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1-The Common Wealth
It was originally known as ‘The British Commonwealth of Nations’. It is an association of sovereign and independent states which formally made up the British Empire. Headquarters: London. Members: 53 The British Monarch (Queen Elizabeth II) is the symbolic head of the commonwealth. Commonwealth heads of government meet (CHOGM) is held in every 2 years. 2-Arab League Established: March 22, 1945. Objective: To promote economic, social, political and military cooperation. Members: 22 Headquarters: Cairo 3-Asia Public Economic Corporation (APEC) Established: Nov, 1989 Objective: To promote trade and investment in the Pacific basin. Members: 21 4-Asian Development Bank (ADB) Established: Dec. 19, 1966 Objective: To promote regional economic cooperation. Members: 59 Headquarters: Manila 5-Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Established: Aug. 8, 1967 Objective: Regional, economic, social and cultural cooperation among the non-communist countries of South-East Asia. Members: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia. Headquarters: Djakarta. 6-Common Wealth of Independent States (CIS) Established: Dec. 8, 1991 Objective: To coordinate inter-common wealth relations and to provide a mechanism for the orderly dissolution on the USSR. Members: 12 Headquarters: Kirava (Belarus) 7-Group of 8 or G-8 Established: Sept. 22, 1985 Objective: To promote co-operation among major non-communist economic powers. Members: France, Germany, Japan, UK, US, Canada, Italy, Plus Russia (added later). 8-Group of 15 or G-15 Established: 1889 Objective: To promote economic co-operation among developing nations. Members: 18 9-Group of 77 or G-77 Established: Oct. 1967 Objective: To promote economic co-operation among developing nations. Members: 130 10-International Criminal Police Organization For (INTERPOL) Established: 1914 Objective: To promote the international cooperation among criminal police authorities. Members: 186 Headquarters: France. 11-International Olympic Committee (IOC) Established: June 23, 1894 Objective: To promote the Olympic ideals and administer Olympic Games. Members: 203 Headquarters: Switzerland. 12-International Organization For Standardization ( ISO) Established: Feb., 1947 Objective: To promote development of international standards. Members: 158 Headquarters: Switzerland. 13-International Red Cross And Crescent Movement Established: 1928 Objective: To promote worldwide humanitarian aid. Headquarters: Geneva. 14-Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Established: Sep., 1961 Objective: Political co-operation and separate itself from both USA and USSR (in the cold-war era). Members: 118 The credit of evolving the concept goes to Pt. Jawahar lal Nehru. The other contributors were Marshal Tito (President of Yugoslavia), Dr. Sukamo (President of Indonesia) and General Nasser (President of Egypt). Bandung conference in Indonesia became the forum for the birth of NAM. 15-European Union Established: Apr.8, 1965. Effective on July 1, 1967 Objective: To create a united Europe in which member countries would have such strong economic and political bonds that war would cease to be a recurring fact. Members: 27 (The ten new countries which joined in 2004 are Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slavakia and Slovania). Bulgaria & Romania joined in 2007. Headquarters: Brussels (Belgium). The common European, currency, Euro, was launched on Jan. 1, 1999 16-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Established: April 4, 1949 Objective: Mutual defense and cooperation Members: 26 + Russia Headquarters: Brussels 17-Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Established: Sept,1959 Objective: Attempts to set world prices by controlling oil production and also persues member interest in trade and development. Members: 12 (Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, UAE, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Angola and Venezuela). Headquarters: Vienna (Austria). 18-South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Established: Dec. 8, 1985 Objective: To promote economic, social and cultural cooperation. Members:8, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Srilanka, Afghanistan. Headquarters: Katmandu. 19-World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Established: Oct. 11, 1947, Effective from April 4, 1951. Objective: Specialized UN Agency concerned with meteorological cooperation. Members: 162 Headquarters: Geneva 20-Amnesty International (AI) Established: 1961 Objective: To keep a watch over human rights violation worldwide. Headquarters: London Got Nobel Prize in 1977 for Peace. 21-Organization Of The Islamic Conference (OIC) Established: 1969 Objective: To promote Islamic solidarity among member states and to consolidate cooperation among members. Members: 57 Headquarters: Jedah 22-Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Established: June 7, 2002. Objective: To develop mutual cooperation. Members: Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrghiztan and Tajikistan. 23-Scouts and Guides Established: 1907 by Lt. Gen. Baden Powell. Objective: To encourage good character, loyalty to god and country, service to other people and physical and mental fitness. Members: About 13 million members of around 115 nations. World Scouts Bureau: Geneva (Switzerland). 24-World Wildlife Fund For Nature (WWF) Established: Sept. 11, 1961 Objective: To save the wildlife from extinction Members: All the countries of the world Headquarters: Gland (Switzerland |
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World Famous Parliaments.
Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) Nepal Rashtriya Panchayat Pakistan National Assembly Denmark Folketing Britain Parliament (House of commons and House of Lords) Russia Duma and Federal Council Germany Bundstag (Lower House) and Bundesrat (Upper House) China National people’s Congress Switzerland Federal Assembly France National Assembly U.S.A. Congress (house of Representatives and Senate) Turkey Grand National Assembly Bhutan Tshogdu Iran Majlis Bangladesh Jatiya Sansad Afghanistan Shora Norway Storting Isreal Knesset Spain Cortes Generales Maldives Mazlis Australia Federal Parliament Japan Diet Myanmar Pyithu Hluttaw (People’s Assembly) Canada Parliament |
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Continents
Asia Asia is the largest continent in the world in both, area and population. Area: 43,810,582 km² (16,915,360.3 sq mi). Population: Almost 4 billion human inhabitants, about 60 percent of the world's population. Highest Point: Sagarmatha (Chomolungma; Mount Everest) 8848m (29,028 ft), Nepal. Largest Lakes: 1.Caspian Sea (salt lake) 371, 000 km2 (143, 250 mi2) 2.Ozero Baykal, Lake Baikal 31, 500 km2 in Siberia is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume. Longest River: Yangtze (Yángzî Jiang) China, 6380 km (3,964 mi). Languages of Asia: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Russian.Countries In Asia Eastern Asia Country-------Capital China-----------Beijing China-----------Hong Kong China---------- Macau China-----------Tibet Japan-----------Tokyo Korea(North)-----P'yongyang Korea(South)----Seoul Mongolia---------Ulaanbaatar Taiwan-----------Taipei Northern Asia Russian Federation--MoscowCentral- Asia Iran-----------------Teheran Kazakhstan----------Astana Kyrgyzstan----------Bishkek Tajikistan-----------Dushanbe Turkmenistan-------Ashgabat Uzbekistan----------TashkentSouth- Asia Afghanistan---------Kabul Bangladesh----------Dhaka Bhutan--------------Thimphu India----------------New Delhi Maldives------------Male Nepal---------------Kathmandu Pakistan------------Islamabad Sri Lanka-----------Colombo South-East Asia Brunei Darussalam----Bandar Seri Begawan Cambodia------------Phnom Penh Indonesia------------Jakarta Laos-----------------Vientiane Malaysia--------------Kuala Lumpur Myanmar (Burma)-----Naypyidaw Philippines------------Manila Singapore------------Singapore Thailand--------------Bangkok Timor-Leste-----------Dili Viet Nam--------------Hanoi Western Asia and Middle East Armenia---------------Yerevan Azerbaijan-------------Baku Bahrain----------------Manama Cyprus-----------------Nicosia (Lefkosia) Georgia----------------T'bilisi Iraq--------------------Baghdad Israel-------------------Jerusalem Jordan------------------Amman Kuwait------------------Kuwait (City) Lebanon----------------Beirut Oman-------------------Muscat Palestine----------------Jerusalem Qatar-------------------Doha (Al-Dawhah) Saudi Arabia-------------Riyadh Syria--------------------Damascus Turkey------------------Ankara United Arab Emirates-----Abu Dhabi Yemen-------------------Sanaa Africa Africa is the second-largest continent in the world in both area and population. Area: About 30, 244, 000 km² (11, 700 000 mi²) including its adjacent islands. It covers about 20 percent of Earth's total land area. Population: 900,000,000, about 20 percent of the world's population. Highest Point: Mount Kilimanjaro - Uhuru Peak on the volcano Kibo, 5,895 m (19,340 ft) in Tanzania. Largest Lake: Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza; 68,870 sq km. Longest River: Nile. 6,695 km. Languages of Africa: About thousand languages classified in four major language families: Afro-Asiatic (e.g. Berber lang), Nilo-Saharan, Niger-Congo (Bantu), and Khoi-San. Countries in Africa Eastern Africa Burundi---------------Bujumbura Comoros--------------Moroni Djibouti---------------Djibouti Eritrea----------------Asmara Ethiopia---------------Addis Ababa Kenya-----------------Nairobi Madagascar-----------Antananarivo Malawi----------------Lilongwe Mauritius--------------Port Louis Mozambique-----------Maputo Réunion---------------Saint-Denis Rwanda---------------Kigali Seychelles------------Victoria Somalia---------------Mogadishu Tanzania--------------Dar es Salaam Uganda---------------Kampala Zambia----------------Lusaka Zimbabwe-------------Harare Central Africa (Middle Africa) Angola----------------Luanda Cameroon-------------Yaoundé Central African Republic--Bangui Chad------------------N'Djamena Congo, Rep.