Important Organization and Summit – Current Affairs 2012 -2013:- ========================================== **BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summits:- 4th BRICS Summit 2012 – New Delhi, India 5th BRICS Summit 2013 – Durban, South Africa **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 **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 **SAARC Summits:- SAARC – South Asian Association for RegionalCooperation 17th SAARC Summit 2011– Addu, Maldives 18th SAARC Summit 2013 – Kathmandu,Nepal **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 ASEAN-India Summit 9th ASEAN-India Summit 2011 – Bali, Indonesia 10th ASEAN-India Summit 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia **East Asia Summit (EAS):- EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders’ meetings. 6th East Asia Summit 2011 – Bali, Indonesia 7th East Asia Summit 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia **IBSA Summits :- IBSA Dialogue Forum - India, Brazil, South Africa. 5th IBSA Summit 2011 – Pretoria, South Africa 6th IBSA Summit 2013 – India8/4/13 **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 **OPEC Seminars :- OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries 4th OPEC International Seminar 2009 – Vienna, Austria 5th OPEC International Seminar 2012 – Vienna, Austria **NAM Summits :- NAM – Non-aligned Movement 16th NAM Summit 2012 – Tehran, Iran 17th NAM Summit 2015 – Caracas,Venezuela **SCO Meetings :- SCO – Shanghai Cooperation Organization SCO Meeting 2011 – Astana, Kazakhstan SCO Meeting 2012 – Beijing, China SCO Meeting 2013 – Kyrgyzstan **NATO (North Atlantic treaty organization) international conference on Afghanistan will be held in Chicago (USA). **Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meetings Annual meeting of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held every year. ADB Annual Meeting 2012 – Manila, Philippines ADB Annual Meeting 2013 – New Delhi, India **WTO Ministerial Conferences :- WTO – World Trade Organization 8th WTO Ministerial Conferences 2011 – Geneva, Switzerland 9th WTO Ministerial Conferences 2013 (Expected) -Bali, Indonesia **Other Important Summits/ Meetings:- ======================== United Nations framework convention on Climate, 2011 – Durban, South Africa:- 10th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change – New Delhi, India **Arab summit 2012 – Baghdad, Iraq **Nuclear security summit 2012 – Seoul, South Korea 12th Annualsummit of European Union and India – New Delhi, India G-20 Finance Ministers and CentralBank Governors meeting – Mexico City, Mexico Friends of Syria Meeting – Istanbul,Turkey8/4/13 . 5th Ministerial levelIndia-UK Economic Financial Dialogue – New Delhi United Nation Conference on Sustainable Development 2012 – Rio de janeiro,Brazil 17th National youth Festival – Mangalore, Karnataka World Economic Forum – Davos, Switzerland World Polio Summit 2012 – New Delhi, India India, Russia Inter-Governmental Commission meet 2012 – New Delhi, India NewMember of Important Organizations United Nation – Total Member – 193 (Last member– South Sudan) WTO – Total Member – 157 (Last member – Russia, Samoa, Montenegro) World bank and International Monetary Fund – Total Member – 188 (Last member – South Sudan) European Union – Total member – 27 (Next member will be Croatia in July 2013
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