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Global events and bodies

Written by Prof. Ayesha Malik (Pakistan Studies)

Government jobs · Current affairs · 20 questions

Name: ____________________ Date: ____________

The COP28 climate conference in 2023 was held in:
- A Sharm el-Sheikh
- B Dubai
- C Glasgow
- D Baku
The COP29 climate conference in 2024 was held in:
- A Baku
- B Paris
- C Bonn
- D Dubai
The Paris Agreement on climate change was adopted in:
- A 2009
- B 1997
- C 2020
- D 2015
The African Union joined the G20 as a permanent member at the summit held in:
- A Osaka, 2019
- B Rome, 2021
- C Bali, 2022
- D New Delhi, 2023
BRICS began to admit new full members in January 2024, and these included:
- A Nigeria and Kenya
- B Turkey and Mexico
- C Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the UAE
- D Pakistan and Bangladesh
The Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2017 is:
- A Kofi Annan
- B Boutros Boutros-Ghali
- C António Guterres
- D Ban Ki-moon
The World Trade Organization has its headquarters in:
- A Geneva
- B Washington, D.C.
- C New York
- D Brussels
The Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN number:
- A 10
- B 25
- C 17
- D 8
The Millennium Development Goals were replaced by the Sustainable Development Goals in:
- A 2015
- B 2000
- C 2010
- D 2020
The Sendai Framework is a global agreement on:
- A Nuclear weapons
- B Banking
- C Disaster risk reduction
- D Trade
The Paris Olympics of 2024 had the motto:
- A Games Wide Open
- B One World, One Dream
- C Faster, Higher, Stronger only
- D Passion Shared
The United Nations Climate Change Conference of 2022 (COP27) took place in:
- A UAE
- B Scotland
- C Poland
- D Egypt
Which agreement of 2015 aims to limit global warming to well below 2 °C?
- A Rio Declaration
- B Paris Agreement
- C Montreal Protocol
- D Kyoto Protocol
The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in:
- A December 2019
- B March 2020
- C June 2020
- D January 2020
The G20 summit of 2023 was hosted by:
- A Italy
- B Indonesia
- C India
- D Brazil
The country that left the European Union in 2020 was:
- A Greece
- B Sweden
- C The United Kingdom
- D Poland
The Sustainable Development Goal number 4 is about:
- A Clean water
- B Quality education
- C No poverty
- D Gender equality
The International Monetary Fund's head office is in:
- A Washington, D.C.
- B Tokyo
- C Geneva
- D London
A global treaty on plastic pollution has been negotiated under the:
- A WTO
- B World Bank
- C United Nations Environment Programme
- D NATO
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to:
- A Maria Ressa
- B Abiy Ahmed
- C Malala Yousafzai
- D Narges Mohammadi

Answer key

1. B, 2. A, 3. D, 4. D, 5. C, 6. C, 7. A, 8. C, 9. A, 10. C, 11. A, 12. D, 13. B, 14. B, 15. C, 16. C, 17. B, 18. A, 19. C, 20. D

COP28 took place in Dubai, UAE, in November and December 2023.
COP29 was hosted by Azerbaijan in Baku in November 2024.
Countries adopted it at COP21 in Paris in December 2015.
The G20 summit in New Delhi in September 2023 admitted the African Union.
Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates joined at the start of 2024.
António Guterres took office on 1 January 2017. Check the current term before an exam.
The WTO is based in Geneva.
The 2030 Agenda adopted in 2015 has 17 goals.
The MDGs ran from 2000 to 2015.
The UN Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 to 2030 was adopted in Japan.
The official motto was Games Wide Open (Ouvrons grand les Jeux).
COP27 was held at Sharm el-Sheikh in November 2022.
The Paris Agreement was adopted at COP21.
WHO called it a pandemic on 11 March 2020.
New Delhi hosted it in September 2023.
Brexit took effect on 31 January 2020.
SDG 4 aims at inclusive and equitable quality education.
The IMF is based in Washington, D.C.
UNEP leads the negotiations of an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution.
The Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi received it in 2023.