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The member states are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The SAARC was founded by seven states in 1985.

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Simon Stiell is a politician, serving as the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change since August 2022.

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ACD: intergovernmental organization

ACD formed: June 2002

ACD headquarters: Kuwait

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In the summit held in Rwanda in June 2022, Gabon and Togo joined the Commonwealth of Nations, an intergovernmental grouping mostly consisting of former British colonies.

Commonwealth total members: 56

Commonwealth headquarters: London

Founded: December 11, 1931

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World Bank established: July, 1944

World Bank established during: Bretton Woods Conference

World Bank Members: 189

World Bank aim: to provide loans and grants for various projects

World Bank headquarters: Washington, USA

Human Capital Index & World Development Report are published: World Bank

Word Bank Partner institutions: IBRO, IDA, IFC, MIGA, ICSID (total five institutions)

Pakistan joined World Bank: 1950

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BIMSTEC: Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation.

Founded: 1997 in Bangkok

BIMSTEC members: Seven

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The Global Risks Report, an annual report, released by the World Economic Forum. It tracks global risk perceptions among risk experts and world leaders in business, government, and civil society.

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This is according to the recently released report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2021 titled Making Agrifood Systems More Resilient to Shocks and Stresses

As per the report, food costs could increase for up to 845 million people if a disruption to critical transport links occurs. 

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On 29 February 2020, following negotiations between US and Taliban negotiators that had started in Doha in 2018

A comprehensive peace agreement is made of four parts:

In the first part of the peace agreement

Guarantees and enforcement mechanisms that will prevent the use of the soil of Afghanistan by any group or individual against the security of the United States and its allies

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