International | MCQs

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Israel was ordered on 24th May 2024 to halt its military operation in Palestine by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

The ICJ issued provisional measures requiring Israel to end military operations in Rafah and open the border crossing for urgent aid deliveries.

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Golam Sarwar is the current Secretary-General of SAARC,

He is from Bangladesh

He assumed charge on 4 March 2023.

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Other names: G77+, G77+China

Total members: 134 (2019)

Founded on: 15 June,1964 (77 members)

Venue: Havana, Cuba

Cuban President: Miguel Diaz-Canel

It is a group of developing and emerging countries representing 80% of the global population, gathers on Sept 16, 2023, to promote a "new economic world order" 

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In Sept 2023, Germany became the 29th country to sign the Artemis Accord, a US-led multilateral agreement meant to establish norms of behavior in space and on the lunar surface.

In May 2023, The Czech Republic and Spain officially signed the Accords.
In June 2023, India officially signed the Accords.



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President Xi Jinping will skip the New Delhi summit since the 1st edition 2008 though in 2020 & 2021 - during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Premier Li Qiang will host his country's delegation.

About G20 summit 2023

Venue: New Delhi, India 

IMEC was formed during this summit.

IMEC stands for India- Middle East Europe Corridor

IMEC is envisioned as a network of transport corridors 

Indian PM Narendra Modi used nameplate: Bharat

Indian PM Narendra Modi handed over presidency to: Brazil

New member: African Union 

G20 new name: G21

Absent: Chinese President Xi Jinping

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Thomas Weikert is president of ITTF since: 2017

The International Table Tennis Federation is the governing body for all national table tennis associations

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Founded: 2018

Membership: USA, Japan,  India, Australia, Russia and the UK.

Diplomatic Summit between Defence Minister, Foreign Minister and Secretary Of State, Secretary of Defence of USA.

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International Court of Justice aimed to in 1949 military alliance was formed NATO.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949

by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations

to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.

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Headquarter - The Hague, Netherlands

Members - 123

President - Piotr Hofmanski

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IMF and WB are known as the Bretton Woods Institutions after the remote village in New Hampshire, U.S.A., where they were founded by the delegates of 44 nations in July 1944

The Bank and the IMF are twin intergovernmental pillars supporting the structure of the world's economic and financial order.

World Bank:

World Bank established: July 1944

World Bank was established during: the Bretton Woods Conference

World Bank Members: 189

World Bank's aim: to provide loans and grants for various projects

World Bank headquarters: Washington, USA

IMF:

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