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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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The UN Charter was finalized at the San Francisco Conference 

The Charter of the United Nations is the founding document of the United Nations.

It was signed on 26 June 1945

The Charter consists of 111 articles grouped into 19 chapters

It establishes the purposes, governing structure, and framework of the UN system.

****Iincluding its six principal organs:

1. the Secretariat,
2. the General Assembly,
3. the Security Council,
4. the Economic and Social Council,
5. the International Court of Justice,
6. the Trusteeship Council.

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Heads of the Commonwealth:

1. George VI (1895–1952): 26 April 1949 – 6 February 1952 (2 years, 286 days)
2. Elizabeth II (1926–2022): 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 (70 years, 214 days)
3. Charles III (born 1948): 8 September 2022 – Present

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):

• The treaty was signed at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Earth Summit. 
• The Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in the year 1992.
• The Convention came into force on 21st March 1994.
• The Convention aims at combating climate change by controlling the emission of Greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
• The Convention currently has 197 countries as its members and provisions of the treaty are not binding on them, rather only provide directions to achieve the goals.

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The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an organisation enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing countries in order to collectively influence the global oil market and maximise profit.

Headquarters: Vienna, Austria

Founded: September 1960, Iraq

Founders: Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo, Abdullah Tariki

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The 50th World Economic Forum meeting was held in Davos, Switzerland from January 21-24, 2020.

Davos, a Swiss town, has been the traditional venue for the WEF's annual gatherings.

The theme for the 2020 meeting was "Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World."

2021: The 51st Annual Meeting was canceled due to COVID-19.

2022: The 52nd Annual Meeting took place in Davos from May 22–26, with the theme "History at a Turning Point."

2023: The 53rd Annual Meeting was held in Davos from January 16–20, themed "Cooperation in a Fragmented World."

2024: The 54th Annual Meeting is set for January 15–19 in Davos, with the theme "Rebuilding Trust."