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The United States is the world's largest arms exporter.

It accounted for 37% of global arms sales between 2016 and 2020, and 38.6% between 2017 and 2021, according to SIPRI.

The U.S. is followed by Russia, France, China, and Germany.

U.S. arms exports increased by 15% between 2016 and 2020 compared to the previous five years.

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not a member of the NPT:

India,

Israel,

North Korea,

Pakistan 

 South Sudan 

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Leaders  (members) of the five NPT nuclear-weapon states:

China

France

Russia

the United Kingdom

and the United States

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The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT,

NPT stands for Non-Proliferation Treaty

NPT signed: 1968

Languages:

English

Russian

French

Spanish

Chinese

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Iran threatened to withdraw from the Treaty on the NPT 

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Parties: 190 (complete list)

non-parties:

India,

Israel,

North Korea,

Pakistan 

South Sudan

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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

Founded in: Quebec City, Canada

FAO stands for Food and Agriculture Organization

FAO was founded on 16 October 1945

FAO headquarters is located in Rome, Italy.

World Food Day is observed on 16 October. 

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The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was formed by six countries: 

Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

The charter was signed on May 25, 1981.

The GCC is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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The Commonwealth is an organization of former UK dependencies, now sovereign states.

It retain a nominal connection to the British Monarch as a symbolic head.

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On 8 May 2017, India commenced these proceedings before the ICJ alleging that Pakistan had committed a breach of the VCCR 1963 by failing to grant immediate consular access in respect of Commander Jadhav, and alleging that the Military Court procedure was flagrantly unfair.

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Mount Vesuvius is an active volcano located in Italy, near the city of Naples.

Last eruption: 17–23 March 1944

Additional information:

It is famous for its eruption in 79 AD,

which buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under a thick blanket of volcanic ash and pumice.

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On January 8, 2020, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down minutes after taking off from Tehran, Iran, by an Iranian surface-to-air missile.

Fifty-five Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents were among the 176 people killed in this national tragedy.

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The treaty was signed on September 15, 2020