[IR] Summits/Treaties 2013/Controversies (for net aspirants of political science subject)

[IR] Summits/Treaties 2013/Controversies

Arctic council	India gets observer status
ASEAN human rights declaration	In Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2012
ASEAN summit	2012: 21st ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh Combodia with theme:“ASEAN: One Community, One Destiny” 2012: ASEAN – India Commemorative Summit 2012. To mark the 20th year anniversary of the ASEAN – India dialogue. Theme: ASEAN-India Partnership for Peace, Progress and Shared Prosperity. 2013: 22nd ASEAN summit in Brunei, theme: Our People, Our Future Together.
BASIC ministerial meeting on climate change	Chennai
BRICS 2013	At Durban, S.Africa (5th Summit)Theme: BRICS and Africa: Partnership for development, Integration and industralizationeThekwini DeclarationDiscussed to create an infrastructure focused “development bank”
Convention on Biodiversity (CBD)	Conference of Parties (COP)11th Summit in Hyderabad (2012)12th Summit in PyeongChang, S.Korea (theme = Biodiversity forSustainable Development)
Falkland islands	Voted for British rule
First Arctic Summit	Oslo, Norway
G20 summit	2013: St.Petersburg, Russia2013: Finance ministers meeting held in Moscow, Russia2012: Los Cabos.
G8	Lough Erne, N.Ireland. Theme: tax evasion and transparency
Global Arms trade treaty of UN	India abstained from voting.
High seas conference	Paris
IBSA resolution for women empowerment	India signed this.
Indian chapter of World Economic Forum sumit	Will be held in Kochi, Kerala.
Indian ocean rim	USA became dialouge partner.
Indian ocean rim	First economic and business conference held in Mauritius
IPCC	Its fifth assessment report will come in 2014.
Mekong-Ganga Summit	Delhi, Dec12
Minamata Mercury treaty	In Minamata city of Japan, to sign the world’s first legally binding treaty on mercury pollution under United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
National conference on E-governance	Jaipur
NATO	General Joeseph Dunford (USA)Afghani forces tookover the security ops from NATO in June 2013.
Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2013	Kochi, Kerala
Silk road festival	Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Surajkund International Crafts Mela 2013	Organized by Haryana government in Surajkund, Faridabad district. This year focus was Karnataka state.
Tokyo Summit’12	In Tokyo for rebuilding of Afghanistan.
UN resolution on Death Penalty ban	India voted against
UN Resolution on Syria	2012: new sanctions against President Bashar Al Assad’s regime= India voted favour of this. 2013: for rapid progress on a political transition in Syria= India abstained from voting.
UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka	Condemning Sri Lanka for violation against Tamil minorities. India voted against Sri Lanka.
WCIT-2012	World Conference on International telecommunication @Dubai
WHO SEARO	International conference for traditional medicine in south-east Asia was held in Delhi. Led to Delhi declaration.

Visits to India

1. US Vice Prez Biden
2. French President Hollande
3. UK PM David Cameroon
4. Egyptian President Morsi
5. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang
6. Liberian President Ellen Johnson
7. Afghani President Hamid Karzai

Visits from India

1. Pranab to Mauritius
2.  PM Mohan to Japan, Thailand, Germany
3.  PM Mohan to 68th Session of UN general assembly + Met Paki PM Sharif in Sep’13.
4. AK Antony to Singapore, China
5. PM to Russia and then China