The G20 Common Framework for Debt Treatments Subject: IR Section: International body Context: Despite significant relief measures brought on by the COVID-19 crisis, about 60 percent of low-income countries are at high risk or already in debt distress. In 2015 that number was below 30 percent. New variants are causing further disruptions to […]
NATO: NEW MEMBERSHIP Subject: IR Section: International body Context: Finland and Sweden are poised to end decades of neutrality by joining NATO, a dramatic evolution in European security and geopolitics sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. NATO membership — Process NATO has what it calls an “open door policy” on new members — […]
SCO anti-terror meet in Delhi Subject: IR Section: International Bodies Context: China, Russia, Pak. to attend SCO anti-terror meet in Delhi Concept: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai (China) by the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, […]
WHO reform Subject: IR Section: International Bodies Concept: About WHO – The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as “the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health”. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, it […]
Finland is on the cusp of joining NATO while Sweden is on the verge of following suit Subject: IR Section: International Organization Context: Sweden to join NATO Concept: Background: While other Nordic countries like Norway, Denmark and Iceland were original members of the alliance, Sweden and Finland did not join the pact for […]
UN approves measure requiring states to justify veto Subject: IR Section: UN Context- The UN General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution requiring the five permanent members of the Security Council to justify their use of the veto. Concept- United States, China, Russia, France and the UK are the five members with veto […]
China Solomon Islands sign landmark security agreement Subject: IR Context- China has announced the signing of a security pact with the Solomon Islands. Concept- About The Agreement: Chinese Foreign Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Solomon Islands signed an intergovernmental framework agreement on security cooperation. It is a first-of-its-kind arrangement that […]