Important Organization and Summit – Questions for bank exam 2014 1. BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summits 4th BRICS Summit 2012 – New Delhi, India 5th BRICS Summit 2013 – Durban, South Africa 6th BRICS Summit 2014 – Fortaleza, Brazil 7th BRICS Summit 2015 – Ufa, Rissia 2. G-8 Annual Summits Group of Eight (G8) Countries – France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United, Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Russia. 37th G8 Meeting 2011 – Deauville, France 38th G8 Meeting 2012 – David camp, USA 39th G8 Summit 2013 – County Fermanagh, UK 40th G8 Summit 2014 – Russia Note: The 40th G8 summit was due to be held in Russia in 2014. The meeting was planned for 4–5 June 2014 at the Black Sea resort of Sochi. However, the other seven countries decided on 24 March that a summit would be held without Russia, in Brussels, Belgium. G7 countries refuse to attend planned G8 summit in Russia. 3. G-7 Summit 2014- Brussels, Belgium. Date- 4 June 2014 – 5 June 2014 It was the first time that the EU hosted a G7 summit. Originally, a G8 summit was scheduled to take place in Sochi (Russia) in early June 2014 under a Russian presidency. Due to the Russian Federations violation of Ukraines sovereignty and territorial integrity, the G7 leaders decided to meet in Brussels on 4-5 June 2014 in the G7 format instead. 4. G-20 Summits 7th G 20 Meeting 2012 – Los Cabos, Mexico 8th G 20 Meeting 2013 – Saint Petersburg, Russia 9th G 20 Meeting 2014 – Brisbane, Australia 10th G 20 Meeting 2015 – Turkey 5. SAARC Summits SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Meeting is held for South Asian Free Trade) Members: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, SriLanka 17th SAARC Summit 2011– Addu, Maldives 18th SAARC Summit 2014 – Kathmandu, Nepal (in November 2014). 19th SAARC Summit 2015 – Islamabad, Pakistan 6. ASEAN Summits ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nation 19th ASEAN Summit 2011 (November) – Bali, Indonesia 20th ASEAN Summit 2012 (April) – Phnom penh, Cambodia 21th ASEAN Summit 2012 (November)– Phnom penh, Cambodia 22nd ASEAN Summit 2013 (April) – Brunei Darussalam, Brunei 23rd ASEAN Summit 2013 (October) -Brunei Darussalam, Brunei 24th ASEAN Summit 2014 (May) – Naypyidaw, Myanmar 25th ASEAN Summit 2014 (November) - Naypyidaw, Myanmar 7. ASEAN-India Summit 9th ASEAN-India Summit 2011 – Bali, Indonesia 10th ASEAN-India Summit 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia 11th ASEAN-India Summit 2013 - Brunei Darussalam,Brunei (October) 12th ASEAN-India Summit 2014 - Naypyidaw, Myanmar (in November, 2014) 8. East Asia Summit (EAS) EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders’ meetings. Members: Australia, India, New Zealand, Russia, United States. 6th East Asia Summit 2011 – Bali, Indonesia 7th East Asia Summit 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia 8th East Asia Summit 2013 – Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, 10 October 2013 9. IBSA Dialogue Forum IBSA Dialogue Forum (India, Brazil, South Africa) is an international tripartite grouping for promoting international cooperation among these countries. Members: India,Brazil, South Africa. 5th IBSA Summit 2011 – Pretoria, South Africa 6th IBSA Summit 2013 – New Delhi, India 7th IBSA Summit 2015 – New Delhi, India Note: India will host the next summit of IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) in New Delhi in 2015. 