Current Heads and Headquarters of International organizations

Current affairs and GK related to world organization

1. Organizations

2. SAARC HQ: Kathmandu Nepal Members: 8 South Asian Nations Current Sec Gen: Golam Sarwar - Bangladesh (since March 2023) Previous: Esala Ruwan Weerakoon Three year term

3. BIMSTEC HQ: Dhaka Bangladesh Sec Gen Tenzin Lekphell , Bhutan Est. 1997 Members: 7 (Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand) 5 th Summit: Columbo, Sri Lanka - 30 March 2022 (Every 4 year) Tenzin Lekphell , attended the Third 'No Money for Terror' (NMFT) Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing in New Delhi on 18-19 November 2022

4. ASEAN HQ: Jakarta, Indonesia Est: 1967 Head: Kao Kim Hourn , Combodia Previous: Lim Jock Hoi, Brunei Members: 10 (SE Asian nation except Timor) 40 th and 41 st Summit 2022 - Cambodia - Hun Sen 40 th and 41 st - Nov 2022 - Phnom Penh 42 nd and 43 rd Summit 2023 - Indonesia - Joko Widodo 42 nd - May 2023 - Labuan Bajo 43 rd - Sep 2023 - Jakarta

5. SCO Est. 2001 HQ: Beijing, China Members: 09 (China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Iran , Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan) Secretary General: Zhang Ming for 3 years (2022 - Present) Head of State Summits 21 st Summit (Sept 2021): Dushanbe, Tajikistan 22 nd Summit (15-16 Sept 2022): Samarkand, Uzbekistan SCO FM meeting held in Tashkent. 23 rd Summit (04 July 2023): New Delhi, India - Virtual Summit Iran Became the Full member on 04 July 2023. SCO FM meeting - May 2023 - India

6. BRICS Est 2009 HQ: Shanghai, China Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, KSA, UAE and Iran invited to join BRICS. Argentina didn’t join. Members: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, KSA, UAE, Iran - 10 Summits 13 th Summit - India - Sept 09 th 2021 14 th Summit - Beijing, China - June 23 rd 2022 15 th Summit - Johannesburg, South Africa - Aug 22 nd 2023

7. G7 Founded: 1975 Members: USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan. G8: G7 + Russia (Abolished in 2014 due to Russian annexation of Crimea) Summits 46 th Summit - USA – Jun 2020 47 th Summit - UK – Jun 2021 48 th Summit - Germany – Jun 2022 49 th Summit - Hiroshima, Japan - May 2023 (Theme: Nuclear Disarmament) 50 th Summit - Paglia, Italy - 2024

8. G20 Founded: 1999 19 contries + EU (G8 + AAB CE MSSSTII) !6 th Summit – Rome, Italy – Oct 2021 Cultural Ministers Meeting – July 2021 – Rome, Italy 17 th Summit – Bali, Indonesia – Nov 2022 Cultural Ministers Meeting – Sept 2022 – Bali, Indonesia Recover Together, Recover Stronger 18 th Summit – New Delhi, India - Sept 2023 Theme: One Earth One Family The third G20 Tourism Working Group meeting is being held in: Srinagar Current Chairman: Narendra Modi

9. G77 Founded: 1964 134 Developing Countries HQ: New York Heads Pakistan (FY2022) Cuba (FY2023) Incumbent: Republic of Uganda (FY2024)

10. EU HQ: Brussels, Belgium Est: 1993 Members: 27 (After BREXIT on 31 Jan 2020) David Sassoli, EU Parliament President died - Jan 2022 Current President: Roberta Metsola (Malta)

11. Commonwealth of Nations HQ: London Head: Charles III Sec Gen: Patricia Scotland Members: 56 Gabon and Togo joined in June 2022 Barbados became republic within commonwealth - 30 Nov 2021

12. ADB HQ: Philippines Members: 68 President: Masatsugu Asakawa

13. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank HQ: Beijing President: Jin Liqun Est: 2016 Members: 103

14. New Development Bank Formerly, BRICS Development Bank. HQ: Shanghai, China Est: 2014 President: Dilma Rousseff (First women - Brazilian - since Mar 2023) Previous: Marcos Troyojo

15. World Economic Forum HQ: Geneva, Switzerland Founder: Klaus Martin Schwab President: Borge Brende Annual Meeting 03 Oct 2023: Davos, Switzerland

16. ICC HQ: Dubai, UAE Head: Greg Barclay, New Zeeland (re-elected 2 nd time for 2 year term) Greg Barclay visited Lahore, Pakistan - Jun 01, 2023. Members: 104

17. Interpol HQ: Lyon, France Members: 195 89 th General Assembly: Micronesia joined as 195 th member in July 2022 Sec Gen: Jurgen Stock President: Ahmad Nasr Al Raisi - UAE

18. Amnesty International Founded: 1961 HQ: London, UK Secretary General: Dr Agnes Callamard

19. Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) HQ: Paris, France Sec Gen: Mathias CORMANN - Australia Members: 38

20. OPEC HQ: Vienna, Austria. Members: 13 Sec Gen Haitham Al Ghais of Kuwait (since Aug 01, 2022) Pr. M Sanusi Barkindo, Nigeria died July 5, 2022

