Meets, Summits & Conferences Held in 2011

(January 1 June 30)

12th Annual Global Development Conference 12th Annual Global Development Conference was held on January 13-15, 2011 in Bogot, Colombia. The central theme of the conference was Financing Development in a Post-Crisis World: The Need for a Fresh Look. 4th World Future Energy Summit (WFES 2011), Abu Dhabi (UAE) The 4th World Future Energy Summit (WFES 2011) was held at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC),United Arab Emirates from January 17 to 20, 2011.Hosted by Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), World Future Energy Summit, themed Enabling Future Energy Solutions, focused on four key aspects of renewable energy: policy, business, technology, and finance. Geospatial World Forum Conferernce 2011, Hyderabad (India) The Geospatial World Forum is a conference formerly known as Map World Forum. The 2011 Geospatial World Forum and industry exhibition took place at the Novotel and HICC Complex near Hitec City in Hyderabad, India on January 18-21. The theme of this years conference was Dimensions and Directions of Geospatial Industry. Click Asia Summit 2011 Click Asia Summit is Asias largest Digital & Mobile Marketing conference and expo. 2011 Click Asia Summit was held at the beautiful Taj Lands End, Mumbai from 20th 22nd January 2011. It is expected to change the thinking of people to look at Digital and Mobile marketing. 41st World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011, Davos (Switzerland) The World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2011 was held in Davos, Switzerland on 26 29 January 2011. The theme for this year was Shared Norms for the New Reality.This years Annual Meeting dealt with global risks, developed risk mitigation strategies and captured related opportunities. The World Economic Forum launched its Risk Response Network. The network serves as a preparatory, analytical and highly practical framework for the global community to improve global risk management.

6th World Telugu Conference, Orissa (India) The three-day long sixth All India Telugu Conference was held for the first time at Berhampur, the southern Orissa town on February 4, 2011. The last All India Telugu conference was held in Chennai in 2007.The next world Telugu conference will be held at Tirupati on Ugadi day on April 4. 17th Commonwealth Law Conference, Hyderabad (India) After nearly 40 years, the Commonwealth Law Conference returns to India for the first time since 1971.The 17th Commonwealth Law Conference (CLC) with the theme Emerging Economies Rule of Law: Challenges and Opportunities was held at Hyderabad on 5-9 February 2011. G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers, Paris On February 18-19, a meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was held in Paris, capital of France to address ongoing global financial and economic challenges. The meeting focused on the need to rectify large international imbalances, such as public and private debt and misalignment of exchange rates. 2011 Pacific Energy Summit, Jakarta, Indonesia The 2011 Pacific Energy Summit was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 21-23, 2011, featuring the theme Unlocking the Potential of Natural Gas in the Asia-Pacific. The Summit explored the role of natural gas in addressing the challenges of energy security and climate change in the region.

25th Skoch Summit, New Delhi (India) 25th Silver Jubilee Skoch Summit was held on March 25, 2011 in New Delhi, India. ABM Knowledgeware Limited was honoured with the SKOCH CHALLENGER AWARDS 2011 at the summit. World Wide Web Conference 2011, Hyderabad (India) The 20th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2011) was held on 28th March 2011 to 1st April 2011 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), Hyderabad, India.The theme for WWW 2011 is Web for All to promote the all inclusive aspect of Web and is being hosted by International IIT Bangalore in cooperation with International IIT Hyderabad and IIT Bombay. WWW2012 will be held in Lyon, France.

M-Commerce World Summit 2011, Singapore M-Commerce World Summit 2011 was held in Singapore from 6 to 7 April 2011 to discuss on strategies to profit from mobile financial services to the mass through developing strategic partnership and best business model.The summit mainly focused on Global Mobile Payment Infrastructure and Beyond. World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2011 The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF took place in Washington DC, US, from 15-17 April 2011. At the heart of the gathering are meetings of the joint World Bank-IMF Development Committee and the IMFs International Monetary and Financial Committee, which discuss progress on the work of the World Bank and IMF.World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings mainly highlight Food Security Threat and Support Green Climate Fund. Worlds Large Rivers Conference 2011 The International Conference on the Status and Future of the Worlds Large Rivers was held from April 11-14, 2011 in Vienna, Austria. The goal of this conference is to reflect on The Status and Future of Worlds Large Rivers and to provide a global forum for discussion on key issues related to this topic involving both scientists and decision makers.The next Worlds Large Rivers Conference will be held in. Manaus, Brazil, in 2014 2011 BRICS Summit, Sanya(China) The BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) added South Africa in its group in February, 2011 and hence BRIC is known as BRICS now.The 2011 BRICS summit was held in Sanya, China on April 14, 2011. It called for promoting cooperation among the development banks of all the five countries of BRICS to intensify trade and economic cooperation. The summit was held under the theme Broad Vision, Shared Prosperity. The next BRICS summit will be held in India in 2012.

