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Important International Summits, Conferences and Forums

12 micro topics in International Relations & Places in News for UPSC Prelims, in book order: G20 Summit and India's Presidency (New Delhi Declaration); SCO Summit; and 10 more.

10.1

G20 Summit and India's Presidency (New Delhi Declaration)

The G20 is the main forum for international economic cooperation among 19 countries, the European Union and, since September 2023, the African Union. It began in 1999 as a meeting of finance ministers and central bank…
10.2

SCO Summit

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, SCO, is a Eurasian political, economic and security grouping founded on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan became full members in June…
10.3

BRICS Summit

The BRICS summit is the annual meeting of leaders of the BRICS grouping of emerging economies, which began as Brazil, Russia, India and China and now includes South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates…
10.4

Shangri-La Dialogue

The Shangri-La Dialogue is an annual inter-governmental security forum held in Singapore, organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, IISS, a London-based think tank. It is named after the Shangri-La Hotel where it is held,…
10.5

Raisina Dialogue

The Raisina Dialogue is India's flagship annual conference on geopolitics and geo-economics, held in New Delhi and organised by the Observer Research Foundation, ORF, in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs. It was first held…
10.6

Munich Security Conference

The Munich Security Conference, MSC, is an annual conference on international security policy held in Munich, Germany, usually in February. It was founded in 1963 by Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist as the Internationale Wehrkunde-Begegnung and began as…
10.7

World Economic Forum (Davos)

The World Economic Forum, WEF, is an international non-profit organisation for public-private cooperation, headquartered in Cologny near Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1971 by Klaus Schwab as the European Management Forum and holds its Annual…
10.8

COP (Conference of the Parties) Climate Summits

The Conference of the Parties, COP, is the supreme decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, a treaty adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 and in force since 1994.…
10.9

ASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit

The ASEAN Summit is the meeting of heads of government of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a regional grouping founded on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand through the Bangkok…
10.10

Non-Aligned Movement Summit

The Non-Aligned Movement, NAM, is a group of states that do not formally align with or against any major power bloc. It was formed at the Belgrade Summit in September 1961 by Jawaharlal Nehru of India,…
10.11

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, CHOGM, is the biennial summit of leaders of the Commonwealth of Nations, a voluntary association of 56 independent countries, most of them former territories of the British Empire. It is…
10.12

Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor Summit

The Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor Summit is a biennial business and investment summit of the Government of Gujarat, launched in 2003 by Narendra Modi, then Chief Minister of Gujarat, to attract investment and showcase the state's…

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Which topics are in Important International Summits, Conferences and Forums?

Important International Summits, Conferences and Forums has 12 micro topics in International Relations & Places in News: G20 Summit and India's Presidency (New Delhi Declaration); SCO Summit; BRICS Summit; Shangri-La Dialogue; Raisina Dialogue; Munich Security Conference; World Economic Forum (Davos); COP (Conference of the Parties) Climate Summits; ASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit; Non-Aligned Movement Summit; Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM); Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor Summit.

Is Important International Summits, Conferences and Forums important for UPSC Prelims?

Important International Summits, Conferences and Forums is a part of the UPSC Prelims International Relations & Places in News syllabus map on MaargX UPSC. Each of its 12 published topics has key terms, a Mains angle and practice questions.