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📘 TABLE–1 : CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER 

Chronological OrderOrganisationEstablished YearEstablished In / ThroughHeadquartersFirst MeetingLast Meeting / Status (2025)
1NATO1949 (North Atlantic Treaty signed on 4 April 1949)Washington DC TreatyBrussels, BelgiumFirst formal NATO Summit held in Paris (16–19 Dec 1957)2025 – The Hague
2Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)1971New ZealandSuva, Fiji19712025 – Tonga
3G71975FranceFirst G7 (G6) Summit held at Château de Rambouillet, France (15–17 Nov 1975)51st G7 Summit (2025) – Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada
4ASEAN8 August 1967Bangkok DeclarationJakarta, IndonesiaFirst ASEAN Summit held in Bali, Indonesia (23–25 Feb 1976)2025 – Malaysia
5SAARC8 December 1985DhakaKathmandu, Nepal1985 – DhakaNo summit after 2014
6MERCOSUR1991Treaty of AsunciónMontevideo, Uruguay19912025 – Argentina
7European Union (EU)1993Maastricht TreatyBrussels, Belgium19932025
8G201999Berlin
Washington DC (USA).  - 2008
2025 – South Africa
9African Union (AU)

Founded: 1963

Officially Launched: 2002



Addis Ababa, Ethiopia2002Durban-2002
10BIMSTEC1997Bangkok DeclarationDhaka, Bangladesh20042025 – Thailand
11BRICS2009Yekaterinburg, Russia
20092025 – Brazil
12Connect Asia Policy (India)2014IndiaOngoing
13International Solar Alliance (ISA)2015Paris (COP-21)Gurugram, India20182025 – India
14Raisina Dialogue2016New DelhiNew Delhi20162025 – New Delhi
15G4 (UN Reform Group)2004No HeadquartersUN Reform TalksOngoing



OrganisationTotal MembersHeadLatest Member Added / StatusImp Points / Key Points
International Solar Alliance (ISA)124Ashish KhannaMultiple (2024)India–France initiative; HQ in Gurugram; focuses on solar energy cooperation
African Union (AU)55Political Head: H.E. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço (President of Angola; Chairperson AU from Feb 2025) Administrative Head: H.E. Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (Chairperson, AUC) Previous AUC Chairperson: Moussa Faki Mahamat (March 2017 – March 2025)
Successor of OAU; covers entire African continent
European Union (EU)27

Members: 27; Meetings held 4 times a year; Regional political & economic grouping; ECSC (1953); EEC (1957); Informal forum (1974); Maastricht Treaty (1993); Lisbon Treaty enacted (2009)
NATO32Mark Rutte (Secretary-General from 1 Oct 2024)32nd Member: Sweden (2024)World’s largest military alliance; Collective defence under Article 5
G2020Presidency held by South Africa; President Cyril Ramaphosa leading 2025 cycleAfrican Union (2023)21st G20 Summit; 2026 G20 Miami Summit
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)18

Focus on Pacific regional cooperation
ASEAN10
Timor-Leste - 11th Member
“ASEAN Way”; major regional bloc in Southeast Asia
SAARC8
Summits stalled since 2014
BIMSTEC7

6th BIMSTEC Summit (2025)

  • Date & Venue: 4 April 2025, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Theme: “BIMSTEC: Prosperous, Resilient and Open”

G77

Informal group of advanced economies
BRICS10
Indonesia (joined Jan 6, 2025

7th BRICS Summit, 2025

Host & Venue: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


MERCOSUR5
Bolivia (2024)Venezuela suspended in 2016
G44

Push for permanent UNSC membership
Raisina Dialogue
India’s flagship geopolitical conference
Connect Asia Policy
Indian foreign policy initiative (not an organisation)

NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES 

🔹 1949 – Founding Members (12)

  1. United States
  2. United Kingdom
  3. Canada
  4. France
  5. Belgium
  6. Netherlands
  7. Luxembourg
  8. Italy
  9. Portugal
  10. Denmark
  11. Norway
  12. Iceland

🔹 1952

  1. Greece
  2. Turkey

🔹 1955

  1. Germany (West Germany at the time)

🔹 1982

  1. Spain

🔹 1999

  1. Poland
  2. Czech Republic
  3. Hungary

🔹 2004

  1. Bulgaria
  2. Romania
  3. Slovakia
  4. Slovenia
  5. Estonia
  6. Latvia
  7. Lithuania

🔹 2009

  1. Albania
  2. Croatia

🔹 2017

  1. Montenegro

🔹 2020

  1. North Macedonia

🔹 2023

  1. Finland

🔹 2024

  1. Sweden

Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)

Full Members (18)

  1. Australia
  2. Cook Islands
  3. Federated States of Micronesia
  4. Fiji
  5. French Polynesia
  6. Kiribati
  7. Nauru
  8. New Caledonia
  9. New Zealand
  10. Niue
  11. Palau
  12. Papua New Guinea
  13. Republic of the Marshall Islands
  14. Samoa
  15. Solomon Islands
  16. Tonga
  17. Tuvalu
  18. Vanuatu

Associate Members (4)

  • Tokelau
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • Guam
  • American Samoa

G7 / G8 – CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES

  • 1973G8 concept / informal finance ministers’ meeting begins (oil crisis context)
  • 1975First G6 Summit held (France)
  • 1976Canada joins → G7 formed
  • 1981European Union starts full participation in G7
  • 1998Russia included → G8 formed
  • 2014Russia exits G8 after annexation of Crimea → G7 restored
  • By 2030Target to achieve SDGs
  • By 2035Carbon-free power sector goal
  • By 2050Net-zero emissions target

📘 INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE (