International Economic Alliance
International Economic Alliance
OPEC
OPEC's complete form - ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES
OPEC was formed on September 14, 1960
OPEC has 5 founding members
OPEC current members - 12 (Venezuela, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Ecuador, Angola, Nigeria, Algeria, UAE)
The latest member of OPEC is Angola.
Recently OPEC left due to rising oil prices - Indonesia.
OPEC is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
OPEC non-Arab countries - Iran, Venezuela, Nigeria.
Ecuador left OPEC in 1992
Ecuador rejoined OPEC in 2006.
APEC
The complete form of APEC - ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION
APEC was established in 1989
APEC Founder - Bob Hawk (Australia)
Founding members of APEC - 13
APEC currently has 21 members (United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, China, Brunei, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Chile, Peru, Russia). And Vietnam.)
Latest members of APEC - Russia, Vietnam, Peru.
APEC Headquarters - Alexandra Point (Singapore)
CIRDAP
CIRDAP complete form - CENTER ON INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ASIA AND PACIFIC
CIRDAP was established on July 7, 1989.
CIRDAP members - Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Afghanistan, Iran, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Fiji.
Secretary-General of CIRDAP - Dr. Maya Mong
Director General of CIRDAP - Durga P Poddar
CIRDAP Headquarters - Dhaka, Chameli House.
OECD
OECD FULL - ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
OECD was formed on September 30, 1971.
OECD members - 32
OECD Headquarters - Paris
CP
The complete form of CP - COLOMBO PLAN
COLOMBO PLAN was formed in 1950
COLOMBO PLAN came into force on July 1, 1951.
Primary members of COLOMBO PLAN - 6
Current members of COLOMBO PLAN - 26 (latest Saudi Arabia)
COLOMBO PLAN HEADQUARTERS - COLOMBO (SRI LANKA)
G-8
G-8 (now G-7)
G-8 Full Name - GROUP OF EIGHT (8 most industrialized countries in the world)
The G-8 was established on November 16, 1985.
G-8 founding members - 7 (latest Russia and last expelled Russia)
The only Asian country in the G-8 - Japan
The G-8 has no headquarters.
The last G-8 conference was held in France (in 2019).
Members of the G-8 - United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Britain, Japan.
D-8
The full version of D-8 - DEVELOPING 8
D-8 was formed on June 15, 1997
The proponent of D-8 - Former Turkish Prime Minister Masoud Al Tamas.
D-8 member countries - (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Nigeria.)
Headquarters of D-8 - Istanbul, Turkey.
The first D-8 conference was held on 14-15 June 1996.
G-20
Name of the organization of the wealthiest countries in the world - G-20
The G-20 was founded in 1999
G-20 member countries - India, China, United States, Japan, Canada,
Germany, France, Turkey, Brazil, Italy, Argentina, Russia, Mexico, South Korea,
South Africa, Australia, Britain, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, European Union.
The only G-20 organization - the European Union.
