International | MCQs

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Veto power / Permanent members of 'The United Nation Security Council

1.      France has used its veto power sparingly, vetoing 18 resolutions 

2.      Russia has been the most frequent user of the veto. Russia/USSR has used its veto 121 times

3.     China has used the veto 16 times, with the first one

4.      United States has used the veto 82 times

5.      United Kingdom has used the veto 29 times

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Canada does not yield veto power

Germany has no veto power in the security council of the United Nations

Russia the country used veto power most of the time in UNO Security Council

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A veto is a legal power to unilaterally stop an official action. In the most typical case, a president or monarch vetoes a bill to stop it from becoming law. 

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In 1974, Pakistan became the Chairman of the OIC after hosting the second OIC summit in Lahore.

Pakistan, along with Saudi Arabia, has been a key founding member of the OIC.

Pakistan hosted the second OIC summit in Lahore on February 22-24, 1974.

List of Summits:

• 1st: 25-28 September 1969, Rabat, Morocco
• 2nd: 22–24 February 1974, Lahore, Pakistan
• 3rd: 25–28 January 1981, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
• 4th: 16–19 January 1984, Casablanca, Morocco
• 5th: 26–29 January 1987, Kuwait City, Kuwait

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AUKUS  also styled as Aukus, is an acronym for the trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, announced on 15 September 2021 for the Indo-Pacific region.

The purpose of AUKUS Collective security

On March 13, 2023, AUKUS partners announced an optimal pathway to produce a nuclear-powered submarine capability in Australia

US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the AUKUS meeting in San Diego, California, on 13 March 2023

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The New START Treaty was signed between United States and Russia in 2010

Suspended by Russia on 21 February 2023.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations and an international financial institution

IMF founded: 27 December 1945

IMF headquarters: Washington, USA

IMF total members: 190

IMF official language: English

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In 2022, Istanbul Declaration adopted by the 12th Session of the Islamic Conference of Information Ministers (Combating Disinformation and Islamophobia in the Post-Truth Era) Istanbul, Republic of Turkiye

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson presented the Sir Winston Churchill Leader Award 2022 to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in July 2022.

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Israel became a state on May 14, 1948.

78 percent of Palestine was captured by Israel in 1948

The word ‘Nakba’ means سانحہ، واقعہ، حادثہ یا تباہی

Nakba day is observed on 15 May

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WTO: World Trade Organization

WTO members: 164

WTO headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland

WTO was created on January 1, 1995

WTO official languages: English, French, Spanish

WTO is the successor of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

Pakistan joined World Trade Organization (WTO) on 1 January 1995.

Afghanistan joined World Trade Organization (WTO) on 29 July 2016.