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World Trade Organization (WTO) What is WTO? Mottos? Functions?

What is WTO?
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which commenced in 1948.

File Facts of WTO

Items Location Established Created by Membership Budget Secretariat staff Head : : : : : : : Items Geneva, Switzerland 1 January 1995 Uruguay Round negotiations (1986-94) 153 countries on 23 July 2008 196 million Swiss francs for 2011 640 Pascal Lamy (Director-General)

Functions of WTO
Administering WTO trade agreements Forum for trade negotiations Handling trade disputes Monitoring national trade policies Technical assistance and training for developing countries Cooperation with other international organizations

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

What is IMF? Mottos? Functions?

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

The IMF, also known as the Fund, was conceived at a United Nations conference convened in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States, in July 1944. The 44 governments represented at that conference.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) works to foster international monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world. Created in 1945, the IMF is governed by and accountable to the 187 countries that make up its near-global membership.

File Facts of IMF

Items Entered into force Type Headquarters Membership Official languages : : : : : Items December 27, 1945 (66 years ago) International Economic Organization Washington, D.C. United States 185 Nations (Founding); 187 Nations (To Date) English, French, and Spanish

Managing Director Main organ

Website

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Christine Lagarde, Board of Governors

http://www.imf.org

Aims/Functions of IMF
Original Aims of IMF
Article-I of the Articles of Agreement sets out the IMFs main goals:1. promoting international monetary cooperation; 2. facilitating the expansion and balanced growth of international trade; 3. promoting exchange stability; 4. assisting in the establishment of a multilateral system of payments; and 5. making resources available (with adequate safeguards) to members experiencing balance of payments difficulties

UNCTAD What is UNCTAD? Mottos? Functions?

UNCTAD
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues.

File Facts of UNCTAD

1. Currently, UNCTAD has 193 member States 2. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. 3. Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, from1 September 2005 to present (Thailand) 4. UNCTAD has 400 staff members 5. An annual regular budget of approximately US$50 million and US$25 million of extra budgetary technical assistance funds. 6. It is also a member of the United Nations Development Group.

Meetings of UNCTAD
UNCTAD XIII will be held in Doha, Qatar in 2012

UNCTAD XII was held in Accra, Ghana in 2125 April 2008

UNCTAD XI was held in So Paulo, Brazil in 1318 June 2004

UNCTAD X was held in Bangkok, Thailand in 1219 February 2000

UNCTAD IX was held in Midrand, South Africa in 27 April 11 May 1996 UNCTAD VIII was held in Cartagena, Colombia in 825 February 1992

Reports published by UNCTAD

Reports UNCTAD produces a number of topical reports, including: The Trade and Development Report The Trade and Environment Review The World Investment Report The Economic Development in Africa Report The Least Developed Countries Report UNCTAD Statistics The Information Economy Report The Review of Maritime Transport The International Accounting and Reporting Issues Annual Review

Unilever What is Unilever? File Facts Other different aspects

Unilever
Unilever is a BritishDutch multinational fast-moving consumer goods company. Its products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. It is the world's third-largest consumer goods company measured by revenues (after Procter & Gamble and Nestl) and the world's largest maker of ice cream.

File Facts of Unilever

Name Type Traded as Founded Headquarters : : : : : Unilever PLC Public limited company Fast moving consumer goods 1930 Unilever House London, United Kingdom

Area served Key people Revenue Operating income Net income Employees Website

: : : : : : :

Rotterdam, The Netherlands Worldwide

Michael Treschow (Chairman) Paul Polman (CEO) 44.262 billion (2010) 6.339 billion (2010) 4.598 billion (2010) 163,000 (2010) http://unilever.com

Unilever
Products Unilever owns more than 400 brands, although its 25 largest brands account for over 70% of total sales.
Unilever's current brands include: Aviance Axe/Lynx Blue Band Dove Heartbrand Hellmanns Lipton Lux / Radox Rexona/Sure Wish-Bone Toni & Guy TRESemm

Ben & Jerry's Flora/Becel Knorr Omo/Surf Sunsilk VO5

Walmart
What is Walmart? File Facts Other different aspects

What it is?
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000 list, and the largest public corporation when ranked by revenue. It is also the biggest private employer in the world with over 2 million employees, and is the largest retailer in the world.

File Facts
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Type Traded as Industry Founded Founder(s) Headquarters

Number of locations Area served

Key people

Revenue Divisions
Subsidiaries

Website

Public NYSE: WMT Dow Jones Industrial Average Component Retailing 1962 (1962) Sam Walton Bentonville, Arkansas, United States 362151N 0941259W / 36.36417N 94.21639W / 36.36417; -94.21639 8,970 (2011) Worldwide S. Robson Walton (Chairman) Mike Duke (President and CEO) US$ 421.849 billion (2011) Walmart Canada Walmex Asda Sam's Club Seiyu Group walmartstores.com walmart.com

Walmart Stores in the USA: A real figure

Map of Wal-Mart stores in the U.S., as of August 2010

GM What is GM? File Facts Other different aspects of GM

What it is?
General Motors Company, commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated (until 2009) as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's largest automaker, by sales, in 2011.

