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Monday, July 31, 2017

International Summits: Static Awareness

International Summits in 2016-17

SummitsLocation Year Headquarters
BRICS SummitsCountries (5) - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
  • 6th BRICS Summit 2014 – Fortaleza, Brazil
  • 7th BRICS Summit 2015 – UFA, Russia
  • 8th BRICS Summit 2016 – Benaulim, Goa, India
  • 9th BRICS Summit 2017 - Xiamen, China
G-20 SummitsHeadquarters - 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


  • 9th G 20 Meeting 2014 – Brisbane, Australia
  • 10th G 20 Meeting 2015 – Antalya, Turkey
  • 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.
  • 40th G8 Summit 2014 – Brussels, Belgium
  • 41st G8 Summit 2015 – Schloss Elmau, Germany
  • 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 Lanka

SAARC 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 Duterte

Summits held –

  • 24th ASEAN Summit 2014 (May)– Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
  • 25th ASEAN Summit 2014 (November)– Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
  • 26th ASEAN Summit 2015 (April)– Langkawi, Malaysia
  • 27th ASEAN Summit 2015 (November)– Manila, Philippines
  • 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 –

  • 9th East Asia Summit 2014 – Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
  • 10th East Asia Summit 2015 – Kuala Lumpur .Malaysia
  • 11th East Asia Summit 2016 – Vientiane, Laos
  • 12th East Asia Summit 2017 – TBD, Philippines
IBSA SummitsHeadquarters - 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 Bollard

Summit Held –

  • 26th APEC Summit 2014 – Beijing, China
  • 27th APEC Summit 2015 – Philippines, Manila
  • 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 CooperationHeadquarters – 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 Asia

Summits Held –

  • 1st  BIMSTEC Summit 2004 – Thailand, Bangkok
  • 2nd BIMSTEC Summit 2008 – India,       New Delhi
  • 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 -

  • 1st  NSS 2010 – Washington, D.C, USA
  • 2nd NSS 2012 - South Korea, Seoul
  • 3rd  NSS 2014 – Hague, Netherlands
  • 4th  NSS 2016 – Washington, D.C, USA
  • 5th  NSS 2017 – India
OPEC International SeminarHeadquarters - 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 Organization

Summit 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 2014 – Astana, Kazakhstan
  • ADB Annual Meeting 2015 – Baku, Azerbaijan
  • 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 SummitHeadquarters - 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 SummitEstablishment – 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 SummitMeetings :-
  • 1st meeting 2000 - The Hague, Netherlands
  • 2nd meeting 2001 - Bonn, Germany
  • 3rd meetibg 2001 - Marrakech, Morocco
  • 4th meeting 2002 - New Delhi, India
  • 5th meeting 2003 - Milan, Italy]
  • 6th meeting 2004 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 7th meeting 2005 - Montreal, Canada
  • 8th meeting 2006 - Nairobi, Kenya
  • 9th meeting 2007 - Bali, Indonesia
  • 10th meeting 2008 - Poznań, Poland
  • 11th meeting 2009 - Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 12th meeting 2010 - Cancún, Mexico[edit]
  • 13th meeting 2011 - Durban, South Africa
  • 14th meeting 2012 - Doha, Qatar
  • 15th meeting 2013 - Warsaw, Poland
  • 16th meeting 2014 - Lima, Peru
  • 17th meeting 2015 - Paris, France
  • 18th meeting 2016 - Marrakech, Morocco
  • 19th meeting 2017 - Bonn, Germany
22nd CII Partnership Summit & 1stSunrise AP Investment MeetHeadquarters - New Delhi, India
Establishment – 1895
Executive Vice Chairperson - Shobana Kamineni
Place - Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
India Investment SummitDate - 4th and 5th February, 2016
Place - New Delhi