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Showing posts with label International relations. Show all posts

Monday, 12 January 2015

Acronym(Jargon) List used by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Our honourable Prime minister used a lot of acronyms before and after election. He highlighted the various unnoticed and popular mischiefs and promoting his development agenda. Although he used many for showcasing the development agenda of the government. Jargons also help citizens to connect with the government. Mr Modi dedicated team is working very hard to create new jargons for different schemes.
                             As a civil services aspirant, for us these jargons are very useful in answer writing. I along with my friends remembered them and used it judiciously in the mains examination. I would classify them in different groups, such that it would be easy to remember and use.

International and Bilateral Relation
For Pakistan
     3 AKs - “Admired in Pakistan”:
         AK-47,
         AK Antony
         AK-49 who floated a new party
  • For Bhutan

     “B4B - Bharat for Bhutan.”
       (Bharat for Bhutan and Bhutan for Bharat)
  • For Bangladesh

      B2B – Bharat to Bangladesh
     He also used B-2- B --- Bullet to Ballot (Jammu and Kashmir election campaign).
  • For Nepal

         4Cs : Constitution
                   Connectivity
                   Culture
                   Coopeartion
  • Other One

           HIT: Highways,
                     Informationways,
                     Transmissionways.
  • For China à INCH to MILES

Monday, 13 January 2014

Important Events from The Hindu Diary of Event-2013(International Events;Part 2 of 2)

Jan. 2: U.S. President Barack Obama signs into law the “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012”, fiscal cliff bill.

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani schoolgirl shot by a Taliban gunman for advocating girls’ education is selected for Ireland’s Tipperary International Peace Prize for 2012.

Amerish B. ‘Ami’ Bera, an Indian-American and Tulsi Gabbard, the first ever Hindu elected to the U.S. House of Representatives create history as they are sworn in as members of the 113{+t}{+h}Congress.

Jan. 11: The Sri Lankan Parliament impeaches Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake.

Jan. 13: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa dismisses Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake.

Sunday, 12 January 2014

India's South China Sea Gambit

Created By Zachary Keck

India more forcefully asserted itself into the South China Sea dispute on Monday, with a senior naval officer saying New Delhi is prepared to deploy ships to the disputed waters should its oil exploration interests come under threat.

Indian Navy Chief Admiral D.K Joshi said that his country stands ready to intervene in disputes in the South China Sea if Indian state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp’s (ONGC) joint oil exploration venture with Vietnam came under threat.

India and Sri Lanka's Civil War

The article is created by PRATYUSH.

Last month the United Nations published a highly critical internal report in which it admitted it didn’t do enough to protect Tamil civilians in the final months of the Sri Lanka civil war. In late 2008, the UN had withdrawn staff from the northern part of the country in anticipation of the Sri Lanka government’s bloody military offensive against the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, more commonly known as Tamil Tigers). Tamil civilians had pleaded with the UN to stay at the time, but the international organization said it was unable to ensure the safety of its staff members. Still, the new report raises real questions about the international community’s response during and after the conflict.

VIENNA CONVENTION ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

Article Created by Anjali Singh
This international treaty was negotiated in the Austrian capital in 1961 , but its central rules on rights and privileges of foriegn envoys had been widely practised for more than 200 years.
The convention says that persons working as diplomats are "inviolable" and can therefore not be arrested or detained.
Host nations must also protect diplomats from attacks on their freedom and dignity.
Although the text includes a guarantee of free travel inside the host country , no such freedom is spelled out for cross border trips.

Wednesday, 25 December 2013

Important Summits,Meets and Pacts this year.(September Onwards)



November

1--CHOGM Summit 2013.(22nd or 23rd)—at Colombo ,Srilanka

2--Iran + US and 5 other country’s –To constraint Iran’s nuclear programme.Iran signed in affirmative.

3--Japan and Russia ‘2+2’ meet—To upgrade Defence ties.

4.--Iraq PM Nur-al Maliki visits US.—Discussed bilateral and regional issues like AlQaeda outfit in the country and Syria issue.

5--Asia-Europe Meeting(ASEM) @ Gurgaon Haryana.--ASEM is a bridge between Asia and Europe and a platform for dialogue  to promote stability peace and development.

