Multilateral organisations Flashcards
(43 cards)
Article 99 of UN charter states that ??___
Article 99 has been invoked on only________ number of occasions in the past.
the Secretary-General may bring to the attention of Security Council any matter
which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security.
four
1960: The Congo, following the end of Belgium’s colonial rule.
1971: East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
1979: Iran, during the Iran Hostage Crisis.
1989: Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War.
UNESCO
* HQ: _____________
Paris, France
Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize
awarded (to living individuals, active institutions)
for promoting peace
given by which org?
UNESCO
______________ is credited with altering “All men are born free and equal” to
“All human beings are born free and equal” in Article 1 of the United nation declaration of Human rights
Hansa Mehta
Three UNESCO member states are not UN
members: ________________
Two UN member states are not UNESCO
members: _____________.
Cook Islands, Niue, and Palestine
Israel and Liechtenstein
UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (UNCDF)
* Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, and United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) released
a whitepaper for Agri-Tech innovation in India
- UNCDF is UN’ flagship catalytic financing entity for world’s ______________ ( Developing or least develpoed)
o It is an autonomous, voluntarily funded UN organization, affiliated with UN Development
Programme.
o It was created in 1966 by UN General Assembly.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development
* __________ was re-elected as president of AIBD for third successive term.
* AIBD, headquartered in _____________, was established in 1977 under _________–
o International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UN Development Programme (UNDP) are also its
founding organisations
India
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia),
UNESCO
UNHRC
formed in ____?
2006
UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW (UNCITRAL)
*___________ hosted inaugural UNCITRAL South Asia Conference.
* UNCITRAL (established in 1966) is a subsidiary body of General Assembly of UN with a mandate for further
harmonization and unification of law of international trade.
o It is composed of 70 Member States elected by General Assembly.
o Members are elected for terms of ________ (India is member till 2028).
* Is it a part of WTO?_______
India
six years
UNCITRAL is not a part of WTO.
Note- * WTO deals with trade policy issues whereas UNCITRAL deals with laws applicable to private parties in international transactions and is not involved with “state-to-state” issues
Dag Hammarskjold medal is given for __________
UN - peacekeeping forces
GLOBAL CRISIS RESPONSE GROUP (GCRG)
- India has joined United Nations’ GCRG.
- The GCRG was set up by the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) in _____ (year) to address urgent and critical global
issues about interlinked crises in food security, energy, and finance and to coordinate an international
response. - It is overseen by the Champions Group comprising the Head of State/Head of Government of _____________
2022
Bangladesh, Barbados, Denmark, Germany, Indonesia and Senegal.
India has been elected to United Nations Statistical Commission for a four-year term beginning January 1,
2024.
* About United Nations Statistical Commission
o HQ: ______________
o It was established in _________-
New York, USA,1947
FAO
o Genesis: Founded in _______, a specialized agency
of the United Nations that leads international
efforts to defeat hunger.
o HQ: ___________
o Members: 194 countries (including India) and
European Union
1945
Rome, Italy
Fifth World Coffee Conference by International Coffee Organisation was hosted in ___________ (being held for the
first time in an Asian coffee-producing country)
India
BIMSTEC
* Genesis: BIMSTEC is a regional organisation
established in June 1997 with the signing of the
_________ Declaration.
Initially, it was established as ____ with
four countries: ____________.
o Myanmar joined in December 1997
Nepal and Bhutan = both joined in
_____________
Secretariat: _____________
Bangkok
BIST-EC
Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand
2004
Dhaka, Bangladesh
the Prime Minister of India attended the
20th ASEAN-India Summit in ________
India’s ______-point proposal for strengthening
India-ASEAN cooperation
ASEAN was established in ____ with signing of ASEAN Declaration (________ Declaration) by
_____________________
Secretariat: ____________
Members: __________________
ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation includes ASEAN member states, _______,______,___________
Jakarta, Indonesia.
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1967
Bangkok
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand
Indonesia, Jakarta
Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and
Vietnam.
China, Japan and Republic of Korea
East Asia Summit
* Recently, the Prime Minister of India attended the 18th East Asia Summit (EAS) in Jakarta, Indonesia.
* EAS is a forum of _____ countries of the Asia-Pacific region
Members: ___________?
18
Ten ASEAN +3, Australia, India, New Zealand,
Russia and the USA
BRICS group admitted new members at the 15th BRICS summit held in ______________
The five new members of BRICS are ______________
BRICS
* Genesis:
o Conceived of in the _______ in a Goldman
Sachs paper as a grouping of the fastest
growing developing economies
BRIC countries started their dialogue in
2006, with the induction of South Africa in 2010
Secretariat: No permanent secretariat or office
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
2001
New Development Bank (NDB) headq is at______
__________ is second-largest recipient of NDB’s financial support after _________.
Shanghai
India
China
Friends of BRICS countries are _____________
* Objective of Friends of BRICS initiative is to promote interaction of BRICS with close allies and
enhance its influence.
Belarus, Burundi, Kazakhstan and
Cuba.
___________joined as the new permanent member(9th member ) of the grouping SCO
* _______________ has been declared the first tourism and cultural capital of SCO
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
* Genesis: It was founded at the Shanghai summit in _________ by _______________
HQ: ____________
Members -______________
6 dialogue partners (_________).
o India and Pakistan were admitted as a full member of the SCO at the ____________ Summit in _________
The SCO Secretariat is located in __________.
Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure
(RATS) in -___________
Official languages of the SCO: ___________
SCO has been an observer in the UN General Assembly since 2005.
Iran
‘Kashi’(Varanasi)
in 2001, by Russia, China, the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Beijing, China
Iran, India, China, Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Armenia, Turkiye, Azaerbaijan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Cambodia)
Astana, 2017
Beijing, China
Tashkent Uzbekistan)
Russian and Chinese
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
* Genesis: Established in _______ as regional development bank.
* HQ: _____________
Share holding - ________and ________ (non-borrowers)
have the highest shareholding at 15.6%. China
and India (borrowers) have 6.4 and 6.3%
respectively
1966, Manila, Philippines
US
Japan
IPEF - INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK FOR PROSPERITY (IPEF)
* Genesis: IPEF was launched jointly
by the _______ and other partner
countries of the Indo-Pacific region
in ________ at Tokyo.
* Purpose: To solidify their
relationships and engage in crucial
economic and trade matters that
concern the region.
* IPEF Member countries: 14 ____________
Four pillars - _________________- It is not compulsory to join every pillar
India joined ___ and _____
USA, 2022
United States, India, Australia, Brunei, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam
Trade, Supply chain, clean economy, Fair economy
Supply chain and fair economy
Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) to meet the infrastructure needs of low
and middle-income countries by G7
Gulf co-operation council
* Genesis: GCC was established in ___________
* HQ: ________________
* About: GCC is a political and economic alliance of
countries in the Gulf region.
* Members: 6 __________________________
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
in 1981.
* HQ: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman,
and Bahrain
Note - IRAN is not a member
