IMPORTANT ORGANISATIONS & PACTS

 Name                 Founded         Member     Headquarter

·   ADB-                  1986-                                     Philippines

·   Arab League-   1945-                     22-          Cairo

·   ASEAN-             Aug 8, 1967-         9-            Jakarta, founded at Bangkok.

·   COMECON-     1948-                                     Havana.

·   Colombo Plan- 1^st July 1951-                        Colombo (Srilanka)

·   Common Wealth-1931- 53-                          London.

·   Council of Europe-1949-               34-                          Strasbourg.

·   CIS-                    Jan 1991-              12-         

·   D8-                     15 June 1997-      Founded at Turkey, HQ Turkey.

·   ECO-                  Jan 1985-             8-            Tehran.

·   GCC-                 1981-     6-                            Riyadh

·   ICJ-                     1951-                                     Geneva.

·   ICRC-                 1883-                                     Geneva.

·   Interpol              1956                                       Lyon (France)

·   NAM                   1961

·   OIC        22 to 25 Sep 1969-          56-          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 1977.

·   UNO                                   24 Oct 1945          New York.

·   Warsaw Pact                    14^th 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).

·   There are 76 countries in WTO.

·   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.

·   OPANAL was formed on 2^nd December, 1969, its headquarter is in Mexico City.

·   OECS stands of Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, established on 18^th June 1981.

·   The head quarter of OECS is in Casries (St. Lucia).

·   UN has 6 principle organs.

·   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 27^th Dec 1945.

·   Steel Pact was signed between Italy and Germany on 22^nd May 1939 at Berlin.

·   Camp David Accord made between Egypt and Israel on 17 Sep 1978.

·   Locarno pact signed on 16^th October 1925, signed at Locarno.

·   Four Power Pact was signed on 16^th July 1933 at Paris.

·   CENTO was signed on 24^th Feb 1955 in Baghdad.

·   Balkan Pact was signed on 9^th 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 27^th August 1928, it was signed in Paris.

·   Rio Summit was held in Rio-de-Janero on 14th 1992.

·   According to the young plan (1929) announced after the First World War Germany was required to pay 100 million dollars in installments.

·   UN’s resolution 1441about Iraq was passed in Nov 2002.

·   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 Churchill and Roosevelt signed the Atlantic Charter.

·   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 14^th 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 brainchild.

·   Napolean I, first person to call English a nation of shopkeepers.

·   Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration; Thomas A. Edison said these words.

·   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.

·   Leonardo da vinci observed that every man – at three years old- is half his height.

·   Mulla Mizam Ud Din introduced Darse Ninamia in Indo-Pak.

·   Interpol was founded in 1923 in what city- Vienna

·   The Asian development bank established in 1966 with headquarters 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.