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Summits
BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summits
4th BRICS Summit 2012 New Delhi, India
5th BRICS Summit 2013 Durban, South Africa
6th BRICS Summit 2014 Fortaleza, Brazil
7th BRICS Summit 2015 Ufa Rissia
G-8 Annual Summits
Group of Eight (G8) Countries - France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of
America, Canada, Russia.
37th G8 Meeting 2011 Deauville, France
38th G8 Meeting 2012 - David camp, USA
39th G8 Summit 2013 - County Fermanagh, UK
40th G8 Summit 2014 - Russia
Note: The 40th G8 summit was due to be held in Russia in 2014. The meeting was planned for 45
June 2014 at the Black Sea resort of Sochi. However, the other seven countries decided on 24 March
that a summit would be held without Russia, in Brussels, Belgium. G7 countries refuse to attend
planned G8 summit in Russia.
G-7 Summit 2014- Brussels, Belgium.
G-20 Summits
7th G 20 Meeting 2012 Los Cabos, Mexico
8th G 20 Meeting 2013 Saint Petersburg, Russia
9th G 20 Meeting 2014 Brisbane, Australia
10th G 20 Meeting 2015 Turkey
SAARC Summits
SAARC - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
17th SAARC Summit 2011 Addu, Maldives
18th SAARC Summit 2014 - Kathmandu,Nepal (in November 2014).
ASEAN Summits
ASEAN - Association of South East Asian Nation
19th ASEAN Summit 2011 (November) Bali, Indonesia
20th ASEAN Summit 2012 (April) Phnom penh, Cambodia
21th ASEAN Summit 2012 (November) Phnom penh, Cambodia
22nd ASEAN Summit 2013 (April) Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
23rd ASEAN Summit 2013 (October) -Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
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24th ASEAN Summit 2014 (May) - Naypyidaw, Myanmar
25th ASEAN Summit 2014 (November) - Naypyidaw, Myanmar
ASEAN-India Summit
9th ASEAN-India Summit 2011 - Bali, Indonesia
10th ASEAN-India Summit 2012 Phnom penh, Cambodia
11th ASEAN-India Summit 2013 - Brunei Darussalam,Brunei (October)
12th ASEAN-India Summit 2014 - Naypyidaw, Myanmar (in November, 2014)
East Asia Summit (EAS)
EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders meetings.
6th East Asia Summit 2011 - Bali, Indonesia
7th East Asia Summit 2012 - Phnom penh, Cambodia
IBSA Dialogue Forum
IBSA Dialogue Forum (India, Brazil, South Africa) is an international tripartite grouping for promoting
international cooperation among these countries.
5th IBSA Summit 2011 Pretoria, South Africa
6th IBSA Summit 2013 New Delhi, India
7th IBSA Summit 2015 Brazil
APEC Summits
APEC - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
23rd APEC summit 2011 Honolulu, USA
24th APEC Summit 2012 - Vladivostok,Russia
25th APEC Summit 2013 - Medan/Jakarta, Indonesia
26th APEC Summit 2014 - China
27th APEC Summit 2015 - Philippines
28th APEC Summit 2016 - Lima, Peru
OPEC Seminars
OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
4th OPEC International Seminar 2009 - Vienna, Austria
5th OPEC International Seminar 2012 - Vienna, Austria
6th OPEC International Seminar 2015 - Vienna, Austria
NAM Summits
NAM - Non-aligned Movement
16th NAM Summit 2012 Tehran, Iran
17th NAM Summit 2015 Caracas,Venezuela
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Note: Two nations, namely Azerbaijan Republic and Fiji, were accepted as the new members of the
organization.
Nuclear Security Summit:
2nd Summit 2012 Seoul (South Korea)
3rd Summit 2014(Next) : Netherlands
4th Summit 2016: United States
NATO Summit:
NATO Summit 2014 - Britain, UK. (Britain last hosted the summit in 1990, when Margret
Thatcher was Prime Minister)
BIMSTEC Summit:
Bay of Bangal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). BIMSTEC
includes 7 countries: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal and aims to
create cooperation in multiple sectors including trade, investment and energy.
3rd BIMSTEC summit 2014: Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar)
4th BIMSTEC summit will be held in Nepal.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meetings
Annual meeting of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held every year.
ADB Annual Meeting 2012 - Manila, Philippines
ADB Annual Meeting 2013 - New Delhi, India
ADB Annual Meeting 2014 - Astana, Kazakhstan
ADB Annual Meeting 2015 -Baku, Azerbaijan
SCO Meetings
SCO - Shanghai Cooperation Organization
SCO Meeting 2011 Astana, Kazakhstan
SCO Meeting 2012 Beijing, China
SCO Meeting 2013 - Kyrgyzstan
WTO Ministerial Conferences
WTO - World Trade Organization
8th WTO Ministerial Conferences 2011 - Geneva, Switzerland
9th WTO Ministerial Conferences 2013 -Bali, Indonesia
Other Important Summits/ Meetings
World Economic Forum 2014: held in Abuja (Nigeria). Bharti Enterprises founder and
Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal co chair this years edition of the World Economic Forum on
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Africa.
India, Sri Lanka and Maldives held National Security Advisor-level meeting on maritime
security cooperation in New Delhi.
World Telecommunications Development Conference held in Dubai.
The Green Economy Summit held in Dubai.
Arab Summit 2014: Kuwait host the Arab summit for the first time
International Petroleum Conference 2014 (PETROTECH-2014) held in New Delhi from 12th
15th January 2014.
The 9th WTO Ministerial Conference was concluded on 6 December 2013 at Bali, Indonesia.
12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014 held in New Delhi. This year's theme is "Engaging Diaspora:
Connecting Across Generations" Datuk Seri G Palanival is the Chief Guest of 12th Pravasi
Bharatiya Divas
The 8th Asia Gas Partnership Summit (AGPS) was held at New Delhi, India. The 8th AGPS was
organized by GAIL (India) Limited and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FICCI).
New Member of Important Organizations
United Nation Total Member 193 (Last member South Sudan)
WTO Total Member 159 (Last member -Tajikistan, Laos, Russia)
World bank and International Monetary Fund Total Member 188 (Last member South
Sudan)
European Union Total member 28 (Last Member - Croatia)
Last Update: June 6, 2014.
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