Summits/Organizations

International Whaling Commission – started in 1946 by the International Commission for the Regulation of Whaling
Annual conferences :
2005 – South Korea (Ulsan)
2006 – St Kitts and Nevis (Frigate Bay)
2007 – USA (Anchorage, Alaska)
2008 – Chile
2009 – Portugal

GUAM – Organization for Democracy and Economic Development
Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Maldova HQ at Kiev – Ukraine Capital.
Sec General is the President of Azerbaijan –Illham Aliyav
Uzbekisthan is a former member and withdrawn in 2005
Turkey and Latvia are having the Observer Status

OIC – Org for Islamic Conference – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – started in 1969
57 member countries with a permanent delegation to the UN
Sec genral – Dr Ikmaluddin Ihsan Oglu (Turkey)
This is the second largest international organization after UN!!
India (with second largest muslim population in the world) has attempted for Observer status and was denied.

Asia Security Summit held at Singapore 2006

The New RRb of Canara bank – Sreyas Grwameena bank
IMF – Appointed the first MD – John Libsky
International Conference of Youth Hotels – Davos. 2006
Global newspapers conference – Moscow.

Shanghai Coperation Org _SCO – uzbekisthan is the new entry – (Russia, China, Uzbekisthan, Krygzthan, Tazaksithan, Kazakshthan)
New wing of SCO – SCO Regional Anti terrorism Structure. – Tashken
Sec gen – Zang Den Zang

World Editors Forum – Moscow – Given away the award the golden pen of freedom – Akbar gangi of Iran – 2006

World Knowledge platform proposed by – Abdul Kalam.
MC Sondi institute for Asia pacific affairs – hq –delhi

IIS – International institute for Strategic studies – London – rencet meeting – Singapore
Released a report “India – a rising global player”

Readers Digest survey – most courtieus city – New York
Rudest city – Mumbai

Third world urban forum – vancour

African Union – HQ –Addis Ababa –ethiopia
DG – Olusugan Obassango. Total 53 countries

African Union Summit – Zambia – 2006- f
First world summit of religious leaders – Moscow

NABARD – 25 years – H Q –mumbai

G8 –pertersburg – three themes – Energy security, education and health
The meet attended by 5 outreach countries – india, south Africa, brazil, china and mexico

UNIFIL – UN interim force in Lebanon
IFFCO – Indian federation for fertilizer company – gas based company at kalol – in Gujarat

SAARC – 8th member – afghanisthan – HQ – Kathmandu
In 1985 – 8th December
DG – Rahim – India, sri lanka, Bangladesh, pak, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and afghan
Next summit in november in delhi
Observer status – US, south korea in 2006
EU is seeking this status

ASEAN – Jakarta – Indonesia
Sec gen – Ong keng Yong
10 countries in this – Indonesia, Malaysia, laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, bruenie, Singapore, Thailand, philippennes and Vietnam
ASEAN regional forum – syed hamid albar is the sec gen
Total countries – 26 last members is east timor and bangladesh

16th international aids conference – Toronto, Canada and it wil be in mexico in 2008
International astronomical union – hq – prague

NAM – Havana Declaration of 1979 Important members have included Yugoslavia, India, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, Cuba
Nasser of Egypt, Tito of Yugoslavia and Nehru are the important members in the beginning
Total 118 members
7th Summit – New Delhi, 7 March 1983 – 12 March 1983
10th Summit – Jakarta, 1 September 1992 – 7 September 1992
11th Summit – Cartagena de Indias, 18 October 1995 – 20 October 1995
12th Summit – Durban, 2 September 1998 – 3 September 1998
13th Summit – Kuala Lumpur, 20 February 2003 – 25 February 2003
14th Summit – Havana, 11 September 2006 – 16 September 2006HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement” \l “_note-4″[5]
NAM ministerial Meet – Malaysia

CVC – Central Vigilance Committee – Pratyush Sinha
Rodrigo Rato from Spain is the present Managing Director of IMF since 2004

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD): IBRD and its associate institutions are called as World Bank
IMF and IBRD are Bretton Wood Twins. Both are complementary institutions.
World War II and the Economic Crisis of 1930s caused the evolution of these institutes
World Bank Group: IBRD (1945), IFC (International Finance Corporation) (1956), MIGA (Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency) (1988), IDA (International Developmental Association) (1960) and ICSID (International Center for Settlement and Investment Disputes) (1966)
Every member of IMF is also a member of IBRD 182 members are there at present.
India is the single largest borrower from the World Bank (13%) – 47 Billion US Dollars, both from the IBRD and the IDA
IBRD and other allied institutions gives long term loans while IMF gives short term loan for balance of payments
World Bank provides guarantee on capital investment and private loans
Authorized capital of the world bank is given to member countries as shares.
World Bank Head Quarters in Washington DC
President – Paul Wilpholis

IFC released a report called – Doing Business 2007: How to reform
LIC : 50 yrs
SEBI – ex director – usha narian

Indian newspapers society – Hormurji cama of Mumbai samachar weekly is elected president for 2006-07

