IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

ADB

• Asian Development Bank
• Motto: Fighting poverty in Asia and the Pacific
• It has 67 member countries.
• Estd: 1966
• HQ: Manila, Philippines

Asia Cooperation Dialogue ( International Organizations )

• To promote Asian cooperation at a continental level and to help integrate separate regional organizations such as ASEAN, SAARC, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and the EAEU.
• It has 34 member countries including India.
• Estd: 2002
• Ministerial Meeting:
• 1st- Thailand (2002)
• 13th- Saudi Arabia (2014)
• 14th- Thailand (2016)
• Summit:
• 1st- Kuwait (2012)
• 2nd- Thailand (2015)
• 3rd- Iran (2018)

 ASEM ( International Organizations )

• Asia Europe Meeting
• It has 53 partners= 51 countries and two regional organizations
• The Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF) – an institution established by ASEM with headquarters in Singapore.
• Estd: 1996
• Summit: biennial
• 1st: Thailand (1996)
• 11th: Mongolia (2016)

BASIC

• Brazil, South Africa, India and China
• 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.
• Estd: 2009

BIMSTEC ( International Organizations )

• Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
• It aims to promote economic cooperation among South and South-East Asia countries.
• Members: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand (7)
• Estd: 1997
• HQ: Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Summit:
• 1st- Thailand (2004)
• 2nd- India (2008)
• 3rd- Myanmar (2014)

BRICS

• Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
• South Africa was included in 2010.
• Estd.-2008
• Summit: 
• 1st- Russia
• 2016- India

CICA

• Conference on Interaction and Confidence- Building measures in Asia
• It has 26 member states.
• Secretariat: Almaty, Kazakhstan
• Estd: 1999
• Summit:
• 1st: Kazakhstan (2002)
• 4th: China (2014)

EAS

• East Asia summit
• Members: 18 countries
• Estd: 2005
• Summit:
• 1st: Malaysia (2005)
• 11th: Laos (2016)

G-4

• Members: Brazil, India, Germany, Japan
• They support each other’s bids for permanent seats in the UNSC.

G-20

• It is an international forum for governments and central bank Governors from 20 major economies.
• Members: 19 individual countries + EU
• Estd: 1999
• Summit: (of heads of states or govt.)
• 1st- US (2008)
• 11th – China (2016)
• 12th – Germany (2017)
• 13th – Argentina (2018)

IBSA

• India, Brazil, South Africa
• It aims to promote South-South cooperation and build consensus on issues of international importance
• Estd: 2003
• Summit:
• 1st: Brazil (2006)
• 5th: South Africa (2011)

IORA

• Indian Ocean Rim Association
• Members– 21
• Estd: 1997
• HQ– Ebene Cyber City, Mauritius

Mekong-Ganga Cooperation

• Members: India, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam (6)
• Estd: 2000
• Ministerial Meetings
• 1st- Laos (2000)
• 6th- India (2012)

MTCR

NDB

• New Development Bank
• The treaty was signed in 2014 and came into effect in 2015.
• HQ: Shanghai, China

SAARC

• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
• Members– Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (8)
• HQ– Kathmandu, Nepal
• Estd. – 1985
• Summit:
• 1st- Bangladesh
• 2016- Pakistan

SCO

• Shanghai Cooperation Organization
• It was established in 1996 as Shanghai Five with members China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan.
• Uzbekistan was added in 2001 and the organization was renamed as SCO.
• India and Pakistan are expected to become members by 2017.
• HQ– Beijing, China
• Summit:
• 1st- China (Heads of State- 2001); Kazakhstan (Heads of Government- 2001)
• 2016- Uzbekistan (Heads of State); Kyrgyzstan (Heads of Government)
• 2017- Kazakhstan (Heads of State)