ADBs 44th Annual Meeting Board of Governors , Hanoi (Vietnam) The four-day long, 44th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank ( ADB), was held in Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) on May 3-6, 2011.High level officials from Asia and the Pacific joined other delegates to discuss means of addressing rising concerns over food and energy prices, climate change, and the best strategies for ADB to work with the public and private sectors to reduce poverty and ensure long-term economic growth in Asia and the Pacific. 18th ASEAN Summit 2011, Jakarta (Indonesia) The 18th ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit was held on May 7-8 in Jakarta capital of Indonesia. The theme of the summit was ASEAN Community in a Global Community of Nations. A range of key economic issues and political disputes were at stake. None were resolved. Overshadowing the gathering was the rising and increasingly hostile geopolitical tensions between the United States and China. Global Womens Summit, Istanbul (Turkey) Women leaders and entrepreneurs from 81 countries, including China, India, Malaysia, Spain, South Africa and the United States, gathered in Istanbul on May 6 to 8, 2011for a Global Womens Summit.The three-day summit, with the theme of Women Bridging Solutions to the 21st Century, brought together more than 1,000 women leaders and entrepreneurs, including first ladies and 35 female ministers.Summit was chaired by the summit chairwoman Irene Natividad. Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Istanbul (Turkey) The Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV) took place 9-13 May, 2011 in Istanbul,Turkey. The purpose of the conference was to assess the results of the 10-year action plan for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) adopted at the Third United Nations Conference on LDCs in Brussels, Belgium, in 2001. 5th GLOBAL SPA SUMMIT 2011 The Global Spa Summit (GSS), the leading annual event for the Spa and Wellness Industry executive heads from around the globe was held on the fabled island of Bali, Indonesia from May 15th to 18th , 2011.Bearing the theme Engage the Change: The Customer,The Money, The Future, the Summit focused its spotlight on the fastest-growing global spa, hotel and tourism markets in Asia. 16th Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement The 16th Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement was held in Nusa Dua, on Bali island Indonesia, from 25-26 May 2011. The participants in the 16th Ministerial Conference and Commemorative Meeting of the 50th Anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) voiced support and solidarity with Syria and its right in restoring the occupied Syrian Golan to its sovereignty. In the closing document of the Conference, the ministers condemned the hostile Israeli practices against the Syrian captives in the Israeli prisons.The theme for the 16th Ministerial Conference is Shared Vision on the Contribution of NAM for the Next 50 Years. Second Africa-India Forum Summit 2011, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Second Africa-India Forum Summit was held at Addis Ababa from 24 to 25 May 2011 under the theme: Enhancing Partnership: Shared Vision. Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia. India was represented by Dr. Manmohan Singh.First Africa-India Summit was held in April 2008 in New Delhi. 20th EU-Japan Summit, Brussels 20th EU-Japan Summit was held in Brussels on 28 May 2011 for strengthening the EUJapan relations across a range of sectors. President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, and Japans Prime Minister Naoto Kan reaffirmed the close partnership between the EU and Japan and discussed climate change, green growth and energy at the 20th EU-Japan Summit

Fifth SAFTA Ministerial Council Meeting The Fifth Meeting of the SAFTA Ministerial Council was hosted by Maldives in Male on June13, 2011. All SAARC Member States participated in the meeting.The next meeting of the SAFTA Ministerial Council will be held in Islamabad, Pakistan. Global Green Growth Summit 2011, Seoul (Korea) The Global Green Growth Summit 2011 was held on 20-21 June, 2011 in Seoul, jointly hosted by the Korean Government and the OECD in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the OECD and the first anniversary of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). The central theme for the Global Green Growth Summit 2011 was Building a Planet-Responsible Civilization. 37th G8 Summit 2011, Deauville (France) The 37th G8 summit was held 26-27 May 2011 in the commune of Deauville in France. The three priorities of the French Presidency of the G8 Summit were the internet and green growth, international peace and security and partnership with Africa. The Leaders of the G8 met in Deauville, to discuss, inter alia, green growth, climate change and biodiversity. The Summit concluded with the adoption of the G8 Declaration titled Renewed Commitment for Freedom and Democracy.

5th COMSWARE Conference 2011 The Fifth International Conference on COMmunication System SoftWAre and MiddlewaRE(COMSWARE) was held on July 4-5, 2011 in Verona, Italy. The COMSWARE conference is the premier international forum for researchers, business leaders, educators and practitioners to present and discuss recent innovations, advances in technology, experiences in current systems and potential concerns in the field of communication systems software and middleware systems. 4th International Womens Summit (IWS) 2011, Zurich (Switzerland) The fourth International Womens Summit (IWS) 2011 hosted by World YWCA was held in Zurich , Switzerland , on July 12-13, 2011. The theme of 4th IWS was Women Creating a Safe World . 4th ECO Ministerial Summit, Kabul (Afghanistan) Ministers of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) organized their 4th session in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan on 13 July 2011. The participating members focused on resolution of transit challenges and decrease of custom tariffs between member states of the organization. The next session will be held in Iran within the next two years. 1st National Energy Investment Summit (NEIS), New Delhi (India) The inaugural National Energy Investment Summit (NEIS) was held in New Delhi on July 21-22. The NEIS provides a platform in the country that offers capital raising companies an opportunity to meet with investors looking to invest in projects and technologies in the energy sector in India. The theme of 2011 NEIS was Invest in Green, Invest for Sustainability. The two-day Summit was organised and hosted by business information group naseba.

17-Nations Euro Zone Summit 2011, Brussels (Belgium) 17-nation Euro Zone Summit was held on 21-22 July 2011 in Brussels, capital of Belgium with the objective of finalizing a second rescue package for debt plagued Greece and calm the financial markets of Europe. The participating nations agreed on Marshall Plan for Europe to revive the financial markets of Europe. Marshall Plan also known as European Recovery Program (ERP) is a major aspect of the foreign aid program of the United States and greatly contributed to the economic recovery of Europe. 8th Global Marketing Dynamics Conference, Jaipur (India) The 2011 Global Marketing Dynamics Conference was held in India for the first time in Jaipur, on July 2527, 2011.The eighth year of the conference was focused on discussing the challenges, issues and developments in marketing dynamics emerging as a tool to determine marketing strategies. The theme of this year conference was Transformative Marketing.

