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United Nations (UN)

1. a) The U.N. was founded in 1945 with its Headquarters in New York. The Charter of the United Nations was signed on the 26 th of June 1945 by representatives of 51 Nations at the San Francisco Conference. The aims and purposes of the U.U. are:1. To maintain peace and security in the world 2. to develop friendly relations among nations 3. To work together to remove poverty, disease and illiteracy in the world, and to encourage respect for each others rights and freedom. 4. To be centre for helping nations to achieve these goals. b) The official languages of the U.N. are: English, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabic and Spanish (The working languages are English and French only.) c) The date of birth of the United Nations is 24 th October 1945 and every year this day is celebrated as U.N. Day. d) The first Secretary General of the United Nations was Mr. Trygve Lie. He belonged to Norway. c) The Flag of the U.N. is White U.N. emblem (two bent olive branches open at the top, and in between them is the world map) on a light blue back ground.

2. Members of the U.N.O.

The present membership of U.N.O. after inclusion of Tuvalu in 2000 is 189. The following is the list of member countries. Albania Cambodia Iraq* Algeria Cameroon Ireland Angola Canada* Israel Austria Cuba* Italy Antigua and Barbuda Cyprus Jamaica Argentina Czech Republic# Japan Armenia Denmark* Jordan Australia* Djibouti Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Dominica Kenya Bahamas Dominican Kirghizia Bahrain Republic* Korea (North) Bangladesh Ecuador* Korea (South) Barbados Egypt* Kuwait Belgium El Salvador* Lao Peoples Belize Equatorial Guinea Dem. Rep.

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Benin Bhutan Bolivia* Bosnia Herzegovina Botswana Brazil* Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Byelorussia* (Belarus) Gape Verde Central African Rep. Chad Chile* China* Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica* Cote d Ivorie Croatia Moldavia Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands* New Zealand* Nicaragua * Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay* Peru* Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russian

Estonia Ethiopia* Fiji Finland France* Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany, Federal Re. of ** Ghana Greece* Grenada Guatemala* Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti* Honduras* Hungary Iceland India* Indonesia Iran* Samoa, Western San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia* Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovenia Solomon Somalia South Africa* Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Surinam Swaziland Sweden Syrian Arab Rep. Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and

Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Latvia* Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg* Madagascar Malawi Maldives Malaysia

Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico* Micronesia, Federated States of Ukrainian* United Arab Emirates UK* USA* Uruguay* Uzbekhistan Vanuatu Venezuela* Vietnam Islands yemen Republic of *** Yogoslavia ! Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe Slovakia Republic Macedonia Monako Eritrea Andorra Palau Kiribati Nauru Tonga

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Federation* Tobago Rwanda Tunisia St. Kitts-Nevis Turkey*Turkey * St. Lucia Turkmenistan St. Vincent and Uganda The Grenadines

Tuvalu (admitted on Sept. 5, 2000) Switzerland East Timor

* Original Member ** Both East and West Germany became members in 1973. United Germany came into being in 1990 *** Yemen Arab Republic became a member in 1947 and Yemen PDR in 1967. Unified Yemen came into being in 1990. ! Yugoslavia has been expelled. # Czechoslovakia split into two Republic Czech and Soviet Both these Republics have been admitted to the U.N.O. Note The Democratic Yugoslavia was re-admitted on Nov. 1, 2002.

3. Agencies Related to the United

Name of Agency International Labour Organization International Atomic Energy Agency Food and Agriculture Organization United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Health Organization International Bank of Reconstruction and Development World Meteorological Organization Inter-government Maritime Consultative Organization United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (from 1994 it is known as World Trade Organization) United Nations Development Program United Nations Environment Program International Development Association International Finance Corporation International Monetary Fund International Civil Aviation Organization International Telecommunication United Nations Fund for Population Activities Abbreviation Date of Headquarters Establishment ILO 1919 Geneva IAEA 1957 Vienna FAO 1945 Rome UNESCO 1946 Paris WHO IBRD WMO IMCO UNICEF 1948 1945 1950 1958 1946 Geneva Washington Geneva London New York Geneva New York Nairobi Washington Washington Washington Montreal Geneva New York 1,2002

GATT(WTO) 1948 UNDP UNEP IDA IFC IFM ICAO ITU UNFPA 1972 1960 1956 1945 1947 1947 1967

4. UN Secretaries General
Year Name Nation

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1946 1953 1961 1972 1982 1992 1997 2007

Trygve Lie Dag Hammarskjald U Thant Kurt Waldheim Javier Peres De Cuellar Dr. Boutros Boutros Ghali Kofi Annan Ban Ki-Moon

5. International Decades
1976-1985 : 1980-1989 : 1981-1990 : 1983-1992 : 1985-1994 : 1988-1997 : 1991-2000 : United Nations Decade of Women Second Disarmament Decade Third United Nations Development Decade International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade United Nations Decade of Disabled Person. Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racisms Discrimination Transport and Communications Decade for Asia and the Pacific World Decade for Cultural Development International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction Third Disarmament Decade United Nations Decade of International Law. Fourth United Nations Development Decade United Nations Decade against Drug Abuse.