(Brazzaville)--Brazzaville Congo, Dem. Rep.(Kinshasa)--Kinshasa Equatorial Guinea-------Malabo Gabon------------------Libreville São Tomé and Príncipe---São Tomé Northern Africa Algeria------------------Algiers Egypt-------------------Cairo Libyan Arab Jamahiriya---Tripoli Morocco-----------------Rabat Sudan-------------------Khartoum Tunisia------------------Tunis Western Sahara Southern Africa Botswana----------------Gaborone Lesotho------------------Maseru Namibia------------------Windhoek South Africa--------------Pretoria Swaziland----------------Mbabane Western Africa Benin---------------------Porto-Novo Burkina Faso--------------Ouagadougou Cape Verde---------------Praia Côte d'Ivoire--------------Yamoussoukro Gambia,-------------------The Banjul Ghana---------------------Accra Guinea---------------------Conakry Guinea-Bissau--------------Bissau Liberia---------------------Monrovia Mali-----------------------Bamako Mauritania-----------------Nouakchott Niger----------------------Niamey Nigeria--------------------Abuja Saint Helena---------------Jamestown Senegal-------------------Dakar Sierra Leone---------------Freetown Togo----------------------Lomé Europe Area: 10,180,000 km² (3,930,000 sq mi) Population: 712,000,000 Highest Point: 1. El'brus in Russia, (5,642 m/18,510 ft) 2. Mont Blanc, France-Italy: 4,807m (15,771 ft) Largest Lake: Lake Balaton Hungary, largest lake of Central Europe, 592 km². Longest Rivers: 1. Volga 3,690 km (2,293 miles) 2. Danube 2850 km (1770 miles) Languages of Europe: English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Nordic Languages, East European languages. Countries In Europe Eastern Europe Belarus ---------------------Minsk Bulgaria---------------------Sofia Czech Republic--------------Prague Hungary--------------------Budapest Moldova--------------------Chisinau Poland----------------------Warsaw Romania--------------------Bucharest Russian Federation----------Moscow Slovakia--------------------Bratislava Ukraine---------------------Kiev Northern Europe Denmark--------------------Copenhagen Estonia---------------------Tallinn Faroe Islands (Denmark)-----Tórshavn Finland ---------------------Helsinki Greenland (Denmark) --------Nuuk (Godthab) Iceland----------------------Reykjavik Ireland ----------------------Dublin (City) Latvia-----------------------Riga Lithuania--------------------Vilnius Northern Ireland (UK)--------Belfast Norway---------------------Oslo Scotland (UK) --------------Edinburgh Sweden -------------------Stockholm United Kingdom -------------London Wales (UK) -----------------CardiffSouthern Europe Albania---------------------Tirana Andorra--------------------Andorra la Vella Bosnia and Herzegovina ----Sarajevo Croatia (Hrvatska) ---------Zagreb Cyprus --------------------Nicosia (Lefkosia) Gibraltar (UK) --------------Gibraltar Greece---------------------Athens Holy See (Vatican City State) -----Vatican City Italy ----------------------Rome Macedonia ----------------Skopje Malta ---------------------Valletta Montenegro ---------------Podgorica Portugal ------------------Lisbon San Marino ---------------San Marino Serbia --------------------Belgrade Slovenia ------------------Ljubljana Spain ---------------------Madrid Turkey -------------------Ankara Western Europe Austria -------------------Vienna Belgium-------------------Brussels France--------------------Paris Germany------------------Berlin Liechtenstein--------------Vaduz Luxembourg ---------------Luxembourg Monaco -------------------Monaco Netherlands ---------------Amsterdam Switzerland ---------------Bern Americas and the Caribbean Area: North America: 24,709,000 km² (9,540,000 sq mi) Central America and the Caribbean: 20, 720, 000 km2 (8, 000, 000 mi2); South America: 17, 900, 000 km2 (6, 900, 000 mi2) Population: North America: 329 million; Central America and the Caribbean (incl. Mexico): 186 million South America: 382,000,000 Highest Point: Aconcagua, 6959 m (22,831 ft), Mendoza, Argentina. Largest Lake: Lake Superior, surface area 82,000 km2 (32,000 mi2), larger than Panama. Longest River: Rio Amazonas (Amazon), 6, 296 km (3, 912 mi), South America. Languages of the Americas: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, various native Indian languages, French patois, Creole. Central America Belize--------------------Belmopan Costa Rica ---------------San José El