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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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• The UK government announced that it will impose a carbon tax on imports of steel, cement, iron, aluminium and ceramics
• UK: United Kingdom 
• With effects from: 2027
• Announcement made on 18 December 2023

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UAE Hosted First I2U2 Vice-Ministerial Meeting to Discuss Investment Opportunities

Participants: India, Israel, the United States and the UAE

Date: February 21-22, 2023

About I2U2

Established: October 2021

First virtual summit: July 2022

The quadrilateral I2U2 stands for “I” for India and Israel and “U” for the US and UAE. 

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World’s first Summit on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain, also known as REAIM 2023, was a diplomatic conference regarding military uses of artificial intelligence

Venue: Hague, Netherlands

Dates: 15 to 16 February 2023

Co-host: South Korea

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The 91st INTERPOL General Assembly to be held in Vienna, Austria in 2023.

2023 will also mark the 100 years of creation of INTERPOL.

INTERPOL established in 1923.

INTERPOL headquarters located in Lyon, France. 

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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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UAE Hosted First I2U2 Vice-Ministerial Meeting to Discuss Investment Opportunities

Participants: India, Israel, the United States and the UAE

Date: February 21-22, 2023

About I2U2

Established: October 2021

First virtual summit: July 2022

The quadrilateral I2U2 stands for “I” for India and Israel and “U” for the US and UAE. 

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On 12 January 2023, United Arab Emirates (UAE) appointed Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, as the president-designate for the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28.

COP28 to be held in UAE in 2023.

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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.