6--British PM David Cameroon visits INDIA---Bilateral economic and political ties discussed

7--Russia-India-China Foreign minister’s Talk—On sidelines of ASEM meet. Issues discussed--Terrorism,Drug-Trafficking, Afghanistan situation ,Syria issue.

8--WTO 9th Ministerial Conference @ Bali.(To b held in 3-7 December)

9--India-Peru sign Pact.—Issues--Defence cooperation,education and cultural agreement.

10--India-Kuwait signs pacts—Issues--energy cooperation,education and cultural agreement,extradition treaty.

11--Vice President Hamid Ansari visits Cuba.—MoU for cooperation btw Prasar Bharti and Cuban Radio.

12--UN Climate Talks 2013—COP 19 @ Warsaw,Poland.


October:

13--East Asia Summit @ Bandar Seri Begawan,Brunei,9 Oct 2013—Issues--Security,Defence Cooperation,Intelligence Sharing and Counter Terrorism.

14-- ASEAN-India summit,11th @ Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei.—Agreement on Services and Investment to reacha n accord of FTA,India’s Look East Policy welcomed.

15--China –European Union Currency Swap Deal.—An alliance btw Yuan and EuroNo Dollar based transaction now onwards.

16--UNSC paased resolution for destruction of Syria Chemical Weapons(Sarin Gas ,Mustard Gas etc.)

17.Nawaz Sharif visits America—bilateral trade and investment relations.Afghanistan and Kashmir issue

18.PM Manmihan visits China—Bilateral and Regional issues—Pakistan, Afghanistan,Stapled Visa to archers from A.P.;China’s investments in Pakistan. New Border Defence cooperation agreement signed.

19. US-Afghanistan Security Deal—Gives legal basis for US to have its forces in Afghanistan after 2014.

20.President visits Belgium and Turkey.

21.Manmohan Singh visits Indonesia—Issues--enhance maritime ccoperation,Mous to combat corruption ,drug  and human trafficking,disaster management assistance,piracy

22.Hungarian Prime Minister V.M. Orban visited India—Issues--Defence cooperation MoUs for transfer of Know How(Hungary to India),technicalities in biological ,radiological and chemical warfare field.Other 5 agreeements for cooperation in Science and Tech,Culture,Medicine,Civil aviation,Youth affairs and Sports.

September:

22.G-20 Summit@ St.Petersburg Russia.---Global economic and financial stability measures,Syria Issue.

23.6th Beijing Forum on Human Rights.

23.On the sidelines of G20 Summit BRICS created  $100b Currency Reserve Fund.

24.National Integration Council Meet,New Delhi India—Recent MuzaffarNagar Violence,Communal Violence.


25.Manmohan Visits US —Civil Nuclear Initiative ,Defence Field buyer-seller relationship

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013

CHOGM 2013 is a biennial meet of Heads of government of Commonwealth nations members.It has 53 members.Every 2 years meeting is held in different countries.This year in November meeting was held at Colombo,Silanka. The theme was"Growth with equity and Inclusive Development".

Some important points briefly:

1-This was 23rd meet.The first meet was held in 1971 in Singapore.The meet for 2015 and 2017 are scheduled at Malta and Vanuatu respectively.

2-There were controversies regarding this meet as Sri-Lanka was the host nation.
    Sri Lanka has had been alleged of the war crime for 2009 LTTE civil war due to which its 2011 meet was post poned for this year.

3-Canada,Mauritius and India boycotted the meet,though Salman Khursid,External Affairs Minister represented India in the meet.

4-The Sri Lanka is being accused of not conductng proper investigation of the civil war crimes conducted.Human Rights Watch(UN Human rights Council) reported that such crimes are still beeing continued.

5-Much of the talk was focissed on Sri Lanka's positives,post war economic prospects.Mr David Cameroon had visited the town and met the war crime victims.The final communique was issued as Colombo Declaration.Mr Cameroon reiterated that if the War Crme investigations are not over by 2014 he would press for independent international investigation.

Monday, 23 December 2013

Treaties and Summits(still under updation);Imp for Mains 2014



1.    Antarctica Treaty System

2.    Basel Convention

3.    Biological Weapons Convention-  Signed in 1972 btw USA and USSR.Bans productiona ans stockpiling of biological weapons.