2nd Desktop Summit 2011 The Desktop Summit 2011 was jointly organised by GNOME and KDE communities in Berlin, Germany on August 6-12, 2011.The Desktop Summit is a joint initiative by GNOME and KDE to encourage the development and use of a free desktop. The shared objectives include the exchange of technology, cooperation on projects and developing new opportunities with Free and Open Source Software on the desktop. GNOME and KDE are Free Software communities that drive the user interfaces of many GNU/Linux-powered devices, ranging from smartphones to laptops, or personal media centers. 9th ASEAN-India Economic Ministers Meeting 2011, Manado (Indonesia) The Ninth ASEAN Economic Ministers-India Consultations were held on August 13, 2011 in Manado, Indonesia. The Ministers have agreed to a structured private sector engagement in the five areas of pharmaceuticals, innovation and skills training, information technology, manufacturing and infrastructure. NASSCOM BPO Summit 2011 NASSCOM BPO Summit 2011 was organised at Gurgaon in Haryana on August 22 24, 2011. Software industry body Nasscom has projected the growth rate in software market to 16-18 percent during 2011-12 fiscal.

India-Japan Global Partnership Summit, Tokyo (Japan) A three-day India-Japan Global Partnership Summit, IJGPS concluded in Tokyo on 7 September 2011. The policymakers, opinion leaders and business experts exchanged ideas on strengthening economic ties between the two Asian nations, besides greater regional integration. 1st UN Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases 2011, New York (USA) The NCD Summit 2011, officially called the High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases took place September 19-20, 2011 in New York, USA. The UN HLM is only the 27th such meeting in the UNs history and only the second on a disease, the first being the UNs Special Session on HIV/AIDS in 2001, which led to the establishment of the Global Fund. 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York (USA) The UNGAs regular session begins each year in September.The 66th regular session of the General Assembly opened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on September 13, 2011.The 66th session was presided over by former Qatari permanent representative to the UN Nassir Abdulaziz AlNasser. The General Assembly is the main policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations. 4th South Africa-EU Summit 2011, A South Africa-EU Summit was held in Kruger, South Africa on 15 September 2011. South Africa and the European Union (EU) concluded their annual summit on a positive note, signalling that they could be close to resolving their issues, in particular global governance, climate change, trade, development issues, the Joint Africa-EU strategy, the South Africa-EU strategic partnership and peace and security topics in Africa. The next annual meeting will be held in Brussels in 2012.

2011 Web 2.0 Summit, San Francisco (USA) The 2011 Web 2.0 Summit was held October 17-19, 2011 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA USA. The theme was The Data Frame. The Web 2.0 Summit (formerly known as the Web 2.0 Conference) is an annual event, held in San Francisco, California, featuring discussions about the World Wide Web. 5th IBSA Summit, Pretoria (South Africa) The 5th India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) summit was held in Pretoria, South Africa, from 17 to 19 October 2011.The theme of this years Forum was Competitiveness through synergy from knowledge generation to social development. The Summit came out with the Tshwane Declaration and set a target to increase the intra IBSA trade from existing $20 billion to $25 billion by 2015. India will host the next IBSA summit in 2013.

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Perth (Australia) The 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was held in Perth, Western Australia, from 28 to 30 October 2011. The theme was Building National Resilience, Building Global Resilience. A new web portal offering a single window to the Commonwealth was launched at the Heads of Government meeting in Perth, Australia, on 28 October 2011.The new portal will complement initiatives to bridge the digital divide and make information and communication technology widely available to Commonwealth citizens. Commonwealth leaders meeting have agreed to a series of reforms to strengthen the role of Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) in its dealings with serious or persistent violations of Commonwealth political values. CHOGM 2013 will be held in Sri Lanka.

G20 (Major Economies) Summit 2011, Cannes (France) The 6th G20 (Major Economies) summit was held in Cannes, France on 3 4 November, 2011 to discuss key issues in the global economy. The Cannes G-20 meeting carries forward the official theme New World, New Ideas used also for the Deauville G-8 Summit this past May. Eurozone debt crisis dominated the Summit in Cannes. The other issues discussed in thesummit were global imbalances, financial transactions tax, tax evasion and reform of the international monetary system. APEC summit 2011, Honolulu (Hawaii) APEC summit 2011 was held in Honolulu, Hawaii from 8 13 November 2011.Under the chairmanship of US President Barak Obama, leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum agreed a comprehensive set of measures to increase economic growth and job creation by expanding trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region. Leaders agreed to adopt market-driven innovation policies, reduce tariffs and eliminate other barriers to trade in environmental goods and services, and improve regulatory environments to reduce unnecessary burdens on businesses. 19th ASEAN Summit, Bali (Indonesia) The 19th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits were held at Bali from 17-19 November 2011. The world leaders, Barack Obama, Ban Ki-Moon, Wen Jiabao and about 15 Heads of State attended the discussions. Indonesia is the current chair of ASEAN and the theme earmarked for this year is the ASEAN Community in a Global Community of Nations expected to be achieved by 2022.The major decision taken by the ASEAN leaders on 17 November 2011 was to make Myanmar the ASEAN Chair in 2014. At the closing ceremoney of the summit, the Indonesian President transferred the ASEAN Chair 2012 to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.