10. APEC Summits APEC – Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 23rd APEC summit 2011 – Honolulu, USA 24th APEC Summit 2012 – Vladivostok,Russia 25th APEC Summit 2013 – Medan/Jakarta, Indonesia 26th APEC Summit 2014 – China 27th APEC Summit 2015 – Philippines 28th APEC Summit 2016 – Lima, Peru 11. OPEC Seminars OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries 4th OPEC International Seminar 2009 – Vienna, Austria 5th OPEC International Seminar 2012 – Vienna, Austria 6th OPEC International Seminar 2015 – Vienna, Austria 12. NAM Summits NAM – Non-aligned Movement 16th NAM Summit 2012 – Tehran, Iran 17th NAM Summit 2015 – Caracas,Venezuela Note: Two nations, namely Azerbaijan Republic and Fiji, were accepted as the new members of the organization. 13. Nuclear Security Summit: 2nd Summit 2012 – Seoul (South Korea) 3rd Summit 2014(Next) : Netherlands 4th Summit 2016: United States 14. NATO Summit: NATO Summit 2014 - Britain, UK. (Britain last hosted the summit in 1990, when Margret Thatcher was Prime Minister) 15. BIMSTEC Summit: Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). BIMSTEC includes 7 countries: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal. It aims to create cooperation in multiple sectors including trade, investment and energy. 3rd BIMSTEC summit 2014: Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar) 4th BIMSTEC summit will be held in Nepal. 16. Business 20 (B20) Australia Summit: Held in – Sydney On- 18 July 2014 Chaired by- Richard Goyder, Managing Director and CEO of Wesfarmers. The business leaders of G20 met in this summit. 17. Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) – Japan Conference Held in – Tokyo Date- 17 June 2014 The two-day Conference was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. 18. ATOMEXPO-2014 Nuclear Energy Forum Date- 9 to 11 June 2014 Held in – Moscow 6th International Nuclear Energy Forum ATOMEXPO-2014 held in Moscow. The first ATOMEXPO was held in 2009 and is an initiative of Russia’s State Nuclear Energy Corporation Rosatom. 19. Business 20 (B20) Australia Summit: Held in – Sydney On- 18 July 2014 Chaired by- Richard Goyder, Managing Director and CEO of Wesfarmers.The business leaders of G20 met in this summit. 20. SAARC Monsoon Initiative Programme National Working Group Organized in – Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Held on – 20 June 2014 The monsoon initiative is the part of Thimphu Statement on Climate Change adopted at the16th SAARC summit in Thimphu in 2010 21. BASIC Summit - (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) 19th BASIC Sun City, South Africa, 10 October 2014 18th BASIC Ministerial Meeting held in New Delhi. 17th Meeting on Climate Change was held in Hanzghou, China. 22. World Economic Forum Davos-Klosters, Switzerland 21 - 24 January 2015 World Economic Forum 2014: held in Abuja (Nigeria). Bharti Enterprises founder and Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal co– chair this year’s edition of the World Economic Forum on Africa. 23. India-Africa Summit Agenda: Rising oil and food prices were the top concerns for the African and Indian leaders during the summit. 1st- India-Africa Summit will be held in New Delhi 2008 2nd- India-Africa Summit will be held in Addis Ababa 2011 3rd- India-Africa Summit will be held in New Delhi 2014. 24. UN Climate Change Summit 9th Summit- Warsaw, Poland from 11 to 23 November 2013 10th Summit- Lima, Peru, from December 1-12, 2014 11th Summit- Paris, France 2015 25. India Economic Summit New Delhi, India 04 - 06 November 2014 26. Interpol General Assembly 83rd INTERPOL General Assembly, 3-7 November 2014 - Monaco 84th INTERPOL General Assembly, Rwanda 2015 27. International Buddhist Summit Held in Nepal 2014 28. Global Agenda Dubai, United Arab Emirates 09 - 11 November 2014 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 18 - 20 November 2013 29. World Economic Forum on Latin America Panama City, Panama 01 - 03 April 2014 30. World Economic Forum on Africa Abuja, Nigeria 07 - 09 May 2014 31. World Economic Forum on East Asia Metro Manila, Philippines 21 - 23 May 2014
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