4.    Chemical Weapons Convention

5.    Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty

6.    Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty-   The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a multilateral treaty by which states agree to ban all nuclear explosions in all environments, for military or civilian purposes. It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 September 1996 but it has not entered into force due to the non-ratification of  all the states.India,North Korea and Pakistan have not signed it.By not signing the treaty India has kept its nuclear option open.

7.    Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty(NPT)— Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty aims to prevent spread of Nuclear weapons and related technology. It was entered into 1968, but India, Pakistan and Israel are not the signatories yet.North Korea was the first country to withdraw from the Treaty.Its major features are—
·         No Transfer of nuclear weapons to non members
·         Nuclear Powers have agreed to make available their nuclear know how to non nuclear states for peaceful purposes

8.    Partial Test Ban Treaty

9.    Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

10.   Strategic Arms Reduction Talks-1

11.   Strategic Arms Reduction Talk-2

12.   UN Convention on the Law of Sea(UNCLOS)

13.   Convention on Rights of Disabled Person

14.   Convention Against Torture

15.   Convention Agains Trans National Organised Crime

16.   Cnvention Against Corruption

17.   Convention for Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism

18.   Convention of Dumping of Wastes at Sea

19.   Convention on Climate Change

20.   Convention on Biological Diversity

21.   Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species(CITES)

22.Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

23.Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

24.Convention on The Rights of Chilld

25.Convention to Combat Desertification

26.Geneva Convention

27.Genocide Convention

28. Hague Convention

29. Intermediate Range Nuclear Force Treaty

30. International Conference on Population and Development

31.              Landmines Ban Treaty

32.              Montreal Protocol

33.              Outer Space Treaty--It contains main legal aspects of outer space in international field. The treaty of 1967 makes provision for free and peaceful use of outer space.It bans military activities in outer space and installation of any kinds of weapons in earth’s orbit,moon or any celestial bodies.

34.  Rio Declaration on Environment and Development

35.  Seabed Treaty

36.  Vienna Declaration on Human Rights

37.  Chemical Weapons Convention Tallinn Manual

38.  The Rotterdam Convention

39.  Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Immunity

40.  Beijing Conference on Women

41.  Shimla Agreement---- Simla Treaty, popularly known as the Simla Pact or the Simla Agreement was signed between India and Pakistan on 2nd July 1972. This agreement was entered to end the war of 1971, in December, 1971 that led to the independence of East Pakistan as Bangladesh.

42.  Tashkent Agreement--

Tashkent Agreement,  (Jan. 10, 1966), accord signed by India’s prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri (who died the next day) and Pakistan’s president Ayub Khan, ending the 17-day war between Pakistan and India of August–September 1965. A cease-fire had been secured by the United Nations Security Council on Sept. 22, 1965.

The agreement was mediated by Soviet premier Aleksey Kosygin, who had invited the parties to Tashkent. The parties agreed to withdraw all armed forces to positions held before Aug. 5, 1965; to restore diplomatic relations; and to discuss economic, refugee, and other questions. The agreement was criticized in India because it did not contain a no-war pact or any renunciation of guerrilla aggression in Kashmir.



43.  Nuclear Test Ban Treaty—This treaty was signed in 1963 between America,UK and USSR.According to this treaty all tests on ground,atmosphere and under the sea have been banned.No ban on underground tests

Thursday, 19 December 2013

Vienna Convention on Consular Relations

Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963:

The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 is an international treaty that defines a framework for consular relations between independent countries. A consul performs two functions:
  • protecting the interests of their countrymen in their host country, and
  • furthering the commercial and economic relations between the two countries
India’s Deputy Consul General Devyani Khobragade was arrested in New York for an alleged case of visa fraud and making false statements in connection with the visa application for an Indian national employee who was domestic helper in her home. The U.S. State Department clarified that Indian diplomat does not enjoy immunity from US laws. It is firm about its policies in support of the domestic workers.

Under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations(VCCR), the Indian Deputy Consul General enjoys immunity from the jurisdiction of US courts but only with respect to acts performed in the exercise of consular functions.