9th ASEAN-India Summit 2011, Bali (Indonesia) The 9th ASEAN-India Summit, chaired by H.E. Dr. Susilo Bambang. Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia, was held on 19 November 2011 in Bali, Indonesia. Global Microcredit Summit 2011, Valladolid (Spain) The 2011 Global Microcredit Summit (GLOMCS) was held in Valladolid, Spain from 14 to 17 November, 2011. WEFs India Economic Summit 2011, Mumbai (India) The 2011 India Economic Summit was held in Mumbai for the first time in the 26 year history of the Summit. In partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and with the support of the Government of India, this years summit took place on 12-14 November 2011 in Mumbai, under the theme Linking Leadership and Livelihood. The Summit will return to New Delhi in 2012 and 2014 in time for Indias next national election. 17th SAARC Summit, Addu Atoll (Maldives) The 17th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit was held on November 10 and 11, 2011 in the South Province of Maldives ( Addu Atoll, Fuvahmulah ). The 17th SAARC Summits theme is Building Bridges-both in terms of physical connectivity and figurative political dialogue. In the 20-point declaration, the SAARC leaders decided to direct the SAFTA (South Asuab Free Trade Agreement) Ministerial Council to intensify efforts to reduce the sensitive list as well as reduce non-tariff barriers to trade and to direct the SAARC Finance Ministers to chart a proposal that would allow for greater flow of financial capital and intra-regional long-term investment. The next (18th) SAARC Summit will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal.

CIIs CFO Summit 2011, Mumbai The 7th edition of CIIs national flagship Conference for the Chief Financial Officers and Finance Heads The CFO Summit was held in Mumbai, Maharashtra on 3 December 2011. The theme of the Conference is Changing Dynamics of Finance Leadership. United Nations Climate Change Conference, Durban (South Africa) The 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in Durban, South Africa, from 28 November to 11 December 2011 to establish a new treaty to limit carbon emissions. The conference led to progress regarding the creation of a Green Climate Fund for which a management framework was adopted. The fund is to distribute US$100bn per year to help poor countries adapt to climate impacts. Eighth WTO Ministerial Conference, Geneva (Switzerland) The Eighth session of WTO Ministerial Conference was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 15 to 17 December 2011. In parallel to the Plenary Session, where Ministers made prepared statements, three Working Sessions took place with the following themes: Importance of the Multilateral Trading System and the WTO, Trade and Development and Doha Development Agenda. The Conference approved

the accessions of Russia, Samoa and Montenegro. In the final session, Ministers adopted a number of decisions and the Chair made a concluding statement.

Summits & Conferences Held in 2010

1. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) 2010, New Delhi 8th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) 2010 was held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 07-09 January 2010. The theme of this years event was Engaging the Diaspora: The Way Forward. The ninth PBD 2011 Convention will be held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, from 7-9 January 2011.The theme of PBD-2011 will be Engaging the Global Indian. World Future Energy Summit 2010, Abu Dhabi The World Future Energy Summit 2010 was takes place from January 18-21, 2010 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre, UAE. Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2010, Japan The Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2010 (ACDR 2010) was held from 17 -19 January 2010 at Kobe, Hogo, japan Asia for Animals (AFA) Conference 2010, Singapore Asia for Animals (AFA) Conference 2010 was held at the Furama RiverFront Hotel, Singapore on 15th 19th January. Asia for Animals (AFA) is the largest, most representative Asian animal protection conference. Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference 2010, Banglore The Eighth Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, APBC2010, was held in Bangalore, India from 18-21 January 2010. 14th African Union (AU) Summit 2010, Ethiopia The 14th ordinary summit of the African Union (AU) was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from Jan 25 2 Feb 2010. The official theme of the summit was: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development. Economist Conf. The Pharma Summit 2010, London Economist Conferences hold its 16th annual The Pharma Summit 2010 in London on 11th Feb., 2010. The theme this year was Competing in the future healthcare system.

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Asian Regional Summit 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The World LPG Association (WLPGA) held an Asian Regional Summit on 23 February 2010 in Kuala Lumpur. The theme of the Summit was LP Gas: Exceptional Energy for Asia. The WLPGA is supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Energy 4 All programme. M-Commerce World Summit 2010 , Singapore Mobile Commerce (M-Commerce) World Summit 2010 was held in Singapore from 17 to 18 March 2010 16th ASEAN Summit, Hanoi The 16th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit was held in HANOI capital of Vietnam from 8 9 April 2010. Global Nuclear Security Summit 2010, Washington First Global Nuclear Security Summit 2010 was held in Washington, USA on 12-13th April 2010. The Summit focused on how to better safeguard weapons-grade plutonium and uranium to prevent nuclear terrorism. The next Nuclear Security Summit is scheduled to be held in 2012 in South Korea 16th SAARC Summit, Thimpu (Bhutan) The 16th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit was held Thimpu capital of Bhutan between april 28th-29th 2010. Bhutan hosted the SAARC summit for the first time.Mahinda Rajapaksa addressed the summit with the theme: Towards a green and happy South Asia.The 17th SAARC Summit will be held in Maldives capital Male in 2011 2nd BRIC Summit 2010, Brasilia (Brazil) The 2010 BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China: A group of emerging powers) summit was held at Brasilia, capital of Brazil on April 16, 2010. This was the second BRIC summit after Yekaterinburg(Russia) in 2009.The next BRIC summit will be held in China in 2011 4th IBSA Summit 2010, Brasilia (Brazil) 4th India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) summit was held on April 15, 2010 at Braslia, Brazil. The 5th IBSA Summit will be held in South Africa in October 2011 19th World Wide Web Conference 2010, Raleigh (USA) 19th International World Wide Web (WWW) Conference 2010 was held at Raleigh,NC (USA) on April 26-30, 2010.The next 20th global annual World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2011) will be held in Hyderabad, India during March 28 to April 1, 2011.The theme for the conference will be Web for all, which aims to promote the all-inclusive aspect of the Web. 2nd Indian Ocean Naval Symposium 2010, Abu Dhabi Second meeting of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 10-12 May 2010. 99th International Labour Conference, Geneva The 99th International Labour Conference (ILC 2010) was held at. Palais des Nations in Geneva between 2-18 June 2010 with around 4000 government, employer and workers from allover the world.

