International Summits in 2016-17

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International Summits in 2016-17

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As various competitive exams are scheduled for the upcoming days.We are here with the compilation of all the international summits held in between 2016-17

Summits Location, Year, Headquarters
BRICS Summits Countries (5) – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa

  • 8th BRICS Summit 2016 – Benaulim, Goa, India
  • 9th BRICS Summit 2017 – Xiamen, China
G-20 Summits Headquarters – Cancún, Mexico
Establishment – 20 August 2003
Chairperson– Angela Merkel,
Total Member Countries– 20
Countries = Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South AfricaSouth Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom         United StatesEuropean Union

  • 11th G 20 Meeting 2016 – Hangzhou, China
  • 12th G 20 Meeting 2017 – Germany
  • 13th G 20 Meeting 2018 – Argentina, Buenos Aires
G-7 Annual Summits (Earlier it was G8, Now Russia suspended Temporarily) Establishment – 1975
Group of Seven Countries – France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada.

  • 42nd G8 Summit 2016 – Shima, Japan
  • 43rd G8 Summit 2017 – Italy
  • 44th G8 Summit 2018 – Canada
  • 45th G8 Summit 2019 – France
  • 46th G8 Summit 2020 – United States
  • 47th G8 Summit 2021 – United Kingdom
SAARC Summits (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Headquarters – Kathmandu, Nepal
Formation – 16 January, 1987
First holder – Abul Ahsan
Secretary General– Arjun Bahadur Thapa
Countries (8)– Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri LankaSAARC Summit Held –

  • 18th SAARC Summit 2014 – Kathmandu, Nepal
  • 19th SAARC Summit 2016 – Islamabad, Pakistan
  • 20th SAARC Summit 2018
ASEAN Summits (Association of South East Asian Nation) Headquarters – Jakarta, Indonesia
Establishment –  8 August 1967
Total Countries – 10 (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma (Myanmar), Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Secretary General – Le Luong Minh (Vietnam)
Chairman – Philippines Rodrigo DuterteSummits held –

  • 28th ASEAN Summit 2016 ( April ) – Vientiane – Laos
  • 29th ASEAN Summit 2016 ( November )-Vientiane- Laos
  • 30th  ASEAN Summit  2017 (April) –       Philippines,Metro Manila
  • 31st  ASEAN Summit 2017 (November) – Philippine, Clark, Freeport Zone
East Asia Summit (EAS) Establishment – 1991 by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Countries: Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United States, Vietnam

  • The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a forum held annually
  • EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders’ meetings.
  • The first summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 December 2005.

Summits Held –

  • 11th East Asia Summit 2016 – Vientiane, Laos
  • 12th East Asia Summit 2017 – TBD, Philippines
IBSA Summits Headquarters – Stafford St, Abbotsford, Victoria
Established – 6th June, 2003
IBSA Dialogue Forum – India, Brazil, South Africa.

  • 1st: March 5th, 2004, in New Delhi
  • 2nd: March 3rd, 2005, in Cape Town
  • 3rd: March 30th, 2006, in Rio de Janeiro
  • 4th: July 16th and 17th, 2007, in New Delhi
  • 5th: May 11th, 2008, in Somerset West
  • 6th: August 31st to September 1st, 2009, in Brasília
  • 7th: March 8th, 2011, in New Delhi
APEC Summits (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) Headquarters – Singapore
Establishment – 1989
Total Countries – (Australia, Canada, Brunei, Chile, china, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, United States, Vietnam). These are total 21 countries.
Executive Director – Alan BollardSummit Held –

  • 28th APEC Summit 2016 – Peru, Lima
  • 29th APEC Summit 2017 – Vietnam, Danang
  • 30th APEC Summit 2018 –  Papua, New Guinea Port Moresby
  • 31st APEC Summit 2019 –  Chile
  • 32nd APEC Summit 2020 – Malaysia
  • 33rd APEC Summit 2021 –  New Zealand
  • 34th APEC Summit 2022 –  Thailand
  • 35th APEC Summit 2023 –   Mexico
  • 36th APEC Summit 2024 –   Brunei
  • 37th APEC Summit 2025 –  Republic of Korea
  • 38th APEC Summit 2026 –  Peru
BIMSTEC Summits (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation Headquarters – Dhaka
Establishment – 6 June 1997
Chairmanship – Nepal (since 2014)
Total Countries – Bangladesh, India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal.
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international organisation involving a group of countries in South AsiaSummits Held –

  • 3rd BIMSTEC Summit 2014 –  Myanmar, Nay Pyi Taw
  • 4th BIMSTEC Summit 2017 –  Nepal, Kathmandu
Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) (2010) Establishment – 2009
Total Countries – 58 Countries
European Union members represented by the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission only (as observer)Summits Held –

  • 4th  NSS 2016 – Washington, D.C, USA
  • 5th  NSS 2017 – India
OPEC International Seminar Headquarters – Vienna, Austria
Establishment – 1960, Baghdad
Secretary General – Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo
Total Countries – (Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela).
OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
6th International OPEC – Veinna, Austria
NATO  Headquarters – Brussels, Belgium
Establishment –  4 April, 1949
Secretary General – Jens Stoltenberg
Total Member Countries – 28
NATO – North Atlantic treaty OrganizationSummit Held in –

  • NATO Summit 2014 – Wales (Britain), UK (Britain last hosted the     summit in 1990, when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister)
  • NATO Summit 2016 – Poland, Warsaw
  • NATO Summit 2017 –  Belgium, Brussels
  • NATO Summit 2018 – Turkey, Istanbul
Asian development Bank meeting  Headquarters – Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines
Establishment – 19 December 1966
President – Takehiko Nakao
Total Member Countries – 67 countries
ADB – Asian Development Bank

  • Annual meeting of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held every year.
  • ADB Annual Meeting 2016 –       Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
  • ADB Annual Meeting 2017 – Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan
Earth Hour 
  • Global earth hour 2015 – Seoul
  • Global earth hour 2016- Australia
NAM Summit Headquarters – Jakarta, Indonesia
Establishment – 1961, Belgrade
Secretary General – Nicolás Maduro
Total Member Countries – 120 countries
NAM Summit Full Form – Non-Allied Moment

  • 16th NAM(Non-Aligned Movement) Summit 2012 was held in Tehran, Iran.
  • It has 120+2 (Two nations namely Azerbaijan Republic and Fiji) members.
  • 17th NAM summit 2016 was held in Caracas,Venezuela.
Global Insurance Summit
  • 8th Global insurance Summit Was held in 2015  – Mumbai
CHOGM Summit Establishment – 1907
Chairman – Joseph Muscat
Total Members Countries – 52 countries
CHOGM Full Form – Common Wealth Heads of

  • Government Meeting held After Gap of Every Two years
  • Next CHOGM Will held In United Kingdom 2018
  • In 2015 CHOGM Meeting Was held In – Malta
UN Climate Change Summit Meetings :-

  • 18th meeting 2016 – Marrakech, Morocco
  • 19th meeting 2017 – Bonn, Germany
22nd CII Partnership Summit & 1stSunrise AP Investment Meet Headquarters – New Delhi, India
Establishment – 1895
Executive Vice Chairperson – Shobana Kamineni
Place – Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
India Investment Summit Date – 4th and 5th February, 2016
Place – New Delhi