Salvador---------------San Salvador Guatemala ---------------Guatemala (City) Honduras-----------------Tegucigalpa Nicaragua ----------------Managua Panama ------------------Panama (City) South America Argentina-----------------Buenos Aires Bolivia--------------------La Paz Brazil---------------------Brasilia Chile---------------------Santiago Colombia-----------------Bogotá D.C. Ecuador------------------Quito French Guiana------------Cayenne Guyana------------------Georgetown Paraguay-----------------Asunción Peru---------------------Lima Suriname----------------Paramaribo Uruguay-----------------Montevideo Venezuela---------------Caracas North America Canada------------------Ottawa Mexico-------------------Mexico (City) United States------------Washington D.C Caribbean Anguilla-------------------The Valley Antigua and Barbuda ------Saint John's Aruba --------------------Oranjestad Bahamas -----------------Nassau Barbados -----------------Bridgetown Bermuda ------------------Hamilton British Virgin Islands--------Road Town Cayman Islands -----------George Town Cuba ---------------------Havana Dominica ------------------Roseau Dominican Republic --------Santo Domingo Grenada ------------------Saint George's Guadeloupe ---------------Basse-Terre Haiti ----------------------Port-au-Prince Jamaica -------------------Kingston Martinique -----------------Fort-de-France Netherlands Antilles --------Willemstad Puerto Rico ----------------San Juan Saint Kitts and Nevis -------Basseterre Saint Lucia ----------------Castries Trinidad and Tobago --------Port-of-Spain US Virgin Islands -----------Charlotte Amalie Australia and Oceania The region of Oceania includes Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, New Guinea, and New Zealand, and when it is used as the name of a continent it also includes Australia. Sometimes this continent is only called "Australia", and a few people call it Australasia. Area: 9,008,458 km² (3,478,185.1 sq mi) Population: 33 million Highest Point: Puncak Jaya (Carstensz Pyramid 4884 m/16 023 ft), Papua Province, Indonesia Largest Lake: Lake Eyre, Australia Longest River: Murray-Darling river system 3750 km (2300 mi) Languages of Oceania: English, French, Melanesian pidgin, Melanesian-Polynesian Languages.Australia and New Zealand Australia----------------------Canberra New Zealand------------------Wellington Melanesia - the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania. Fiji --------------------------Suva New Caledonia ---------------Nouméa Papua New Guinea------------Port Moresby Solomon Islands--------------Honiara Vanuatu----------------------Port-Vila Micronesia, the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania. Guam-------------------------Hagåtña (Agana) Kiribati------------------------Tarawa Marshall Islands----------------Majuro Micronesia (Federated States of Micronesia)-----------Palikir Nauru-------------------------None Northern Mariana Islands-------Saipan Palau--------------------------Melekeok Polynesia, the islands in the eastern part of Oceania. American Samoa----------------Pago Pago Cook Islands--------------------Avarua French Polynesia (Tahiti)--------Papeete Niue---------------------------Alofi Pitcairn -----------------------Adamstown Samoa-------------------------Apia Tonga-------------------------Nuku'alofa Tuvalu-------------------------Funafuti |
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Can someone please share these books or maybe even one of them or download link plzzzzzzzz
1) Modern English in Action Henry Christ (D.C. Heath & Co.) 2)Eminent Muslim Scientists 1991 S. Fakhre Alam Naqvi 3)Exploring Life Science 1975 Walter A. Thurber, Robert E. Kilburn, Peter S. Howell 4)Exploring Physical Science 1977 Walter A. Thurber, Robert E. Kilburn, Peter S. Howell 5)Physical Geography-Science and Systems of the Human Environment 2009 Alan H. Strahler, Arthur N. Strallar 6)Reasoning Builder for Admission and Standardized Test Staff of Research Education 7)Government & Politics in South Asia, 6th ed., 2009 Baxter, Malik, Kennedy & Oberst, 8)International Organization (Second Edition) 2012 Volker Rittberger, Bernhard Zangl and Andress Kruck 9)Powering Pakistan: Meetings Pakistan Energy Needs in 21st Century Robert M. Hathaway and Michael Gugelman 10)Administrative Development an Islamic Perspective Muhammad Al-Buraey 11)Islamization of Pakistan Zafar Iqbal |
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