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36th G-8 Summit 2010, Huntsville Ontario, Canada 2010 G8 (Group-8) Summit was held in Huntsville Ontario Canada from June 25 and 26, 2010 .This was the fifth G8 Summit hosted by Canada since 1976. The theme of this summit was Recovery and New Beginning,. Next 2011 G8 summit will be held in the southeastern French seaside resort of Nice. World Classical Tamil Conference 2010, Coimbatore First World Classical Tamil Conference (WCTC) was held at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu from 23rd 27th of June, 2010.The theme song of this conference was Pirapokkum Ella Uyirkkum written by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, music by A.R. Rahman. 4th G-20 Summit 2010, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 2010 G20 (Group of 20) Summit was held on June 25 and 26, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.The 5th G-20 Summit will be held in Seoul (South Korea) in November 2010. 15th African Union (AU) Summit 2010, Kampala 15th Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union was take place in Kampala Uganda from 19 to 27 July 2010, under the theme: Maternal, Infant and Child Health and Development in Africa. 18th International AIDS Conference, Vienna The XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) was held at Vienna, Austria from 18-23 July 2010 under the theme Rights Here, Right Now. Developing Eight Nations (D-8) Summit 2010, Abuja 7th Developing Eight Nations (D-8) Summit was held in Abuja, Nigeria on 4-7 July 2010.The theme of the summit was Enhancing Investment Cooperation among D-8 Members .The next 8th D-8 summit will be held in Pakistan in 2012 8th OECS Credit Union Summit 2010, The 8th annual OECS Credit Union Summit was held in St. Lucia, US 18-22 August 2010 under the theme cooperating to withstand our present day challenges. OECD stands for the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development & includes about 25 industrialized democracies. 2nd International Swine Flu Conference 2010, 2nd International Swine Flu Conference (ISFC 2010) was held on August 18-19, 2010 in Washington, D.C.USA United Nations MDG Summit 2010, NewYork The UNs Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Summit 2010 was held in New York from 2022 Sept. 2010. The MDG summit primarily aims to accelerate the progress towards the MDGs by 2015, taking into account the progress made towards the internationally agreed development goals. Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) 2010, The VIII Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM-8) was held on 4 and 5 October 2010 in Brussels , Belgium

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IMF/World Bank Annual Meeting 2010 , Washington The 2010 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was held between October 8th and 10th at World Bank hall in Washington, D.C. 2nd World Health Summit 2010, Berlin (Germany) The 2nd World Health Summit was held in Berlin on 10-13 October 2010. The next conference will takes place from October 23rd-26th, 2011 at the Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Berlin. 5th LNG Tech Global Summit 2010, The 5th LNG(Liquefied Natural Gas) Tech Global Summit 2010 was held on October 13-14 at the Beurs-WTC Congress Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands. LNG Global Summit is the conference and networking event that brings together leading industry oil and gas companies from around the globe. 23rd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference 2010, Daejon The 23rd International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2010) was held at Daejon, Republic of Korea, from 11-16 October 2010.The next 24th IAEA FEC 2012 will be held in San Diego, USA from 8 -13 October 2012. 17th ASEAN Summit 2010, Hanoi ( Vietnam ) The 17th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit was held in HANOI capital of Vietnam from 28th October 2010. The theme of the summit was Towards an ASEAN Community: from Vision to Action. WWFs Tiger Summit 2010, St. Petersburg, Russia Armed with a global action plan for restoring wild tiger population, leaders of the 13 Tiger Range Countries (TRCs) will meet in St Petersburg, Russia from 21-24 November 2010. The Tiger Summit scheduled for September will now be held in November. Intls Youth Tiger Summit 2010, Vladivostok (Russia) Youth Tiger Summit will be a parallel event to the high level tiger summit to be held in St. Petersburg in Nov. 2010. Two students Anusha Shankar and Devanshu Sood will represent India at the youth summit to be held from 19-24 Nov. 2010 OSCE Summit 2010, Astana ( Kazakhsthan ) The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) summit 2010 will be held in Astana, Kazakhstahn from 1-2 Dec. 2010.

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____________________________________________________________________________________ ___ The 84th Academy Awards show was much better than many of the past few years. Undoubtably much of this is owed to Billy Crystal whose wit and charm kept the Oscars moving along with levity and humor. The opening montage was cute and harkened back to Crystals many opening Oscar montages where he appeared in a scene from each of the nominated films. The biggest winners at the star-studded 84th Academy Awards ceremony were the French silent film The Artist and period film Hugo as they walked away with five honours each. The Artist was named the best picture and also won the best actor and best directors trophy for Jean Dujardin and Michel Hazanavicius respectively. This year the Oscar-garnering films are an interesting departure from the usual Academy favorites that award drama-heavy roles and movies over the fanciful Hugo or the silent-movie homage The Artist. A complete list of Academy Award winners for the year 2011 is given here in this post keeping the importance of this topic in mind, for the exams to be held in future. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ___

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Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jean Dujardin, The Artist Frances most bankable actor, Jean Dujardin won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in French silent film The Artist at the glitzy awards ceremony held on February 26, 2012. The black-and-white French romance, starring Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo, is a tribute to the cinema of 1920s and 30s. Dujardin plays George Valentin, an actor struggling to transition from silent films to talkies in 1930s Hollywood.

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Meryl

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Iron

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Lady

The American 62 years old veteran actress Meryl Streep, who holds the record with 17 for the most Academy Award nominations by any actor, won the Oscar for the Best Actress in Leading Role on 26 February, 2012 for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. It was Streeps third Oscar award. She was honored for Sophies Choice in 1982 and for Kramer vs. Kramer in 1979.

