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The Extended 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee is taking place in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) from the 10 to 25 of September.

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United Nations Security Council gave a resolution to renew the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) for one year until May 31, 2023

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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a Chinese economic strategy and cooperation platform that has two main components:

• the Silk Road Economic Belt 
• the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road

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Headquarter - The Hague, Netherlands

Members - 123

President - Piotr Hofmanski

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NATO is set to conduct its largest military exercise since the Cold War, "Steadfast Defender," involving 500-700 air missions, 50+ ships, and 41,000 troops.

Know about NATO

NATO full form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Founded: 4 April, 1949 (Washington, USA)

Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium

Total members: 31 (29 European & 2 North American countries)

Latest Member: Finland

Type: Military Alliance

Official Languages: English & French

Founding members: 12

Macedonia joined NATO: 27, March 2020

Pakistan: Not a NATO member

Member Muslim country: Turkiye  

On 4 April 2023, Finland became 31st member on 74th anniversary of NATO.

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WTO: World Trade Organization

12th Ministerial Conference will take place: 12 to 15 June 2022 (WTO headquarters, Geneva)

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The United Nations (UN) signed first ‘High Seas Treaty’ to protect world oceans.

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The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is an inter-governmental organization that aims to enhance cooperation between countries and territories of Oceania, including formation of a trade bloc and regional peacekeeping operations. It was founded in 1971 as the South Pacific Forum (SPF), and changed its name in 1999 to "Pacific Islands Forum", so as to be more inclusive of the Forum's Oceania-spanning membership of both north and south Pacific island countries, including Australia. It is a United Nations General Assembly observer.

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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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World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergence on 23 July 2022.

Europe is the epicenter of the outbreak.

monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic disease that is caused by infection with the monkeypox virus.

There are now more than 16 thousand reported cases from 75 countries and territories, and five deaths as of 23 July 2023.

Monkeypox was first discovered in central Africa in the 1950s.