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• The Global Food Regulators Summit 2023 is being organized in New Delhi, India for the first time, as a G20 event.
• G20 (group of twenty) is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union.
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Saudi Arabia restored diplomatic relations with Canada on in May 2023

Diplomatic ties first ruptured in 2018 when Saudi Arabia arrested several high-profile female human rights activists.

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BIMSTEC ministerial meeting

Edition: 19th

Host: Thailand

Date: 9 March 2023

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BIMSTEC ministerial meeting

Edition: 19th

Host: Thailand

Date: 9 March 2023

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Summit for Democracy 2023

Edition: Second (first held in 2021)

Hosting country: USA

Pakistan declined to participate (announcement made on 28 March 2023)

Explanation

On 6 December 2023, The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter, urging the UN Security Council to act on the war in Gaza.

Article 99 allows the secretary-general to “bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security”.

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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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International Marine Protected Areas Congress

Edition: fifth

Host: Canada

Held: February 2023

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The Sixth CICA Summit, chaired by Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan, held in Astana from 12-13 October 2022.

The CICA is an intergovernmental process comprising 27 countries from all across Asia.

Pakistan is one of its founding members.

CICA stands for Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia.

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Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 2023

Edition: 49th

Dates: 16-17 March

Venue: Nouakchott, Mauritania

Represent or of Pakistan: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

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