IRCON CMD – Ankush Kishan
Pacific Islands forum – of 16 member countries – NADI, Fiji
International energy agency – ex director –claud mandil

NMCC – national manufacturing competitive council
Chairman – V.Krishnamurthy.
Function – advising on competetiveness policies , company law, M and A

Insurance regulatory and development authority –director-C.S Rao

Indian commerce association – diamond jubilee- president M.B ShuklaIIPA – chairman-bhairon singh shekawat

IOC – B.N Bankapur(director)
NHAI – chairperson –Pradeep kumar

ISAF – international secutriy assistanxce for NATO having 37 nationals –hq – Kabul – commander-general james jones
Indian council for agriculture research – mangal roy

World Metereological Org – 14th session held in Delhi – It originated from the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which was founded in 1873. Established in 1950, WMO became the specialized agency of the United Nations for meteorology (weather and climate), It has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The current president is Alexander Bedritsky and the current Secretary-General is Michel Jarraud,
This years theme is Agri Meterorology

International Agri summit – 2006 – new delhi

Central food technological research institute – mysore- dg – V prakash
CBI – DG _ Shankar

China Africa summit – 40 countries participated in beijin. 12 different agreements signed Jintao pledged to offer 5 billion dollars and to double the aid by 2009

First Indian social forum meet – delhi

UN sec council non permanent members – Peru, Qutar, Congo republic, Ghana, and slovania will be 2007
SA, Indinesia, Italy and Belgium elected in 2006
Deadlock over Gauntelama and venezula

A9 highway – connecting jafna peninsular and rest of SL
Cebu – fifth Indo- Asia summit and th second east asian Summit

CIEFL is given the central university status under the English and foreign languages university act 2006

Central bank of india celebrated the 96th founding day on 21december and the founder is Rustemj Pockkhanawala
31st indian social science congress – Mumbai – December 2007
30th in Chennai and the previous in Hyderabad
CAPARO – UK based company of Lord Swaraj Paul
Conference on Centenary on Gandhi satyagraha – new delhi –

National conference on E Governance – Feb 07 – Theme – enabling govt to accelerate transformation

International conference on Peace, Non violence and empowerement – gandhian philosophy in the 21ce ntury held in delhi attended by Tutu

World economic forum meet 2007 –davos
MD – peter turiliee
World social forum – Nairobi – 2007

International org for migration – HQ geneva
TESCO – UK based company – global chief – sir terry lahy
COIR board – hq – cochi – AC Jose is the chairperson

Bharath Heavy plates and vessels lTd – is a state owned subsidiary of Bharat Entra nigam ltd
Company law board – chairman – s bala subramaniam

9th asian security summit conference new delhi –
Swalbord –norway – Seed bank – an international seed vault called doomsday vault is proposed
UPOV –Union for protection of new varieties of plants – Geneva DG of WIOP is the sec gen of UPOC
Total 63 members
UPOV convention It is an international conv to protect new varieties of plants that came into effect in 1968

FAO treaty also called international treaty on plant and genetic resources for food and agri that came into force in 2004

3rd world conference against death penalty – paris
international conference on alternative dispute resolution – ND
sustainable development summit – ND
world convention on science and spirituality – the first such convention held in ND

international donors meet for lebonon – paris
it isn to rise money for economic reform program by the PM- fuad sanioria . he has the US backing

CBDT – chairmen indira bharghav
PSTN – pub switch telephone network
Indian institute of pulses research – kanpur

What is GUAM in EUROPE?A: Organization for Democracy and Economic Development – a regional org of 4 CIS countries – Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Maldova. Uzbekistan joined and again moved out of it. Turkey has observer statusStarted in 1997 in Strauborg. HQ in Ukrainian capital and the president of Azerbaijan Illham Aliyev will be the first secretart general. Backed by US to check the prominence of Russia

What is INTERPAT?A: INTERPAT is an international registration of marks by some pharmaceutical companies of US, Swiss, Japan etc ..and so is the madrid protocol related with TRIPS.India has decided to join the Madrid Protocol very recently

who is the speaker of commonwealth parlimentry committee?A: HA.Halim-speaker of west bengal

What is ECGC and what is its function?A: Exports Credit Gaurantee Corporation of India Ltd, established in 1957 to strengthen the export promotion drive by covering the risk of exporting on creditunder the control of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Department of Commerce, Government of India

When was IIT Kharagpur sestablished?A: 1951. It was the first IIT to be established

Where is the Indian Institute of Horticulture located?A: Benguluru

What is IRDA in insurance terms?A: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority

Write the full form of TRAI?A: Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India

What is MIDHANI?A: Mishra Dhatu Nigam limited, DOD agency, Hyderabad

SAARC firs editors conference – new deihi – mediator –shashi kumar chairman of medi adevleopment foundation

The United Nations Convention against Corruption was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly by resolution 58/4 of 31 October 2003.
To combat corruption it includes measures on
prevention
criminalization
international cooperation
asset recovery
The treaty entered into force on 14 December, 2005, following the 30th ratification by Ecuador on 15 September at the 2005 World Summit.
As of 20 January 2007 there were 140 signatories. The Convention is ratified,accepted, approved or acceded by 83 countries