International | MCQs

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The 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was held between 17 and 18 October 2023 in Beijing, China. 

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WTO: World Trade Organization

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

WTO members: 164

WTO headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland

WTO was created on January 1, 1995

WTO official languages: English, French, Spanish

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The League of Nations was the international organisation.

formed by the Treaty of Versailles on 11 January 1920 to maintain world peace.

It was established to prevent wars by peaceful negotiations between world countries and to ensure disarmament or reduction in weapons manufacturing.

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Theme of the SCO Summit 2023 is 'SECURE' which stands for security, economic development, connectivity, unity, respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, and environmental protection was held in India

SCO Summit was hosted by India in July 2023

SCO Summits

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The Nobel Peace Prize 2012 was awarded to European Union (EU)

"for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe."

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Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group

Led since 1992 by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah

Hezbollah was established in 1982 during the Lebanese civil war and fought a 2006 war with Israel.

Founder: Sayyed Abbas Al-Musawi

Headquarters: Beirut, Lebanon

Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council

Germany has recently banned Hezbollah

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Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, was formed in 1989 in Australia 

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies.

Headquarters: Singapore

APEC started in 1989, in response to the growing interdependence of Asia-Pacific economies

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Audrey Azoulay is the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) since 2017.

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The United Nations’ top court has ordered Uganda to pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) $325m in reparations over a brutal war between the neighbours that began in the late 1990s.

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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

These organs vote simultaneously but separately.

In order to be elected, a candidate must receive an absolute majority of the votes in both bodies.

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The International Table Tennis Federation is the governing body for all national table tennis associations

International Table Tennis Federation headquarters: Switzerland

ITTF Founded: 1926

Type of business: Sports federation

The Abbreviation of International Table Tennis Federation: ITTF

The founders of ITTF are: Ivor Montagu, William Henry Lawes

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