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WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization

WIPO established: 14 July 1967

HQ: Geneva, Switzerland

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1. Australia,
2. China,
3. the European Union,
4. Iran,
5. Japan,
6. Mauritius,
7. Myanmar,
8. South Korea
9. and the United States

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On 4th April, 2023 Finland became the 31st member of NATO.

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Before the Optional Protocol was added to the Child Rights Act in 2002,

The legal age for recruiting children into the armed forces was 15 years old.

The Optional Protocol raised the age to 18 years old

The Optional Protocol was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on May 25, 2000,

And entered into force on February 12, 2002. 

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• The FATF is an intergovernmental organization on the initiative of the G7 to develop policies to combat money laundering.
• The FATF was founded in 1989.
• The Financial Action Task Force is also known by its French name "Groupe d'action Financiere (GAFI)".
• FATF has maintained the FATF blacklist and the FATF greylist since 2000.
• Turkey and Israel are also members of FATF.
• FATF had 39 full members, comprising 37 member jurisdictions and 2 regional organizations as of 2019.

Additional Information 

• Some important members of FATF are following:-
  • India
  • United States
  • Japan
  • Australia
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Austria
  • Canada
  • China
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Denmark
  • Greece

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Mikhail Gorbachev's key policies were Glasnost and Perestroika,

They were introduced during the 1980s as part of his effort to reform the Soviet Union.

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FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

FAO stands for The Food and Agricultural Organization 

It was founded on 16 October 1945

Its headquarters is located in Rome, Italy.

World Food Day is observed on 16 October. 

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• BRICS founded: June 2009
  
• Latest BRICS member: South Africa (2010)
  
• BRICS headquarters: Shanghai, China
• BRICS first conference hosted by: Russia (2009) 
• Six new countries Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates will formally become members on of BRICS on Jan 1, 2024.
  
• Note: Argentina declined to join BRICS later on. 

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Iranian Nuclear agreement b/w Iran the five permanent members of UN Security Council (China, UK, USA, France, Russia) Plus Germany and European Union in Vienna on 14 July 2015

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Africa has been declared free from wild polio 

ARCC declared Africa " Free of Wild Polio" on 25 August 2020.

ARCC stands Africa Regional Commission for the Certification

Nigeria is the last African country to be declared free from wild polio

while 

According to UNICEF, Pakistan will be polio-free by the end of: 2023