Int'l Organisations
International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA)
Estd- 1957 , HQTS- Vienna,Austria
AIM: Promote the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technologies by scientific and technical coop
Inter-govt, reports to UNGA and UN-SC
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
UN agency, oldest existing(1865) int'l orgn, 193 members, HQTS- Geneva, Switzerland
Works in 3 sectors- Radiocommunication (ITU-R), Telecommunication Standardization (ITU-T),Telecommunication Development (ITU-D)
ITU opens local area office for South Asia in New Delhi.
UNWTO
UN agency, 158 countries
promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism
Paris Club
1956
A group of officials from creditor countries to provide Sustainable Solutions for Debt Recovery from debtor countries
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
Adopted by UNGA at Conference on Disarmament in Geneva and opened for signature in 1996
India: Not Signed
Stand: Emphasis on universal and complete nuclear disarmament in a time-bound manner.
AIM: banning all nuclear explosions – everywhere, by everyone.
Not in force
International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN) - Estbd: 1948 , HQTS: Geneva, Switzerland
World’s first global environmental organisation.
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Estb:1946
Hqts: Hague, Netherlands
15 members ; 9yr term ; election every 3rd year; eligible for re-election
Judge elected by absolute majority in both UNGA and UNSC
Indian Ocean Rim Association(IORA)
Estbd: 1995, Hqts: Mauritius
21 members
Strengthen regional cooperation and SD; Tripartite in nature - Govt, Academia and business
2nd IORA Renewable Energy Ministerial Meeting,2018 :Delhi Declaration on Renewable Energy in the Indian Ocean Region.
FATF
1989, Paris(OECD)
For combating money laundering, terrorist financing
Inter-govt policy making body - a G7 initiative
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
HQTS: Montreal, Canada
Pvt orgn to promote coop. among world's Scheduled airlines
Indian Ocean Naval Symposium
2008
24 members
International maritime security and cooperation initiative among countries of Indian Ocean
East Asia Summit
Initiative of ASEAN
Yearly since 2005
18 member- 10ASEAN + 6(India, China, SK, Japan, NZ, Aus) + USA + Russia