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Beginners

Canadian actor Christopher Plummer became the oldest Oscar winner at 82 by taking the best supporting actor prize.The best actor in a supporting role award went to Christopher Plummer for his portrayal of a father who comes out as a gay man after his wife dies in Beginners directed by Mike Mills.

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Octavia Spencer, The Help American actress Octavia Spencer was left in tears as she was awarded the best supporting actress trophy for Reliance DreamWorks The Help, in which she essayed the role of a big-mouthed maid named Minny.

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Best

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The

Artist

French silent film The Artist directed by Michel Hazanavicius won five Academy Awards on 26 February 2012 including the following categories :

Best Costume Best Original Best Director Best Actor Jean Dujardin

Best Design Score

Michel

Mark Ludovic

Picture Bridges Bource Hazanavicius

The Artist is a black and white film about a silent movie star who fears his downfall after the arrival of talkies. It is a love story and moral tale about fame and its pitfalls. The black-and-white French romance, starring Jean Dujardin and actress Berenice Bejo (real wife of director Michel Hazanavicius), is a tribute to the cinema of 1920s and 30s. The movie is said to be the second silent film to have ever won an Oscar the first being 1927 film Wings, which was awarded at the first Academy Awards in 1929.

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Hugo

Paris adventure Hugo, directed by Martin Scorsese, won five Oscar awards more in the techical categories. Set in 1930s Paris, it is a 3D adventure drama about a boy embroiled in the mystery of his fathers death and an automaton. The film took away the honours in following categories :

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Best Cinematography Robert Richardson

Best John Midgley Best Eugene Gearty Best Francesca Lo Schiavo

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Philip

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Art

Direction

Dante

Ferretti

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Best Original song : Man or Muppet, The Muppets

Indias official entry in the category of foreign language film award Malayalam film Adaminte Makan Abu, had failed to make it to the top nine shortlist. 2011 Best Director Michel Hazavanicius for The Artist ___________________________________________________________________________________

The Rest Oscar 2012 Winners:

Best make up - The Iron Lady

 Best foreign language film - A Separation

Irans A Separation became the first Iranian film to win an Oscar when Sandra Bullock presented director Asghar Farhadi with best foreign language film. A Separation also won the Golden Globe trophy in the same category this year. Set in contemporary Iran, it tells the story of a marriage break-down.

Best film editing - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Best song - Bret McKenzie, Man or Muppet, The Muppets Best adapted screenplay - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash, The Descendant Best original screenplay - Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris Best live action short - The Shore Best documentary (short) - Saving Face
Pakistani documentary film Saving Face, which uncovers the story of hundreds of people, mostly women who become acid attack victims, received the best documentary (short) title.

Best documentary (feature) - Undefeated Best animated (short) - The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore Best animated (feature) - Rango
____________________________________________________________________________________ __ THE ARTIST and HUGO tied for the most Oscar wins at the 84th Annual Academy Awards 2012. Hearty Congratulations to all the WINNERS!!!.. and their team.

The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India, and the countrys oldest alongside the Filmfare Awards. Established in 1954, it is administrated by the Indian governments Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973. Every year a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India gives away the awards. This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where the award-winning films are screened for the public. Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. Due to the national scale of the National Film Awards, it is considered to be the equivalent of the American Academy Awards. The 58th National Film Awards for 2010 were announced in New Delhi on May 19, 2011 with Dabangg, Ishqiya and Do Dooni Char bagging top honors from Bollywood. Malayalam film Adamante Makan Abu won the National Award for best film, while Tamil actor Dhanush and Malayalam actor Salim Kumar shared the best actor award for their performances in Adaminde Makan Abu and Aadukalam respectively.

THE COMPLETE LIST OF 58TH NATIONAL FILM AWARDS WINNERS

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Best Film of the year 2010 Best Wholesome Entertainer Best Hindi Film of the Adaminte Makan Abu of the Year 2010 : Dabaang Year 2010 : Do Dooni Chaar (in Malyalam) The story of Adaminte Makan Abu Dabangg is the story of a corrupt Rishi Kapoor-Neetu Singh starrer revolves around an aged couple police officer played by Salman Khan Do Dooni Chaar movie is about a who long to go to Mecca to perform and highlights the flaws and loopholes middleclass man and his struggle the holy Hajj. It is all about humanist in the system. in coping with the fast, new India the constrictions of narrow Shining. parochialism. _________________________________________________________________________________________________

2010 Best Actor in a Leading Role 2010 Best Actress in a Leading Role
Tamil actor Dhanush and Malayalam actor Marathi actress Mitalee Jagtap Paradhar Salim Kumar shared the best actor award and Tamil cinemas Saranya shared the for their performances in Adaminde Makan best actress award for their performances Abu and Aadukalam respectively. in the movies Baboo Band Baaja and Thenmerku Paruvakkaatru respectively. ________________________________________________________________ _____________________

Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2010 : K. Balachander

South Indias ace film maker and several times National awardee, veteran K. Balachander Sir was chosen for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2010 for contribution to media and arts, this is the Indias highest award in field of cinema and media.

