International Organizations | MCQs

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• OIC headquarters is located in Jadda.
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• OIC Stands for Organization of Islamic Cooperation
• It is the largest international organization outside of the United Nations.

• The official languages of the OIC are Arabic, English, and French.

• It was founded in 1969 and had 25 members originally.

• It changed its name on 28 June 2011 from the Organization of the Islamic Conference to its current name.
• Total Current member= 57
• The first summit of OIC held in Rabat
• 48th Session of Foreign Ministers of OIC to be held from March 22 to 23, 2022
• The 14th OIC meeting was held on May 31, 2019, in Makkah for Palestine.

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The Warsaw Treaty Organization was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955.

Headquartered: Moscow

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Pakistan on November 26, 2020 joined the Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO), a Saudi-led initiative, aimed at promoting digital cooperation among member states.

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• Pakistan joined UNESCO on September 14, 1949.
• UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific Organization.
• Pakistan ratified the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on July 23, 1976, making its sites eligible for inclusion on the World Heritage List.

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• Pakistan is a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a political, economic, and military alliance of eight nations in Eurasia.
• Pakistan became a full member of SCO in 2017.

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International organizations Joined by Pakistan

1. United Nations in 1947.

2. Asian Development Bank (ADB)

3. Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum (ARF) Join 2nd July, 2004.

4. Colombo Plan in 1950

5. Commonwealth of Nations. Joined in 1947 (left in 1972 & rejoined in 1986)

6. Central Treat Organization (CENTO), known as the Baghdad Pact, was adopted in 1955 by Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey and the United Kingdom. It was dissolved in 1979.

7. Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) established in 1985 by Iran, Pakistan & Turkey.

8. Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) on September 7, 1947.

9. Group of 24 in 1971

10. Group of 77 (1976-1977, 1992-2009)

11. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on May 2nd 1957.

12. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) in 1952

13. International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in 1955.

14. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on November 25, 1947.

15. International Criminal Court (ICCt)

16. International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) in May, 1952.

17. International Development Association (IDA) in 1962.

18.International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)

19. International Finance Corporation (IFA) in 1955.

20. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in 1978.

21. International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)

22. International Labour Organization (ILO) in 1947.

23. International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 1958.

24. International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) on February 6,1985.

25. International Monetary Fund (IMF) in July 1950.

26. International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1948.

27. International Organization for Migration (IOM) in November 1992.

28. International Organization of Standardization (ISO)

29. International Telecom Union (ITU) on 26th August 1947.

30. International Telecommunication Satellite Organization (ITSO)

31. International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

32. Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) in 1948.

33. Islamic Development Bank (IDB

34. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) in 1991

35. Nonaligned Movement (NAM) in 1977.

36. Organization of Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in 1993.

37. Organization of American States (OAS) Pakistan is an observer. In January 6, 1988.

38. Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC. Pakistan joined in 1969.

39. Partnership for Peace (PFP)

40. Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Pakistan joined on 9 June 2017.

41. South Asia Co-operative Environment Program (SACEP) in 1982.

42. Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). SEATO was dissolved on June 30, 1977

43. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Bhutan, Maldives, Pakistan, India, and Nepal & Sri Lanka. In April 2007.

44. African Union/ United Nation Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID)

45. United Nation Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

46.United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 14th September 1949.

47. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1976.

48. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in 1968.

49. United Nations Integrated Mission in the Sudan (UNIMS)

50. United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) on 23rd July 1995

51. United Nations Operation in Cote d’vloire (UNOCI)

52. United Nations Organization Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)

53. Universal Postal Union (UPU) on 10-11-1947.

54. World Confederation of Labour (WCL)

55. World Customs Organization (WCO)

56. World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)

57. World Health Organization (WHO)

58. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 1977.

59. World Metrological Organization (WMO)

60. World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

61. World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995

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Dispelling the impression that Pakistan agreed to the jurisdiction of the ICJ in such cases only in March 1960.

he said in a statement that Pakistan had signed an unconditional declaration to agree to the jurisdiction of the world court way back in September 1960.

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