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Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) – Key Points:

Formation: Created after India’s 1974 nuclear test showed peaceful nuclear technology could be misused.

Purpose: Prevent nuclear weapons proliferation via export controls on nuclear and nuclear-related materials.

Membership: 48 participating governments (as of 2020); decisions by consensus.

Notable Non-Members: Pakistan, Israel, and India (though India has sought membership).

Challenge: China and others oppose India’s membership as it hasn’t signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

First Meeting: November 1975 in London (also called the “London Club”).

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RCD was established on 21 July 1964

It was dissolved in 1979

RCD stands for Regional Cooperation for Development

They established by Iran, Pakistan,and Turkey

Its headquarters were located in Iran

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The United Nations is headquartered in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, United States.

UNO Founded: October 24, 1945, San Francisco, California, United States

UNO Membership:

193 member states; 2 observer states

UNO Official languages:

1. Arabic;
2. Chinese;
3. English;
4. French;
5. Russian;
6. Spanish;

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Pakistan joined the United Nations on September 30, 1947, just over a month after its independence

AGM  5.2.23

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In 2025, Bangladesh became the first country in South Asia to join the United Nations (UN) Water Convention.

The UN Water Convention is officially called the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.

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