6. SAARC Years and Decades

1990 : Year of Girl Child 1991 : Year of Shelter for Homeless 1992 : Year of Environment 1993 : Year of Disabled Persons 1995 : Year of Poverty Eradication 1996 : Year of Literacy 1991-2000 : Decade of Girl Child By 2000 : Illiteracy Eradication By 2002 : Poverty Eradication Shelter for all

7. Official Publications
Yellow Book Grey Book White Book Blue Book Orange Book Green Book White Paper Official book of the French Official report of the Japanese and Belgium Government Official Publication of Germany, Portugal and China. Any official report of the British Government Official Publication of Netherlands Official publication of Italy and Iran Short Pamphlet giving authoritative recital of facts issued by the Government, stating its views on a particular issue for the knowledge of the general public.

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8. Main World Organizations & Their Head Quarters

Name of the Organization The United Nations Organization (U.N.O.) The International Court of Justice (I.C.J.) The Food & Agricultural Organization (F.A.O.) The International Labour Organization (I.L.O.) The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) The International Monetary Fund (.I.M.F) The International Rebuilding and Development Bank of the World (I.R.D.B.W) International Civil Aviation Organization (I.C.A.O) International Postal Union (I.P.U) International Telecommunication Union (I.T.U.) The World Mateorological Un ion (W.M.U.) International Merytime Organization (I.M.O.) The world Intellectual Property Organization(W.I.P.O) Internatinal Fund of Agriculture Development(I.F.A.D.) G.A.T.T Amnesty International Asiad Development Bank (A.D.B.) South East Asiad Nations Organization (A.S.E.A.N.) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (I.A.T.O.) African Unity Organization (O.A.U.) Red Cross S.A.A.R.C. U.N.O. Environmental Programme Inter Pol World Trade Organization (W.T.O.) American States Organization (O.A.S.) The Arab-League (A.L.) Mutual Economical Council (COM.ECON) World Council of Churches (W.C.C.) The European Energy Commission (I.E.C.) African Economical Commission (E.C.A.) West Asia Economical Commission (I.C.W.A.) U.N.O. Refugee High Commission (U.N.H.C.R.) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) U.N.O. Industrial Development Organization (U.N.I.D.O.) U.N.O. Education, Scientific Social Organization(UNESCO) U.N. International Child Education (UNICEF) U.N.O Trade & Commerce Development Assembly (U.N.CTAD) World Wildlife Protection Fund(W.W.F.) International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) Head Quarters New York Heg. Rome Zeneva Zeneva Washington D.C. Washington D.C. Montrial Burn Zeneva Zeneva London Zeneva Rome Zeneva London Manilla Jakarta Brusells Adis Ababa Zeneva Kathmondo Nairobi Paris Zeneva Washington D.C. Tunish Masco Zeneva Zeneva Ades Ababa Bagdad Zeneva Viana Viana Paris New York Zeneva Glands Switzerland Lusiana Zeneva Stansburg Viena

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European Common Market (E.C.M.) National Premiers Conference (C.H.OGM) Petroleum Productive Countries Organization (OPEC) Economical Development Organization (O.E.D.) European Countries Commerce Trade Association(E.C.T.A.) The Common Wealth European Economical Committee (E.E.C.) European Parliament (E.E.C.) European Space Research Organization(ESRO) Economical & Social Commission of Asia & Pacific Area (ESCAP)

9. Important National & International Days

Date and Month The 12th January The 15th January The 25th January The 26th January The 30th January The 1st February The 12th February The 12-18 February The 24th February The 28th February The 4th March The 8th March The 14th March The 15th March The 21st March The 23rd March The 27th March The 1st of April The 5th of April The 7th April The 10th April 10-16 April The 18th April The 22nd April The 24th April The 1st of May The 3rd May The 8th May The 13th May The 15th May The 17th May The 21 May The 27th June The 28th June The 1st July Festival The national youth day The Land force-day The International custom and excise day The Republic Day The Shahid Day (Sacrifice) The Coastal Defence Day The Production Day The Production week The Central Custom-day The National Science Day The National Defence Day International Women Day World-Consumers Day World Consumers Rights Day World Deformed/cripple Day World Weather Day World Theatre Day The Fools Day The Equality Day World Health Day Water-resources Day Railway Week The World Inheritage Day The World earths Day Mans Unity Day May-Day/World Labour Day The world Solar Day The World Red-Cross - Day World Nurse Day International Family- Day Heinternational communication Day World Terrorism Protest Day International diabetes Day The Poor day The doctors day

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The 11th July The 6th August The 9th August The 14th august The 15th August The 20th August The 21 august The 29th August The 1st September The 5th September 1-7 September The 8th September The 13th September The 14th September The 15th September The 27th September The 1st October The 2nd October The 5th October The 9th October 9-15 October The 14th October The 15th October The 16th October The 24th October The 31st October The 7th November The 10th November The 12th November The 14th November The 17th November The 19th November The 1st December The 8th December The 10th December The 11th December The 23rd December The 25th December

World Population day Hiroshima day/World Peace day Nagasak day World Youths day Independence day Sodbhawana-day Sanskrit day National Sports day Non-alignment day The Teachers day National Nutrition Week International literacy day World Brotherhood day/Amnesty day Hindi day Engineers day World Tourism day World oldmans day Gandhi-Shastri Jayanti World Animal day Postal day World Postal Week Mental Health day White-watch day World Food day UNO day The National Unity day Child Protection day Communication day National Birds day Child day International Students day International Citizen day World Aids day Girls day Human Rights day UNICEF day Farmers day The Christmas day