The government award for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian Cinema, consists of a Swarn Kamal, a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh and a shawl. A film director, screenplay writer and producer for more than 45 years, Mr Balachander has written, directed and produced more than 100 films in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada. Some of the prominent films he has directed include Apoorva Raagagal, Avargal, 47 Natkal, Sindhu Bhairavi, Ek Duuje Ke Liye (Hindi), Maro Charithra, and Rudraveena in Telugu and Bekiyalli Aralida Hoovu, in Kannada.
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REST WINNERS LIST : Best Director: Vetrimaaran for Aadukalam Best supporting actress:Malayalam actress Sukumari Best Sports Film National Award: Boxing Ladies Best sci & tech film:Heart to Heart Best film on social issues:Champions Best English film:Memories in March Best Art & Culture Film:Leaving Home (Indian Ocean Film) Best Marathi Film:Mana Ayi Vacha Best Kannada Film:Putukarna Highway Best Childrens Film:Hejjegalu Best Investigative Film:K R Manojs A Pestering Journey on Endosulfan victims Best special effects: Enthiran, Robot Best Male Playback Singer:Suresh Wadkar Best Female Playback Singer:Rekha Bhardwaj for Ishqiya Best Music:Vishal Bharadwaj for Ishqiya Best audiography location sound recordist: Kamod Karade (Ishqiya) Best re-recordist of the final mixed track:Debajit Changmai Best cinematographer: Madhu Ambattu has won award for Adaminte Makan Abu. Best production design:Sabu Cyril for Enthiran Special jury award: Mee Sindhutai Sakpal

October 17, 2011

Nobel Prizes in History

Alfred Nobel [1833 -1896]

About Alfred Nobel A pacifist at heart and an inventor by nature, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite was born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden into a family with strong roots in the field of engineering. In 1842, when Alfred was nine years old, Alfreds father, Immanuel with his familey moved to St. Petersburg, Russia to re-establish himself after bankruptcy incident. Immanuel established a mechanical engineering machineshop in St. Petersburg and soon obtained a contract from the Russian government to build defense weapons for the army. Young Alfred was sent to Paris to study chemistry. There he met with the Italian student Asciano Sobrero, who discovered nitroglycerine.However, the liquid was too unstable to be manufactured and stored safely. Drops of nitroglycerine could ignite under the blow of a hammer or under elevated temperatures.Nobel retained an interest in this material and the challenge it presented to safe handling. Alfred established a small factory at Helenborg near Stockholm to manufacture nitroglycerine. He soon began experimenting with nitroglycerine, creating his first explosions in early summer 1862. In Stockholm 1864 an experiment with the highly explosive and unstable nitroglycerine went wrong and Alfreds brother Emil and several others died in a massive explosion that is still called the Nobel Big Bang.The explosion did not slow down Alfred, and within only a month, he organized other factories to manufacture nitroglycerine. In 1867, Alfred invented a new and safer-to-handle explosive dynamite. He patented dynamite a term he coined from the Greek word for power. Soon Alfreds business was booming as this product was five times more effective than the standard gunpowder methods.By the time of his death in 1896 in Italy, Nobel had a total of 355 patents registered to his name. The most famous of these was dynamite.

In 1888 Alfreds brother Ludvig died while visiting Cannes and a French newspaper erroneously published Alfreds obituary. The obituary stated Le marchand de la mort est mort (The merchant of death is dead) and went on to say, Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday. Alfred was disappointed with what he read and concerned with how he would be remembered. On 27 November 1895, at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Nobel signed his last will and testament and set aside the bulk of his estate to establish the Nobel Prizes, to be awarded annually without distinction of nationality. Alfred Nobel, chemist and inventor, died on December 10, 1896 in San Remo at the age of 63 after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. ________________________________________________________________________________

The Nobel Prize

The prestigious Nobel Prizes were established in the will of Swedish chemist and inventor Alfred Nobel. It is an international award given yearly by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden since 1901 for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and for peace. In 1968, the Bank of Sweden instituted the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize.Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and prize amount. Originally, a person could be awarded a prize posthumously if he/she had already been nominated before February 1 of the same year. Since 1974, the Nobel Prize may only be given to a deceased person to whom it was already awarded (usually in October) but who had died before he/she could receive the prize on December 10. List of all Nobel Prize Prize Prize Prize Prize Prize in in in in for Laureates Physics Chemistry Medicine Literature Peace

Nobel Nobel Nobel Nobel Nobel Nobel Prize in Economics

The front side of the medal The front side of Swedish medal (Physics and Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature) is the same, featuring a portrait of Alfred Nobel and the years of his birth and death in Latin NAT-MDCCC XXXIII OB-MDCCC XCVI. On all Swedish medals the name of the Laureate is engraved on a plate on the reverse.

The back side of the medal The main inscription on the reverse side of all three Swedish Nobel Prize medals is the same: Inventas vitam juvat excoluisse per artes, (inventions enhance the life which is beautified by arts). Letters REG. ACAD. SCIENT. SUEC abbreviate The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Nomination The nomination of candidates is strictly defined. It differs according to the subject of Nobel Prizes. The disclosure of information about the nominations is restricted, until fifty years have elapsed. The nominations are closed up on February 1. There are usually 250 nominees for each prize.

Because of the incompleteness and other obstacles presented by Alfreds will, it took five years of hurdles before the Nobel Foundation could be established and the first prizes awarded. The First Nobel Prizes On the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobels death, December 10, 1901, the first set of Nobel Prizes were awarded. Chemistry : Jacobus H. vant Hoff Physics : Wilhelm C. Rntgen Physiology or Medicine : Emil A. von Behring Literature : Rene F. A. Sully Prudhomme Peace : Jean H. Dunant and Frdric Passy

Nobel Prizes 2011

This year the greatest honor for achievements in specific fields the Nobel Prizes were given out throughout the first week of October 2011 i.e from 3rd Oct. to 10th Oct. Announcement of the Noble Prize winners name were made by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden as on following dates. - Nobel Prize for Medicine announced on : 3rd October - Nobel Prize for Physics announced on : 4th October - Nobel Prize for Chemistry announced on : 5th October - Nobel Prize for Literature announced on : 6th October - Nobel Prize for Peace announced on : 7th October - Nobel Prize for Economics announced on : 10th October The category of peace was added in 1969 and is awarded in Oslo, Norway, while the others are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden.

