Summits [1] 12TH ASEAN-INDIA SUMMIT Held in:- Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar Held on:- 12 November 2014. The summit was held on the sidelines of 25th ASEAN Summit. The summit was attended by the President of Myanmar, Thein Sein, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi and by all Heads of State/ Government of ASEAN Member States. [2] 9TH EAST ASIA SUMMIT Held in:- Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar Held on:- 13 November 2014 The summit was held on the sidelines of the 25th ASEAN Summit. The Summit was chaired by the President of Myanmar, U Thein Sein. [3] 83RD INTERPOL GENERAL ASSEMBLY Held at:- Grimaldi Forum in Monaco Held during:- 3 November to 7 November 2014. The theme was Turn Back Crime: 100 Years of International Police Cooperation. The general assembly was opened with a Ministerial meeting bringing together justice, security and home affairs ministers from some 100 countries. [4] 25TH ASEAN SUMMIT Held in:- Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar Held during:- 12 November 2014 to 13 November 2014. Summit was held under the theme of Moving forward in Unity to a Peaceful and Prosperous Community. About ASEAN: ASEAN was established in 1967 by the five founding fathers, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Later, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Cambodia also joined the group. The first ASEAN Summit was held in Bali, Indonesia in 1976. [5] NINTH G-20 SUMMIT OF MAJOR ECONOMIES Held in:- Brisbane, Australia Held During:- 15 to 16 November 2014. The next summit will be hosted by Turkey in Antalya on 10 November 2015. The summit focused on promoting economic growth and set the target of boosting global growth by 2 percent in five years. [6] INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST CONFERENCE 2014 Held at:- Lumbini, Nepal Held during:- 15 November to 18 November 2014. Objective:- to preserve Buddhist culture and heritage. The conference was held with a joint initiative of Nepal Theravada Buddhist Academy and Myanmar Sitagu International Buddhist Academy. [7] 7TH SUMMIT ON GLOBAL AGENDA Held in:- UAE Held during:- 9 November 2014 to 11 November 2014. The Summit on the Global Agenda for the year 2014 was organized by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with the Government of the United Arab Emirates and Government of Dubai. The Summit was held under the theme Shaping the Transformations of the World and in partnership with the Government of the United Arab Emirates. [8] 22ND APEC SUMMIT Held in:- Beijing, China 12 Held on:- 9 November 2014- 11 November 2014. The summit was held under the theme of Shaping the Future through Asia-Pacific Partnership. The summit was concluded on 11 November 2014. The summit issued the 22nd APEC Economic Leaders Meeting. Declaration- Beijing Agenda for an Integrated, Innovative and Interconnected Asia-Pacific. [9] 29TH INDIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT Held in:- New Delhi Held during:- 4 November 2014 to 6 November 2014 The World Economic Forum (WEF) in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) hosted the India Economic Summit. The summit was held under the theme, Redefining Public-Private Cooperation for a New Beginning. Union Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated the events. [10] UN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT 2014 Held at:- UN headquarters in New York Held on:- 23 September 2014 The summit talks are separate from the negotiations held under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to negotiate 1997 Kyoto Protocol. UNFCCC will culminate with the Paris conference in December 2015. [11] 6TH BRICS SUMMIT It was hosted by Brazil, as the first host country of the current five-year summit cycle. Host city was Fortaleza. Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was a special guest of the summit. Date- 14 July 2014–16 July 2014 Core BRICS members 1. Brazil - Dilma Rousseff (President) 2. Russia - Vladimir Putin (President) 3. India - Narendra Modi (Prime Minister) 4. China- Xi Jinping (President) 5. South Africa - Jacob Zuma (President) [12] BUSINESS 20 (B20) AUSTRALIA SUMMIT Held in – Sydney On- 18 July Chaired by- Richard Goyder, Managing Director and CEO of Wesfarmers. The business leaders of G20 met in this summit. [13] SAARC MONSOON INITIATIVE PROGRAMME NATIONAL WORKING GROUP Organized in – Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh The monsoon initiative is the part of Thimphu Statement on Climate Change adopted at the16th SAARC summit in Thimphu in 2010. Held on – 20 June 2014 [14] 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. [15] ATOMEXPO-2014 NUCLEAR ENERGY FORUM Date- 9 to 11 June 2014 Held in – Moscow The first ATOMEXPO was held in 2009 and is an initiative of Russia‟s State Nuclear Energy Corporation Rosatom.
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