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• Of the 111 individuals awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 19 are women.
• The first time a Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a woman was in 1905, to Bertha von Suttner.
  

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1. Elinor Ostrom became the first female economic sciences laureate when awarded the prize in 2009.
2. Esther Duflo was awarded the prize in 2019.
3. Claudia Goldin in 2023. 
   

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President Xi Jinping will skip the New Delhi summit since the 1st edition 2008 though in 2020 & 2021 - during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Premier Li Qiang will host his country's delegation.

About G20 summit 2023

Venue: New Delhi, India 

IMEC was formed during this summit.

IMEC stands for India- Middle East Europe Corridor

IMEC is envisioned as a network of transport corridors 

Indian PM Narendra Modi used nameplate: Bharat

Indian PM Narendra Modi handed over presidency to: Brazil

New member: African Union 

G20 new name: G21

Absent: Chinese President Xi Jinping

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An Israeli delegation attended a UNESCO meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - making the country's first publicly visit to Saudi Arabia. 

UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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Other names: G77+, G77+China

Total members: 134 (2019)

Founded on: 15 June,1964 (77 members)

Venue: Havana, Cuba

Cuban President: Miguel Diaz-Canel

It is a group of developing and emerging countries representing 80% of the global population, gathers on Sept 16, 2023, to promote a "new economic world order" 

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Date: 15-17 November (30th Meeting)

Host Leader: Joe Biden 

Venue: San Francisco, USA

Headquarter: Singapore 

Members: 21 countries

Previous meeting: Bangkok, Thailand (2022)

Next meeting: Cusco, Peru (2024)

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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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Headquarter - The Hague, Netherlands

Members - 123

President - Piotr Hofmanski

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• The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 30 times to organisations between 1901 and 2023.
• 27 individual organisations have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, as UNHCR, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, has received the Nobel Peace Prize twice, in 1954 and 1981, and the work of Comité international de la Croix Rouge (International Committee of the Red Cross) (ICRC) has been honoured three times, in 1917, 1944 and 1963.