World Economic Forum holds its annual Sessions in Davos, Switzerland. 86. The official languages of NATO are English and French. Hamas was founded by Sheikh Ahmad Yasin. India is NOT a member of D-8. United States of America is the largest shareholder of World Bank. The Group of Seven (G7) is an_inter- 85. 87, 88, neral Knowledge 95 governmental political forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States Headquarter of the African Union (AU) is located in Addis Ababa. The G20 or Group of Twenty is an intergovernmental_ forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union (EU). The G20 is composed of most of the world's largest economies, including: both industrialized and developing nations, and accounts for around 80% of gross world product (GWP), 75-80% of international trade,[b] two-thirds of the global population, and roughly half the world's land area. 94. The Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition is an intergovernmental counter- terrorist alliance of countries in the Muslim world, united around military intervention against ISIL and other counter-terrorist activities. Its creation was first announced by Saudi Arabian defence minister Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud, on 15 December 2015. The alliance was to have a joint operations center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 95. When the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition was announced there were 34 members. Additional countries joined and the number of members reached 42 when Kenya joinedon 1st September 2022. On 6 January 2017, the Pakistani former chief of Army Staff, General (retd.) Rahee! Sharif was named the IMCTC's first commander-in-chief. Most of its participants are members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. 96. D-8 countries contain 13% population and 7% land. 97. North Macedonia is the latest member of NATO. 98. The 12U2 Group is a grouping of India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States. - 99. The strategic security dialogue between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States that is maintained by talks between member countries is called the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) (QSD). 400.AUKUS, also styled as Aukus, is a trilateral security pact for the Indo-Pacific region between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, was announced on 15 September 2021 101.The Five Eyes (FVEY), comprising Australi ‘Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, 1 92, 93,