Explanation

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

Explanation

G-7 countries consist of the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Canada, and Japan

Explanation

Headquarters located in Singapore.

Explanation

Croatia become the 27th country to join Europe's Schengen Area - a zone with no internal border controls, including passport checks from 1 January 2023.

Explanation

ECOSOC: Economic and Social Council

Founded: June 26, 1945

Explanation

On the sidelines of 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Jakarta, Saudi Arabia has officially become the 51st country to accede to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC).

Explanation

• 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)
• Indonesia became 10th member of BRICS in Jan 2025

Explanation

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

Founded: 06 June 1997 in Bangkok

BIMSTEC members: Seven

Members: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan.

Explanation

Eight countries lose UN voting rights over unpaid dues. Iran and Venezuela are among eight countries that will lose their voting rights at the United Nations General Assembly because of unpaid dues to the world body.

Explanation

EMS – the Express Mail Service –

Express mail is a service for domestic and international mail

EMS is offered by postal-administration members of the Universal Postal Union (UPU). 

UPU administrators created the EMS Cooperative in 1998

Since 1999, international express delivery services are governed by the EMS Cooperative

Member: 182 postal administrations have joined the EMS Cooperative

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