IMPORTANT GLOBAL TRADE/PEACE/ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

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Organization

ASEAN

G-20

Full form

Association of
Southeast Asian
Nations

Group of
Twenty Finance
Ministers and
Central Bank
Governors/Gro
up of Twenty/
G20

Importance

Countries

Latest
Summit Info/
Headquarter

Economic
Organization
of ten
countries
located in
Southeast Asia

1.Indonesia
2.Malaysia
3.Phillippines
4.Singapore
5.Thailand
6.Brunei
7.Burma(Myanmar)
8.Cambodia
9.Laos
10.Vietnam

Phnom Penh,
Cambodia/
Jakarta

Group of
finance
ministers and
central bank
governors
from 20 major
economies

19 Countries + EU
(European Union)
Group 1
1.Australia
2.Canada
3.Saudi Arabia
4.United States
Group 2
1.India
2.Russia
3.South Africa
4.Turkey
Group 3
1.Argentina
2.Brazil
3.Mexico
Group 4
1.France
2.Germany
3.Italy
4.United Kingdom
Group 5
1.China
2.Indonesia
3.Japan
4.South Korea

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Formed
on/1st
Summit

8th
August,196
7

2012-Los Cabos,
Mexico (current
Chair)
1999
2013-Saint
Petersberg,
Russia

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Organization

G8/G7/G6

BRICS

Latest
Summit Info/
Headquarter

Formed
on/1st
Summit

Group of
Eight/G8
Group of
Seven/G7
Group of Six/G6

The Group of
Eight (G8) is a
forum for the
Governments
of eight of the
world's largest
economies. (It
excludes,
however, two
of the actual
eight
Largest
economies by
nominal
GDP: China,
2nd,
and Brazil,
6th).

1.Canada(Stephen
Harper)
2.France(Francois
Hollande)
3.Germany(Angela
Merkel)
4.Italy(Mario
Monti)
5.Japan(Yoshihiko
Noda)
6.Russia(Vladimir
Putin)
7.United
Kingdom(David
Cameron)
8.United
States(Barrack
Obama)
*Head of the
respective
countries in
bracket.
NOTE: They are
either Prime
Minister/President
/Chancellor
depending on the
country

2012 United
States
2013 United
Kingdom

1975
Note: The
G8/G7/G6
began in
1975 as the
Group of Six
and
included
the
countries
of France,
West
Germany,
Italy, Japan,
United
Kingdom,
and United
States, and
was joined
by Canada t
he
following
year and by
Russia in
1997.

BRICS is the
title of an
association
of emerging
economies

1.Brazil
2.Russia
3.India
4.China
5.South Africa

2012 New
Delhi, India
2013 Durban,
South Africa

June 16,
2009 in
Russia
(First
Summit
then BRIC)

Full form

Importance

Countries

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Organization

SAARC

BIMSTEC

MERCOSUR

Latest
Summit Info/
Headquarter

Formed
on/1st
Summit

Full form

Importance

Countries

South Asian
Association for
Regional
Cooperation

Providing for
the promotion
of economic
and social
progress,
cultural
development
within the
South Asia
region and also
for friendship
and
cooperation
with other
developing
countries.

1.Nepal
(Headquarter:
Kathmandu)
2.Sri Lanka
3.Bangladesh
4.Pakistan
5.India
6.Bhutan
7.Maldives
8.Afganistan(Joined
in 2007)

Bay of Bengal
Initiative for
Multi-Sectoral
Technical and
Economic
Cooperation

It is an
international
organisation
involving a
group of
countries
in South
Asia and South
East Asia.

1.Bangladesh
2.India
3.Myanmar
4.Sri Lanka
5.Thailand
6.Bhutan
7.Nepal

June 6,
1997

It is an
economic and
political
agreement
among
member
countries

Full Members
1.Argentina
2.Brazil
3. Paraguay
(suspended)
4.Uruguay
5.Venezuela
Associate
Members
1.Bolvia
2.Chile
3.Colombia
4.Ecudor
5.Peru

1991

Mercosur or
Mercosul

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2011 Addu,
Maldives
2013
Kathmandu,
Nepal

December
8, 1985 in
Dhaka
Bangladesh

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Organization

Full form

Importance

Countries

Latest
Summit Info/
Headquarter

Formed
on/1st
Summit

NAFTA

North American
Free Trade
Agreement

Trilateral
Trade Bloc in
North America

1.Canada
2.Mexico
3.United States

January 1,
1994

A political
Institution and
Parliamentary
body

1.Gautemala
2.El Salvador
3.Honduras
4.Nicaragua
5.Dominican
Republic
6.Panama

Headquarter:
Guatemala City.

Signed
1987
First
Meeting
1991

Headquarter:
Vienna, Austria

1960-61

6th MGC meeting

was held in 2012
New Delhi, India

November
10, 2000

10

11

PARLACEN

OPEC

MGC

Central
American
Parliament

Organization of
the Petroleum
Exporting
Countries

It is an
intergovernme
ntal
organization of
twelve oilproducing
countries.

Mekong-Ganga
Cooperation

Establishment
to emphasize
cooperation on
four areas
Tourism,
Education,
Culture and
Transportation

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Current Members
1.Algeria
2.Angola
3.Ecuador
4.Iran
5.Iraq
6.Kuwait
7.Libya
8.Nigeria
9.Qatar
10.Saudi Arabia
11.United Arab
Emirates
12.Venezuela
Former Members
1.Gabon
2.Indonesia

1.India
2.Thailand
3.Myanmar
4.Combodia
5.Laos
6.Vietnam

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13

14

15

Organization

CEPEA

PEMSEA

WWF

PETA

Full form

Comprehensive
Economic
Partnership for
East Asia

Importance

Countries

Latest
Summit Info/
Headquarter

Formed
on/1st
Summit

Trade
Cooperation/
Trade
Agreement
proposal

1.Indonesia
2.Malaysia
3.Phillippines
4.Singapore
5.Thailand
6.Brunei
7.Burma(Myanmar)
8.Cambodia
9.Laos
10.Vietnam
11.Japan
12.China
13.South Korea
14.India
15.Australia
16.New Zealand

17th ASEAN
Summit in
October 2010

2008 2009

Headquarter :
Quezon City,
Philippines

1994

1.Cambodia
2.China
3.Indonesia
4.Japan
5.Laos
6.North Korea
7.Philippines
8.South Korea
9.Singapore
10.Thailand
11.Timor-Leste
12.Vietnam

Partnership in
Environmental
Management
for Seas of East
Asia

For Prevention
and
Management
of Marine
Pollution in
the East Asian
Seas

World Wildlife
Fund

It is an
international
nongovernmental
organization
working on
issues
regarding the
conservation,
research and
restoration of
the
environment

Working in more
than 100 countries.

New York City,

New York

April 29,
1961

People for the

Ethical
Treatment of
Animals

It is an
American
animal rights
organization

Nearly two million

members and
supporters all
around the world

Norfolk, Virginia

March 1980

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