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International Day to Combat Islamophobia: 15 March 

UNGA adopted resolution to observe day: 15.03. 2022

UNGA: United Nations General Assembly 

Introducer: Pakistan on behalf of the (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation)

March 15 was chosen because on 15 March 2019, 51 Muslims were killed and 40 injured in mass shootings in mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand

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Top three contributors to the United Nations (UN).

1. USA

2. China

3. Japan

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The UN Security Council decides when and where UN Peacekeeping Missions will operate.

They get their mandates from the UN Security Council, and their troops and police are contributed by Member States.

The UN Security Council has the primary responsibility for international peace and security.

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WTO: World Trade Organization

WTO members: 164

WTO headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland

WTO was created on January 1, 1995

WTO official languages: English, French, Spanish

WTO is the successor of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

Pakistan joined World Trade Organization (WTO) on 1 January 1995.

Afghanistan joined World Trade Organization (WTO) on 29 July 2016.

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Judges are in the International Court of Justice (ICJ): 15

The tenure of Judge of International Court of Justice is: 9 years

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UNO).

It was established in June 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations and began work in April 1946.

The seat of the Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands)

First Woman Judge of International Court of justice:  Rosalyn Higgins

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The United Nations (UN) has six main organs.

Five of them — the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council and the Secretariat — are based at UN Headquarters in New York.

The sixth, the International Court of Justice, is located at The Hague in the Netherlands.

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Judges are in the International Court of Justice (ICJ): 15

The tenure of Judge of International Court of Justice is: 9 years

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UNO).

It was established in June 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations and began work in April 1946.

The seat of the Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands)

First Woman Judge of International Court of justice:  Rosalyn Higgins

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The long-running inter-governmental negotiations (IGN) aimed at reforming the UN Security Council (UNSC), announced on 16 January 2021

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Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan of Pakistan was the President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1962 to 1963.

He was Pakistan's first foreign minister and led the case for Pakistan's separate nation in the Radcliffe Commission.

He also served as a judge on the International Court of Justice from 1954 to 1958, and as its vice president from 1958 to 1961.

In 1970, he became the first and only Pakistani to serve as the President of the International Court of Justice.

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The State of Palestine and the Holy See (Vatican City) are the two current observer states of the United Nations.

The United Nations was established by the Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice.

The Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives of 50 countries; Poland signed on 15 October 1945.

There were 51 Founding Members in 1945.