Important Organisations in The world
1. UNITED NATIONS (UN)
a) Founded on 24th October 1945
b) India is one among 51 founding Members.
c) Total 193 countries are member of United Nations General Assembly.
d) South Sudan in youngest UN Member to join on 14 July 2011
e) Six Official languages of UN: Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish and Arabic.
f) Ban Ki-moon from South Korea is Secretary-General of UN.
g) Vijaylakshmi Pandit was elected as president of United Nations General Assembly.
h) Six Principle Organs of United Nations are:
1. General Assembly
2. Security Council
3. Economic and Social Council
4. Trusteeship Council
5. International Court of Justice (ICJ)
6. The Secretariat
i) General Assembly is called Town meeting of the World.
j) Five Permanent member of UN Security Council are: China, France, Russia, UK and USA.
k) International court of Justice is located at The Hague.
l) Dalveer Bhandari from India is a member (2012-18) of the International Court of Justice.
m) Nagendra Singh was president of International Court of Justice.
n) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was the chairperson of World Health Organization.
o) UN Programmes & Fund:
1. UN Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
2. UN Development Programme (UNDP)
3. UN Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA)
4. UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
5. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
2. WORLD BANK
a) World bank was established in July 1944
b) Word bank headquarter is at Washington DC
c) Jim Yong Kim is President of World Bank.
d) World Bank Motto is: Working for a World Free of Poverty.
e) USA is largest Share holder, 15.8% approx. in World Bank.
f) World bank is made of institutions: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA).
3. INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
a) IMF was established on 22nd July 1944 at Brettonwoods, USA.
b) IMF Managing director is European while President of World bank is US National.
4. WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO)
a) WTO Begins on 1st January 1995.
b) WTO headquarters are in Geneva.
c) First WTO Ministerial conference was held in Singapore in 1996.
5. UN Organization and Headquarters
UN Organization - Headquarters - Established
a) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Rome, Italy 1945
b) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Vienna, Austria 1957
c) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Montreal, Canada 1947
d) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Rome, Italy 1977
e) International Labour Organization (ILO) Geneva, Switzerland 1919
f) International Maritime Organization (IMO) London, UK 1948
g) International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington, D.C., USA 1945
h) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Geneva, Switzerland 1865
i) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Paris, France 1946
j) Universal Postal Union (UPU) Bern, Switzerland 1947
k) World Bank (WB) Washington, D.C, USA 1945
l) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Geneva, Switzerland 1974
m) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Geneva, Switzerland 1950
n) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Madrid, Spain 1974
o) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Vienna, Austria 1997
p) United Nations Data and Information Organization (UNDIO) Kampala, Uganda 2013
6 NON ALIGNED MOVEMENT (NAM)
a) Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a group developing country.
b) NAM has 120 members and 17 observer countries.
c) First NAM Summit was held in 1961 at Belgrade (Yugoslavia).
d) India is Founder member of NAM.
e) 16th Summit of NAM was in August 2012 at Tehran, Iran.
f) 17th summit is scheduled in Venezuela in 2015.
7. SAARC
a) SAARC stands for South Asian Association for Regional Co-Operation.
b) SAARC secretariat is in Kathmandu, Nepal
c) Formed in December 1985 in Dhaka on the idea by Bangadeshi President Zia-ur-Rehman.
d) Arjun Bahadur Thapa is secretary-general of the SAARC.
e) 18th SAARC summit in November 2014 at Nepal.
8. NATO
a) NATO Stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO).
b) Founded on 4 April 1949
c) NATO headquarters is at Brussels, Belgium.
d) NATO has total 28 Members mostly European country and USA.
e) Article 5 of the North Atlantic treaty, requiring member states to come to the aid of any member state subject to an armed attack, was invoked for the first and only time after the 11 September 2001 attacks, after which troops were deployed to Afghanistan.
9. EUROPIAN UNION
a) European Union (EU) is a politico-economic union of 28 member states that are primarily located in Europe.
b) EU Motto is: "United in diversity.
c) Euro was introduced in 2002, replacing 12 national currencies. Six countries have since joined; the latest entrant, Latvia, in 2014.
d) European Union received the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize for having "contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy, and human rights in Europe."
10. Group of 8 (G-8)
a) G8 is forum created by France in 1975.
b) G8 Members are: Fracen, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA, Canada and Russia.
11. Group of 15 (G15)
a) India is member of G15.
b) G15 was established at the 9th Non-Aligned Movement Summit Meeting in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in September 1989.
c) Purpose of G15 is: Act as a catalyst for greater cooperation between leading developing countries.
d) There Total 17 Members of G15 which are: Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Zimbabwe, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Jamaica, Mexico and Venezuela.
12. Group of 20 (G-20)
a) G-20 is a forum for the governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies.
b) The 20 members are: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and European Union (EU).
13. OPEC
a) OPEC stands for Organization of Petroleum exporting countries (OPEC).
b) OPEC headquarter is at Austia.
c) OPEC was created by Baghdad conference on 10-14 September 1960.
d) 5 Founder members is Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
e) Currently there are 12 members in OPEC.
14. AMNESTY International
a) Amnesty International is worldwide Human right organization.
b) It was founded by British lawyer, Peter Benenson in 1961.
c) Headquarter is in London.
d) It won Nobel Prize for peace in 1977.
15. ISO
a) ISO Stands for International Organization for Standards (ISO).
b) It was founded in 1947. ISO is world’s largest developer and Publisher of International standards.
c) Popular ISO Standards are:
1. ISO 9000 - Quality management
2. ISO 14000 - Environmental management
3. ISO 3166 - Country codes
4. ISO 22000 - Food safety management
5. ISO 26000 - Social responsibility
6. ISO 50001 - Energy management
7. ISO 31000 - Risk management
8. ISO 27001 - Information security
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