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The members of the Baghdad Pact except for Iraq endorsed the U.S. intervention, and in 1959, Iraq announced it was formally leaving the arrangement. As a result, the other signatories to the Baghdad Pact formed the Central Treaty Organization, or CENTO.

Sept. 23, 1955 Pakistan signed Baghdad pact for mutual defense with Turkey, Iraq and Britain and left 1979

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Recently, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has invited India, the world’s third-largest energy consumer, to become its full-time member.

The IEA is made up of 30 member countries.

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The 20^th Summit of SCO Council of Heads of state was held on November 10, 2020, in video conference format.

The meeting was chaired by Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Prime minister Imran Khan led the Pakistani delegation.

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• • Six new countries Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Argentina, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were invited to become members of BRICS.
  • Five countries became full members of BRICS on Jan 1, 2024.
  • However, Argentina declined to join BRICS.

• 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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• On 9 June, 2017 India and Pakistan became full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

• The SCO Headquarters: Beijing, China

• The SCO Founded: June 15, 2001
• The SCO currently comprises of nine Members States (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Iran and Uzbekistan), four Observer States

• On 9 July 2023, Iran became 9th member of SCO. 

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On 30 March 2023, Turkey’s parliament approved a bill to allow Finland to join NATO.

NATO is a military alliance.

NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

NATO founded on 4 April 1949

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Know About ICC 

ICC: International Criminal Court 

Headquarters: The Hague, Netherlands 

Founded: 1 July 2002

Membership: 123

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• On 9 June, 2017 India and Pakistan became full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

• The SCO Headquarters: Beijing, China

• The SCO Founded: June 15, 2001
• The SCO currently comprises nine Member States (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Iran Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), four Observer States
• The main purpose of SCO is to generate cooperation among member nations on Resolving border issues,  Countering Terrorism  Economic Cooperation etc.
  

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FATF: Financial Action Task Force

FATF Headquarters: Paris, France

FATF founded: 1989

FATF purpose: to combat money laundering and terrorism financing

FATF official languages: English & French

FATF full member counties: 37

FATF full member organizations: 2

Total members: 39

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