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UNICEF stands for: United National international children's emergency fund

UNICEF: a United Nations agency

UNICEF: responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.

    UNICEF works in more than 192 countries and territories

    UNICEF Formed: 11 December 1946

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Signed March 24, 1992,

the Open Skies Treaty permits each state-party to conduct short-notice, unarmed, reconnaissance flights over the others' entire territories to collect data on military forces and activities.

The treaty is also aimed at building confidence and familiarity among states-parties through their participation in the overflights.

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• On 9 June, 2017 India and Pakistan became full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

• The SCO Headquarters: Beijing, China

• The SCO Founded: June 15, 2001
• The SCO currently comprises of nine Members States (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Iran and Uzbekistan), four Observer States

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• UNHCR: United Nations High Commission for Refugees

• UNHCR founded: 1950

• UNHCR headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
• UNHCR won Nobel Peace Prize: 1954

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• Mikhail Gorbachev initiated Perestroika (restructuring) to reform the Soviet economy and Glasnost (openness) to increase transparency and freedom of information in 1985.
• These movements aimed to modernize the USSR.
• Mikhail Gorbachev was a Russian and Soviet politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991.

• Mikhail Gorbachev died on 30 August 2022 at the age of 91.

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2001: SCO was established, fostering regional cooperation.

2019: Efforts began to improve internet connectivity in the Shimal Valley, supported by initiatives involving SCO member states.

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Geneva houses more than 40 international organizations,

more than 180 permanent missions

over 400 NGOs which makes it an important hub for the United Nations.

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The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health

The United Nations General Assembly has declared  2019 as the international year of indigenous language

the United Nations General Assembly declared 2018-2028 as the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”.

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English Language Day: April 23 (annually)

The United Nations celebrates English Language Day because it is the date William Shakespeare.

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The World Bank aims to reduce global extreme poverty to below 3% by 2030, using the threshold of $1.90 per day to measure extreme poverty.