IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS:

IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS:

1. SAARC- SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL CO-OPERATION
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Nepal constituted an organisation
known as SAARC. It was founded on the recommendations of Dhaka Conference on 7-8
December 1985. Its headquarters has been established at Kathmandu.
2.ASEAN- ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN NATIONS
ASEAN is a union of South East Asian Nations. Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Combodia, Laos and Myanmar. It was constituted this association on August 8, 1967.Headquarters is located in Jakarta, Indonesia.
3.GROUP OF SEVEN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES G-7 (NOW KNOWN AS G-8)
G-7 was an organisation of seven non-socialist countries that were highly industrialized in the
world. G-7 included Britain, USA, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and Japan.
Russia was 8th member of the organisation. (G7+Russia=G8)
4.OPEC- Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya,Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E. and Venezuala.
Headquarters - Vienna.
5.UNO- United Nations Organisation
193 members worldwide.Headquarters New York City.
6.BRICS- Brazil,Russia, India, China & South Africa
   BRICS Bank to be setup @ Shangai, China.