GROUPS INFORMATION

GROUPS INFORMATION

1 UNO 192 October 24,1945/facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary organizations to carry out its missions. Every year in October Every year in October
2 SAARC 8-India,Pakistan,
Sri Lanka, Bhutan,
Maldives,
Bangladesh, Afghanistan,Nepal December 8, 1985 2009
Colombo,
Sri Lanka 2010
Thimpu Bhutan
3 G-8 8-USA, UK, Russia, Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Italy 1975 2009
L’Aquila, Italy,
Focus: Climate Change 2010
Huntsville, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
Focus: Maternal and child nutrition
4 G-20 20/ Group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies: 19 countries plus the European Union.
1999/Bring together systemically important industrialized and developing economies to discuss key issues in the global economy 2009
Pittsburg
London 2010
Canada
5 G-4 4 an alliance among Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan for the purpose of supporting each other’s bid for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
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6 BASIC 4 November 28, 2009 /a bloc of four large developing countries – Brazil, South Africa, India and China – formed by an agreement on 28 November 2009. The four committed to act jointly at the Copenhagen climate summit, including a possible united walk-out if their common minimum position was not met by the developed nations

7 BIMSTEC Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation/8/Bangladesh,
Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Bhutan, Nepal June 6, 1997/ to create an enabling environment for rapid economic development, accelerate social progress in the sub-region, promote active collaboration and mutual assistance on matters of common interest, provide assistance to each other in the form of training and research facilities, cooperate more effectively in joint efforts that are supportive of, and complementary to national development plans of member states, maintain close and beneficial cooperation with existing international and regional organizations, and cooperate in projects that can be dealt with most productively on a sub-regional basis and which make best use of available synergies
8 CHOGM 54/Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to orchestrate common policies on certain contentious issues and current events, with a special focus on issues affecting member nations. 2009
Port of Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago 2011
Perth
Australia
9 NAM 118 members
17 observers 1961-Belgrade/an intergovernmental organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. 2009
Sharm-el-Shaik,
Egypt
10 OIC 57 September 25, 1969/ to preserve Islamic social and economic values; promote solidarity amongst member states; increase cooperation in social, economic, cultural, scientific, and political areas; uphold international peace and security; and advance education, particularly in the fields of science and technology.
11 OPEC 12 - Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela
1960-61/ one of the principal goals is the determination of the best means for safeguarding the cartel's interests, individually and collectively. It also pursues ways and means of ensuring the stabilization of prices in international oil markets with a view to eliminating harmful and unnecessary fluctuations; giving due regard at all times to the interests of the producing nations and to the necessity of securing a steady income to the producing countries; an efficient and regular supply of petroleum to consuming nations, and a fair return on their capital to those investing in the petroleum industry
12 APEC 21 1989/a forum for 21 Pacific Rim countries to cooperate on regional trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation. APEC's objective is to enhance economic growth and prosperity in the region and to strengthen the Asia-Pacific community. Singapore 2009 Japan 2010
13 NATO 28 April 4, 1949/ the organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.
14 AOSIS 42 1990/ the main purpose of the alliance is to consolidate the voices of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to address global climate change

15 OAS 35 Effective from 1951/ Its members are the thirty-five independent states of the Americas, although Honduras was suspended as a result of the June 28, 2009 coup d’état that expelled President Manuel Zelaya from office

16 ASEAN 10 South-east Asian nations. Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore ,Thailand, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
August 8, 1967/ Its aims include the acceleration of economic growth, social progress, cultural development among its members, the protection of the peace and stability of the region, and to provide opportunities for member countries to discuss differences peacefully October 2009 , Hua Hin, Thailand April 2010
Hanoi, Vietnam
17 ARF ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM/ 27 PARTICIPANTS 1994/ARF objectives are to foster dialogue and consultation, and promote confidence-building and preventive diplomacy in the region