21. Hamas Supreme leader Ismail Hanniyyah re-elected – Aug 2021

22. Gulf Cooperation Council HQ: Riyadh, KSA Founded: 1981 41 st Session: January 05, 2021, Al Ula , KSA 42 nd , 43 rd Session: Riyadh, KSA Al Ula Declaration : End of Qatar Diplomatic Crisis (started 2017) . Current Sec Gen: Jassem Mohamed Albudaiwi (since Feb 01, 2023) of Kuwait Previous Sec Gen: Nayef Falah Mubarak Al Hajraf of Kuwait

23. Istanbul Process – Heart of Asia Conference 9 th Conference: Mar 30, 2021 Venue: Dushanbe, Tajikistan

24. NATO HQ: Brussels, Belgium Founded: 1949 Members: 31 Sec Gen: Jens Sto ltenberg 2021 Brussels summit - June 14, 2021 2022 Madrid summit - June 28, 2022 2023 Lithuania summit - Vilnius , July 11, 2023 Neptune Strike 22: NATO maritime exercise

25. NATO After Ukraine crises Sweden and Finland submitted applications to join NATO Finland joins NATO as 31 st member on 4 th April 2023

26. United Nations Climate Change Conference HQ: Bonn, Germany Ex Sec: Simon Stiell COP 28: Expo City, Dubai, 30 th Nov - 12 th Dec 2023 President: Sultan Al Jaber COP 27: Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 6 th – 18 th Nov 2022 COP 26: Glasgow, Scotland, 31 st Oct – 6 th Nov 2021 COP 21: Paris Climate Agreement , 2015

27. UN General Assembly UN Sec Gen Antonio Gutteries (since Jan 2017) re elected for 5 years (Jan 2022 - Dec 2026) 76 th Session (21 th – 27 th Sept 2021) President: Abdulla Shahid (Maldivian) PM Imran Khan address: 25 th Sept 2021 77 th Session (13 th – 27 th Sept 2022) President: Csaba Kőrösi (Hungarian) High Level General Debate: 20 th Sept 2022 78 th Session (5 th Sept 2023) President: Dennis Francis (Trinidad and Tobago)

28. African Union Chairperson Macky Sall , Senegal since Feb 2022 35 th summit: Adis Ababa, Ethiopia

29. ECO HQ: Tehran, Iran Est: 1985 Members: 10 Current Sec Gen: Amb .   Khusrav NOZIRI  (Tajikistan national) 16 th ECO Summit: Tashkent, Uzbekistan - 9 Nov 2023

30. IAEA HQ: Vienna, Austria Est: 1957 Director General: Rafael Mariano Grossi (Reappointed for a 2 nd four-year term starting in Dec 2023)

31. International Criminal Court HQ: The Hague, Netherlands Founded: 2002 Current President: Piotr Holfmanski

32. ICJ HQ: Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands) . Founded: 1945 Current President: Joan E. Donoghue

33. OIC HQ: Jeddah, KSA Est: 1969 Members: 57 Sec-Gen: Hussein Ibrahim Taha - Chad. CFM Sessions 48th Session of the CFM of OIC - Islamabad - 22-23 March 2022 Theme: Partnering for Unity, Justice and Development 49th Session of the CFM of OIC - Nouakchott, Mauritania - 16-17 March 2023 50th session of the CFM of OIC - Cameroon - 2024

34. OIC Extraordinary sessions of CFM 18 th Extraordinary Session - Jeddah, KSA - 31 July, 2023 Resolutions regarding Burning of Copies of al- Mus’haf ash-Sharif and Israeli Government Officials Breaking into the Blessed Aqsa Mosque 17 th Extraordinary Session - Islamabad - 19 Dec, 2021 Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan Maryam Aurangzeb participated in 12th session of Information Ministers of OIC member states - Istanbul

35. FATF HQ: Paris France President: T Raja Kumar- Singapore ( 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2024) Previous: Marcus Pleyer 15 15-member FATF team visited Pakistan on Aug 29 to 02 Sept 2022. 3 rd FATF plenary session held on 21-22 Oct 2022 in Paris France Pakistan removed from Gray list - 21 Oct 2022 (after 4 years) - address 34 action items (along with Nicaragua) Global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Index by FATF - Pakistan - Medium risk category. 4 th FATF plenary session held on 27 Oct 2023 in Paris France

36. Org - HQ - Head FAO - Rome - Qu Dongyu , re-elected for second term of 4 years - July 4, 2023 IFAD - Rome - Alvaro Lario since Oct 01, 2022 ILO - Geneva - Gilbert Houngbo since Mar 2022 WHO - Geneva - Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus WTO - Geneva - Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala IMF - Washington DC - Kristalina Georgieva WB - Washington DC - Ajay Banga since June 02, 2023 (Pr. David Malpass ) UNESCO - Paris - Audrey Azoulay.

37. Amazon Founder: Jeff Bezos Founded: July 1994 Current President: Andy Jassy Amazon’s space program: Blue Origin

38. Twitter - X Owner: Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX) 2 nd Richest person: $180 B (1 st : Bernard Arnault - $211 B) CEO: Linda Yacarino

39. CEO’s Google - Sundar Pichai YouTube - Neal Mohan Facebook/Meta - Mark Zuckerberg