International | MCQs

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‘International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict’ is observed every year on November 6. The UN General Assembly declared the observance of this day, in the year 2001. As per the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), at least 40 percent of all internal conflicts are linked to the exploitation of natural resources.

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International Day of Radiology is observed on November 8.

Theme 2020: Radiologists and radiographers supporting patients during COVID-19.

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United Nations was established on October 24, 1945.

Headquarters located in New York.

Starting out with 51 original members, there are now 193, with South Sudan the latest  to join in 2011.

Pakistan joined UNO on September 30, 1947.

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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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• the G7 ( group of seven) is an Organization of the world's seven largest advanced economies.
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• The G7 is an informal grouping of seven of the world's advanced economies
  
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• The Group of Seven (G-7) is an intergovernmental organization made up of the world's largest developed economies: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
• the (G7) group of seven is an Organization first established in1975 

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WMO: World Meteorological Organization

Founded: 23 March 1950

Headquarter: Geneva, Switzerland

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There are 54 countries in the Commonwealth, in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific.

Headquarter: London

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A memorandum of understanding, or MOU

It is a nonbinding agreement 

That states each party's intentions to take action, conduct a business transaction, or form a new partnership

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IMO is a specialized United Nations agency regulating international shipping and maritime safety.

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Intelsat originally stood for the International Satellite System for Telecommunications