File Facts
Type Industry Predecessor(s) Founded Founder(s) Headquarters Public Automotive General Motors Corporation (1908-2009) September 16, 1908 Leroy Dundy Renaissance Center; Detroit, Michigan; USA

Area served Key people Products

Revenue Divisions Subsidiaries Website

Worldwide Leroy Dundy, Chairman and CEO Automobiles Financial Services US$ 135.592 billion (2010)
Chevrolet; Buick; Cadillac; GMC ACDelco; GM Components Holdings LLC; Harrison Radiator; Delco electronics Kokomo Ind.; OnStar; Adam Opel AG www.gm.com

World Rank of GM
Top 3 Automakers Global, 2010

Group
Toyota G.M. Volkswagen

Units 8,557,351 8,476,192 7,341,065

Share
11.0% 10.9% 9.4%

Top 3 automakers 2010 by global volume, based on OICA data. Market share based on OICA 2010 global total of 77,743,862

Brand of GM
Brand
Buick Cadillac GMC

Year
1903 1902 1901

Markets
North America, China, Taiwan, Israel North America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa North America, Middle East

Chevrolet
Vauxhall Opel Holden

1911
1925 1929 1948

Global
United Kingdom Global, except North America, United Kingdom Australia, New Zealand

TOYOTA
Toyota Motor Corporation, abbreviated as TMC, is a multinational automaker headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In 2010, Toyota employed 317,734 people worldwide, and was the world's largest automobile manufacturer by production.

File Facts of TOYOTA

Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki-gaisha Type Industry Founded Founder(s) Headquarters Area served Key people Products Public company Automotive Robotics Financial services August 28, 1937 Kiichiro Toyoda Toyota, Aichi, Japan Worldwide Fujio Cho (Chairman) Akio Toyoda (President) Automobiles Financial Services

Production output

7,308,039 units (FY2011) 18.99 trillion (FY2011) (US$235.89 billion) 317,734 (2010) Toyota Group

Revenue
Employees Parent

Divisions

Lexus Scion

Subsidiaries

522 (Toyota Group) Hino Motors, Ltd. Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. Toyota Financial Services DENSO Toyota Industries Fuji Heavy Industries (16.5%)

Website

www.toyota.com

TOYOTAs world rank

Top 3 Automakers Global, OICA, 2010
Group Toyota GM Volkswagen Units 8,557,351 8,476,192 7,341,065 % Share 11.0 10.9 9.4

In 2010, the Toyota ranked first in units produced globally, with 8.6 million units. (Market share based on OICA 2010 global total of 77,743,862). For the first half of 2011, Toyota had fallen to third place, with GM first and Volkswagen second. The OICA list is usually published in late July or early August of the following year.

Worldwide Presence
Geographic region Japan North America Europe Asia Others Total sales ( Yen in millions) 8,152,884 8,771,495 3,346,013 1,969,957 1,707,742

SAARC: What it is?

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an organisation of South Asian nations, founded in December 1985 by Ziaur Rahman and dedicated to economic, technological, social, and cultural development emphasising collective self-reliance. Its seven founding members are Sri Lanka, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Afghanistan joined the organization in 2005.

Objectives of SAARC
to promote the welfare of the people of South Asia and to improve their quality of life; to accelerate economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region and to provide all individuals the opportunity to live in dignity and to realize their full potential; to promote and strengthen selective self-reliance among the countries of South Asia; to contribute to mutual trust, understanding and appreciation of one another's problems; to promote active collaboration and mutual assistance in the economic, social, cultural, technical and scientific fields; to strengthen cooperation with other developing countries; to strengthen cooperation among themselves in international forums on matters of common interest; and to cooperate with international and regional organisations with similar aims and purposes.

Member States of SAARC

Current members (alphabetically) Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Others South Africa has participated in meetings.

Secretary Generals of SAARC

Name Abul Ahsan Kishore Kant Bhargava Ibrahim Hussain Zaki Yadav Kant Silwal Naeem U. Hasan Nihal Rodrigo Date of holding office January 16, 1987 to 15 October 1989 October 17, 1989 to December 31, 1991 January 1, 1992 to December 31, 1993 January 1, 1994 to December 31, 1995 January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1998 January 1, 1999 to January 10, 2002

Q.A.M.A. Rahim Lyonpo Chenkyab Dorji

Sheel Kant Sharma Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed

January 11, 2002 to February 28, 2005 March 1, 2005 to February 29, 2008
March 1, 2008 to February 28, 2011 March 1, 2011 to January 22,2012

NAFTA
The North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. It superseded the Canada United States Free Trade Agreement between the U.S. and Canada. In terms of combined GDP of its members, as of 2010 the trade bloc is the largest in the world.

File Facts of NAFTA

Administrative center Membership Mexico City, Ottawa, and Washington, D.C. Canada Mexico United States Establishment January 1, 1994 Area 21,783,850 km2 (1st) 8,410,792 sq mi 7.4 Population 457,284,932 (3rd) 25.1/km2 (195th) 54.3/sq mi 2010 (IMF) estimate $17,617.989 billion (1st) $38,527 (14th) 2010 (IMF) estimate $17,271.000 billion (1st) $37,769 (21st)

Formation Total Water (%) 2010 estimate Density GDP (PPP) Total Per capita GDP (nominal) Total Per capita

European Union
Founded: 1st November, 1993 European Union (EU), previously known as European Community (EC), was an effort of Maastricht Contract which had been held on February, 1992. Official Language of EU: 23 languages

Member Countries: 27
Namely, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Ireland, Portugal, Greece, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Britain, Estonia, Check Republic, Cyprus, Slovenia, Malta, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Rumania. Headquarter: Brussels, Belgium

ASEAN
Full Name: Association of South East Asian Nations Founded: 8th August, 1967 Headquarter: Jakarta, Indonesia Member: 10 countries

Namely, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia.
ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is a regional cooperation branch of the ASEAN. It was established on 25th July, 1994. Number of member countries is 27. Bangladesh is the 26th member country of ARF. The 27th member country of ARF is Sri Lanka (1 August, 2007). Present Secretary General: Dr. Surin Pitsuan, Thailand (1st January, 2008 to present)

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