List of 2011 Nobel Prize Winners

2011 Noble Prize in Medicine On October 3, 2011 the Nobel Prize in Medicine/Physiology was awarded jointly to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity and to Ralph M. Steinman for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity. While Beutler and Hoffman received half the prize, while Steinmen received the other half.Steinman died on 30th Sept. just three days before the announcement.
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2011 Noble Prize in Physics On October 4, 2011 the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Three US-born astrophysicists for their studies of exploding stars that revealed that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. Prof. Perlmutter of the University of California, Berkeley, has been awarded half the 10m Swedish krona (US$1,456,000 or 940,000) prize, with Prof. Schmidt of the Australian National University and Prof. Riess of Johns Hopkins Universitys Space Telescope Science Institute sharing the other half. The notion of an accelerating expansion of the universe is based on observation of supernovae at high redshift, known as The High-Z SN Search.

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2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman won the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry on October 5, 2011 for his discovery of quasicrystals, a mosaic-like chemical structure that researchers previously thought was impossible. Contrary to the previous belief that atoms were packed inside crystals in symmetrical patterns, Shechtman showed that the atoms in a crystal could be packed in a pattern that could not be repeated.
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2011 Nobel Prize in Literature The 2011 Nobel Prize in literature was awarded on 6th October to 80 years old Tomas Transtromer, a Swedish poet whose surrealistic works about the mysteries of the human mind won him acclaim as one of the most important Scandinavian writers since World War II. Unable to speak and suffered a paralysis attack in 1991, which left him half-paralysed Transtromer has been a perennial favourite for the 10 million kronor (USD 1.5 million) award at Stockholm. He was awarded the Prize because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality.
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2011 Nobel Prize for peace The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded on October 7, 2011 to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for womens rights to full participation in peace-building work.Remember that this prize is not given in Stockholm, but in Oslo, the capital of Norway.
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2011 Nobel Prize in Economics The 2011 Economics Nobel, called the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences was jointly awarded on October 10, 2011 to US duo Thomas Sargent and Christopher A Sims for their work on macro-economics and government economic policymaking.This years laureates have developed methods for answering the questions regarding the causal relationship between economic policy and different macro-economic variables, such as GDP, inflation, employment and investments, the jury said. The economics prize is the only one of the six Nobels not originally included in the 1895 will of the prizes creator, Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel. This completes the list of winners. The Nobel Prize will be presented on the 10th of December.

Reference

http://www.nobelprize.org

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Name of Head (Nationality)

AHM Mustafa Kamal (Bangladesh) Haruhiko Kuroda (Japan) Donald Kaberuka (Rwanda) Dr. Surin Pitsuwan (Thailand) Bingu wa Mutharika (Malawi) Kamalesh Sharma (India) Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Denmark) Jose Graziano da Silva (Brazil) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (Russia) Joseph Sepp Blatter (Switzerland) Dr. Abdullatif al-Zayani (Bahrain) Lamine Diack (Senegal) Yukiya Amano (Japan) Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez (Mexico) Sharad Pawar (India) Peter Tomka (Slovakia) David Grimes (Canada) Juan Somavia (Chile) Christine Lagarde (France) Ronald Kenneth Noble (USA) Jacques Rogue (Belgium) William Lacy Swing (USA) Dr Rajendra K Pachauri (India)

Name of the post

President, Asian Cricket Council (ACC) President, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President, African Development Bank (AfDB) Secretary-General, Association of South East Asian Nations ( ASEAN) President, The African Union (AU) Secretary General of the 54-nation Commonwealth President, The European Union (EU) for first half (Jan-June) of 2012 Director-General, UNs Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) President, World Chess Federation (FIDE) President, International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Secretary General, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) President, International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Director General, UNs International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) President, Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) President, International Cricket Council (ICC) President, UNs International Court of Justice (ICJ) President, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Director General, UNs International Labour Organization (ILO) Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Secretary General, International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) President, International Olympic Committee (IOC) Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Chairman, UNs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

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Jose Manuel Toscano (Portugal) Nabil Abdalla El-Araby (Egypt) Charles Bolden (USA) Anders Fogh Rasmussen (Denmark) Angel Gurra (Mexico) Ekmaludin Ihsanoglu (Turkey) Abdullah Salem El Badri (Libya) Mahmoud Abbas (Palestine) Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed (Maldive) Supachai Panitchpakdi (Thailand) Helen Clark (Newzeland) Irina Bokova (Bulgaria) Babatunde Osotimehin (Nigeria) Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi (Nigeria) Laura Dupuy Lasserre (Uruguay) Jacques Rogue (Belgium) Anthony Lake (USA) Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella (Sierra Leone) Edouard Dayan (France) Ban Ki-moon (South Korea) John Fahey (Australia) Robert Bruce Zoellick (USA) Dr Margaret Chan (China) David Grimes (Canada) Pascal Lamy (France) Dr. Taleb Rifai (Jordan) Carter Roberts (USA)

Director-General and CEO International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) Chairman, Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretary General, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Chairman, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary General, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) President, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) President, United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) President, United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Executive Director, United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Director General, Universal Postal Union (UPU) Secretary-General, United Nations Organisation(UNO) President, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President, World Bank (WB) Director-General, World Health Organisation(WHO) President, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretary-General, World Tourism Organization(WTO) President and CEO of World Wildlife Fund (WWF)