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US President Joe Biden inaugurated the first White House Summit for Democracy in December 2021.

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On 18 October 2023, The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have condemned Hamas’ attack on Israel while calling for a pause in the fighting to allow humanitarian assistance into Gaza.

The US was the sole vote against the resolution, with 12 members voting in favour and Russia and the United Kingdom abstaining.

The brief draft resolution was moved by Brazil.

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• The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) announced on 10 October 2022 that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be the vice-chairperson for the event.

• President of Egypt, Prime Minister of Norway & Prime Minister of Pakistan will jointly chair COP27 from November 6 to November 18, 2022 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt.

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China, Turkiye, and Hong Kong supported Pakistan to become permanent member of Washington Accord.

Pakistan has become permanent member of Washington Accord for six years.

In June 2024, International Engineering Alliance (IEA) approved the extension in Pakistan’s membership during its at New Delhi, India.

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The 3rd Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting will take place as part of the Finance Track for the G20 Leaders Summit 2020, was hosted by Saudi Arabia at the end of 2020.

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The UK, US, Germany, France, Canada, Italy and Japan make up the G7.

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The UK, US, Germany, France, Canada, Italy and Japan make up the G7.

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US president Joe Biden chaired the virtual summit in May 2022.

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On 25 June 2022, Pakistan completely rejected India’s attempt to hold the G-20 summit in occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Note: India is planning to host the 2023 meetings of the G-20 in occupied Kashmir.