MPORTANT ORGANISATIONS & PACTS

Name Founded Member Headquarter

ADB- 1966- Headqarter at Philippines(Manila) and
total 187 member countries
Arab League- 1945- 22- Cairo(Eygpt)
ASEAN- Aug 8, 1967- 10 member countries -Hq
Jakarta, founded at Bangkok.
Colombo Plan- 1st July 1951- Colombo (Srilanka)
Common Wealth- 1931 HQ London. Total
members 54
D8- 15 June 1997- Founded at Turkey, HQ Turkey.
ECO- Jan 1985- 8- Tehran.Total members 10
ICJ- 1951- Hq in Hauge.
ICRC- 1883- Geneva.
NAM 1961
OIC 22 to 25 Sep 1969- 57 member countries Hq in
Jeddah established in Rabat (Morocco).
SAARC 8, 1985- 7- 8 Katmandu- established at
Dhaka.
NATO- 1949 Brussels.
SEATO Sep 8, 1954 founder at Manila, ended in 1972
UNO 24 Oct 1945 New York.
Warsaw Pact 14th May 1955. Dissolved in 1991
Term of non-permanent members of the Security
Council is 2 years.
General Assembly and Security Council appoints the
judges of International Court of Justice.
RCD was changed to ECO in Jan 1985.

 G-8 was established on 22 September 1985. G-8 was

originally the G-5 but was expanded when Canada, Italy
and Russia jointed in June 1997.
European Union came in to being on January 1, 2000,
EU adopted Euro currency in 2001. Its head quarter is in
Brussels (Belgium).
International Energy Agency was founded in 1974; its
head quarter is in Paris (France).
International Olympic Committee was formed in 1984;
its head quarter is in Lausanne (Switzerland).
The head quarter of international Red Cross and Red
Crescent is in Geneva (Switzerland).
Organization of Petroleum and Exporting Countries
was founded in Baghdad in 1960; its head quarter is in
Vienna (Austria).
The organization of Economic Cooperation and
Development was founded in 1961; its head quarter is in
Paris (France).
The world council of churches was established in 1948
in Amsterdam (Netherlands), its headquarter is in
Geneva (Switzerland).
North American Free Trade Agreement, its origin lies
in the free trade agreement signed by the USA and
Canada in 1989.
The organization of African Unity was founded in
1963; its head quarter is in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).
The organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting
Countries was founded in 1968, its headquarter is in

Cairo (Egypt).
Organization of American State was founded in 1948;
its heat quarter is in Washington DC (USA).
China became the member of the World Trade
Organization on 11 December 2001
OPANAL stands for Agency for the Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons in Latin America.It was formed on
2nd December, 1969, its headquarter is in Mexico City.
OECS stands of Organization of Eastern Caribbean
States, established on 18th June, 1981.
The head quarter of OECS is in Casries (St. Lucia).
UN has 6 principle organ