copy ##$# Important Organization and Summit – Current Affairs 2014 -2015 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 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. G-7 Summit 2014- Brussels, Belgium. 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 SAARC Summits SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation 17th SAARC Summit 2011– Addu, Maldives 18th SAARC Summit 2014 – Kathmandu,Nepal (in November 2014). 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 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) 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 Dialogue Forum IBSA Dialogue Forum (India, Brazil, South Africa) is an international tripartite grouping for promoting international cooperation among these countries. 5th IBSA Summit 2011 – Pretoria, South Africa 6th IBSA Summit 2013 – New Delhi, India 7th IBSA Summit 2015 – Brazil 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 6th OPEC International Seminar 2015 – Vienna, Austria 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. Nuclear Security Summit: 2nd Summit 2012 – Seoul (South Korea) 3rd Summit 2014(Next) : Netherlands 4th Summit 2016: United States NATO Summit: NATO Summit 2014 - Britain, UK. (Britain last hosted the summit in 1990, when Margret Thatcher was Prime Minister) BIMSTEC Summit: Bay of Bangal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). BIMSTEC includes 7 countries: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal and 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. 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 ADB Annual Meeting 2014 . Astana, Kazakhstan ADB Annual Meeting 2015 - Baku, Azerbaijan SCO Meetings SCO . Shanghai Cooperation Organization SCO Meeting 2011 . Astana, Kazakhstan SCO Meeting 2012 . Beijing, China SCO Meeting 2013 . Kyrgyzstan WTO Ministerial Conferences WTO . World Trade Organization 8th WTO Ministerial Conferences 2011 . Geneva, Switzerland 9th WTO Ministerial Conferences 2013 -Bali, Indonesia Other Important Summits/ Meetings: 1.World Economic Forum 2014: held in Abuja (Nigeria). Bharti Enterprises founder and Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal co - chair this yearfs edition of the World Economic Forum on Africa. 2.India, Sri Lanka and Maldives held National Security Advisor]level meeting on maritime security cooperation in New Delhi. 3.World Telecommunications Development Conference held in Dubai. 4.The Green Economy Summit held in Dubai. 5.Arab Summit 2014: Kuwait host the Arab summit for the first time 6.International Petroleum Conference 2014 (PETROTECH]2014) held in New Delhi from 12th . 15th January 2014. 7.The 9th WTO Ministerial Conference was concluded on 6 December 2013 at Bali, Indonesia. 8.12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014 held in New Delhi. This yearfs theme is Engaging Diaspora: Connecting Across Generationsh Datuk Seri G Palanival is the Chief Guest of 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 9.The 8th Asia Gas Partnership Summit (AGPS) was held at New Delhi, India. The 8th AGPS was organized by GAIL (India) Limited and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). New Member of Important Organizations: United Nation – Total Member – 193 (Last member– South Sudan) WTO – Total Member – 159 (Last member – Tajikistan, Laos, Russia) World bank and International Monetary Fund – Total Member – 188 (Last member – South Sudan) European Union – Total member – 28 (Last Member – Croatia).
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