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New Delhi, India will host the annual meeting 2023 of the United Nations Forum from 21 to 22 November 2023.

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• SCO virtual summit 2023
• Held: 4 July 2023
• Pakistan represented by: Shahbaz Sharif (PM)

• Host: India (first time)

• New member: Iran (9th member)
• Theme: Towards a SECURE SCO

• 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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Location: Berlin, Germany

Year: 1995

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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 International Tourism Trade Fair, better known as FITUR, held in January 2023 in Madrid, Spain.

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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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United Nations Ocean Conference is being organized from June 27 to July 1, 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal which will be co-hosted by the governments of Kenya and Portugal.

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International Marine Protected Areas Congress

Edition: fifth

Host: Canada

Held: February 2023

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Arab League summit 2023

Edition: 32

Venue: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 

Date: 19 May 2023

Presided over by: Muhammad bin Salman 

Participants: 22

The Arab League is a regional organization in the Arab World 

Founded: March 22, 1945

Headquarters located in Cairo, Egypt

Members: 22 

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The first ever meeting of defence ministers of Group of Seven (G7) held in Italy.

Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto hosted this meeting.

This meeting held in October 2024.

Additional Information:

G7, group of seven is an organization. 

Founded in 1975

G7 has Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK & USA as its members.