The Importance of Current Affairs in UPSC IAS examination is significant. IAS Prelims examination is going to hold on 18th June 2017. Previous year UPSC has asked an enormous amount of question from current affairs especially about the different summit, reports published by various international organization etc. these questions were mostly factual in nature. In scenario it is important to go through the major summits happened in 2016.
Here we are giving the details of the major summit held in 2016 along with their theme. This will help your UPSC preparation and help in the last minute revision.
International Summits and Conferences
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Name of organization/ grouping |
Aim/ Theme of summit 2016 |
Summit held at |
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Association of Southeast Asian Nation |
“Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic ASEAN Community.” |
29th ASEAN Summit 2016-Vientiane- Laos
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BRICS |
Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions. |
8th BRICS Summit 2016 – Benaulim, Goa, India
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G-20 |
“Strengthening Policy coordination and Breaking a new path for growth”.
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11th G 20 Meeting 2016 – Hangzhou, China
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G-7 |
— |
42nd G8 Summit 2016 – Shima, Japan |
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South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
‘Deeper Integration for Peace, Progress and Prosperity’ |
19th SAARC Summit 2016 – Islamabad, Pakistan
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Indian Science Congress |
Science and Technology for Indigenous Development in India |
Mysore |
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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
|
— |
Uzbekistan |
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East Asia Summit |
— |
11th East Asia Summit 2016 – Vientiane, Laos
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Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
“Quality Growth and Human Development” |
28th APEC Summit 2016 – Peru, Lima
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BIMSTEC |
— |
4th BIMSTEC Summit 2015 – Nepal |
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Nuclear Security Summit |
— |
4th NSS 2016 – Washington, USA
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OPEC |
Exchanging views and comparing outlooks for natural gas and coal markets in the short, medium and long term. |
171st Meeting of the OPEC at Vienna
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NATO |
“NATO in Defence of Peace: 2016 and Beyond“. |
NATO Summit 2016 – Warsaw, Poland
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Earth Hour |
global switch-off to raise climate change awareness |
Global earth hour 2016- Australia
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NAM Summit 2016 |
Peace, Sovereignty, and Solidarity for Development. |
17th NAM summit 2016 was held in Caracas, Venezuela.
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CHOGM Summit |
The Commonwealth – Adding Global Value |
CHOGM 2015 Meeting – Malta
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4th India-Africa Hydrocarbons Conference
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Energizing the bottom of the pyramid – Together towards tomorrow” |
New Delhi
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Conference of QCG on Afghan Peace and Reconciliation |
To create a consensus for dialogue between the government of Afghanistan and Taliban. |
Islamabad
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Counter-Terrorism Conference 2016 |
“Tackling Global Terror Outfits.” |
Jaipur |
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World Government Summit |
‘Shaping Future Governments,’ |
4th World Government Summit- Dubai |
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First Maritime summit |
— |
Mumbai |
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High Energy Materials Society of India |
emerging trends in high-energy materials |
10th High Energy Materials Conference-Hyderabad
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3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation
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Tiger conservation |
New Delhi
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Also See:
| Important Headquarters of International Organisations |
| List of Reports Published By International Organizations |
| Significant International Institutions/Organisations: Infographics |