International | MCQs

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty (also called the Washington Treaty) of April 4, 1949, which sought to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern Europe after World War II.

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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.

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• • Chairmanship of BRICS for 2021: India

  • Chairmanship of BRICS for 2022: China

  • Chairmanship of BRICS for 2023: South Africa

  • Chairmanship of BRICS for 2024: Russia
• Know everything about BRICS: 
• BRICS founded: June 2009
  
• BRICS Member countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
  
• BRICS total members: 10 
• South Africa joined BRICS: 2010
• BRICS headquarters: Shanghai, China
• BRICS first conference hosted by: Russia (2009) 

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• The World Economic Forum is an international non-governmental and lobbying organisation based in Switzerland. It was founded in 1971.

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On 31 October 2022, the United Nations, Turkiye and Ukraine agreed to implement a Black Sea grain deal despite Russian withdrawal from the pact. 

Black Sea grain initiate was launched by Russia, Turkiye, Ukraine and the United Nations on 22 July 2022.

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• Joan Donoghue is the current president of ICJ and belongs to the USA
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• President of ICJ Joan E. DONOGHUE belongs to the United States of America

• Member of the Court since 9 September 2010; re-elected as from 6 February 2015; President as from 8 February 2021

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• The International Court of Justice (ICJ), sometimes known as the World Court, is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN).

• It settles disputes between states in accordance with international law and gives advisory opinions on international legal issues.
• Established in 1945
• Location:- The Hague, Netherlands
• ICJ Total number of Judges 15.

• Term of every judge 9 years.

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• NFPA stands for National Fire Protection Association
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• The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is a global self-funded nonprofit organization, established on 6th NOV 1896
• Its headquarter located in the USA
• The current CEO of NFPA is Jim Pauley

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Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has declared that it will suspend the country’s “observer” status at its facilities and freeze new agreements with Russian scientific institutes. The 23 member states of CERN resolved to discontinue all collaboration with Russia at a meeting of the CERN Council, following a request from Ukrainian scientists. CERN also stated that it will support “initiatives to support Ukrainian collaborators and Ukrainian scientific activity in the field of high-energy physics.”

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ICAO is a UN agency that deals with international air navigation

ICAO stands for International Civil Aviation Organization

It was created in 1944 by the Chicago Convention

It was started function (founded) on 14th July 1947

Its headquarters is in Montreal, Canada

Official language (06):

1. Arabic
2. Chinese
3. English
4. French
5. Russia
6. Spanish