Explanation

Pakistan is the permanent member of Washington Accord.

Pakistan has become permanent member of Washington Accord for six years.

In June 2024, International Engineering Alliance (IEA) approved the extension in Pakistan’s membership during its at New Delhi, India.

China, Turkiye, and Hong Kong supported Pakistan in the IEA session.

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Explanation

Pakistan was elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the 8th time on 6 June 2024, 

Pakistan garnered 182 votes out of 193-member General Assembly

Required votes: 124 votes

Pakistan will replace Japan.

Pakistans earlier terms on the council were in

1. 2025-26
2. 2012-13,
3. 2003-04,
4. 1993-94,
5. 1983-84,
6. 1976-77,
7. 1968-69 
8. 1952-53.

Additional Information

Pakistan, Denmark, Greece, Panama and Somalia will replace Japan, Ecuador, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland whose terms end on December 31, 2024.

Explanation

On 6 June 2024, Pakistan was elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the 8th time.

Pakistan garnered 182 votes in the 193-member General Assembly

Required votes: 124 votes

Pakistan, Denmark, Greece, Panama and Somalia will replace Japan, Ecuador, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland whose terms end on December 31, 2024.

Pakistan will replace Japan.

Pakistans earlier terms on the council were in 2012-13, 2003-04, 1993-94, 1983-84, 1976-77, 1968-69 and 1952-53.

Explanation

• The first international organization that Pakistan joined was the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on September 7, 1947, shortly after its independence on August 14, 1947.
• Pakistan joined the United Nations Organization (UNO) on September 30, 1947, and UNESCO on September 14, 1949.

Explanation

• Pakistan joined UNESCO on September 14, 1949.
• UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific Organization.
• Pakistan ratified the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on July 23, 1976, making its sites eligible for inclusion on the World Heritage List.

Explanation

• Pakistan is a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a political, economic, and military alliance of eight nations in Eurasia.
• Pakistan became a full member of SCO in 2017.

Explanation

In 2024, Pakis­tan and the United States (US) signed an agre­ement on cultural property protection, which establishes import restrictions on certain types of archaeological and ethnological materials originating from Pakistan and entering the US.

Explanation

The Indus Water Treaty allocates the Western Rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) to Pakistan

while

and the Eastern Rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) to India

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Indus Waters Treaty, treaty, signed on September 19, 1960, between India and Pakistan

Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan was brokered by World Bank

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The Treaty was signed at Karachi by Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan,

the then President of Pakistan, Jawaharlal Nehru 

the then Indian Prime Minister, and Mr. W.A.B. Illif 

The Treaty is effective from 1st April 1960 

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Explanation

Pakistan has served on six different occasions – 1952, 1957, 1975, 1995, 2005, and 2020.

ECOSOC has 54 members and 18 members are elected by the General Assembly each year for a three-year term.

Explanation