Explanation

Formation: 7 January 1924; 100 years ago

Founded at: Paris, France

Headquarter _ Lausanne, Switzerland

Membership: 140 national associations

Official language: English, French

Explanation

Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education came into force on 5 March 2023.

Explanation

In February 2021, Germany declined the license to two firms planning the export of small arms to India due to the Indian army’s poor human rights record in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K).

Though Germany is India’s sixth-largest trading partner

and its largest trading partner from the European Union, it feared that its small arms could be used against the civilian population in IIOJK.

Explanation

FATF meeting held on 24 February 2023

Suspended membership of Russia over war in Ukraine

South Africa and Nigeria: Kept in gray list

Morocco and Cambodia: Removed from gray list 

Explanation

 The United Kingdom voted to leave the EU in a national referendum in June 2016,

and left in 2020.

The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020, at midnight (Dutch time).

Theresa May was prime minister at the Time of Brexit

Brexit is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC) .

The UK is to date the first and only country to formally leave the EU after 47 years of membership

Explanation

APEC stands for The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

APEC is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region. 

Headquarters: Singapore

Founded: November 1989, Canberra, Australia

Founder: Bob Hawke

Explanation

The OECD headquarters are located at the Château de la Muette in Paris, France.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organization that aims to promote economic growth, prosperity, and sustainable development among its member states.

It was established in 1961, with 38 member countries spanning the world, from North America and South America to Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Explanation

Suspension Date: April 7, 2022

UN members vote 93-24 in favor of a resolution suspending Russia from the UN human rights body.

"REASON OF SUSPENSION"

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has voted to suspend Russia from the organization’s leading human rights body amid allegations that its soldiers killed civilians while retreating from the region around Ukraine’s capital.

ND18-8-2023

Explanation

The 2019 G20 Osaka summit was the fourteenth meeting of the G20,

It is a forum of 19 countries 

It was held on 28–29 June 2019 at the International Exhibition Center in Osaka.

It was the first G20 summit to be hosted by Japan

Explanation

• • Six new countries Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Argentina, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were invited to become members of BRICS.
  • Five countries became full members of BRICS on Jan 1, 2024.
  • However, Argentina declined to join BRICS.

• Know everything about BRICS: 
• BRICS founded: June 2009
  
• BRICS Member countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
  
• BRICS total members: 10 
• South Africa joined BRICS: 2010
• BRICS headquarters: Shanghai, China
• BRICS first conference hosted by: Russia (2009)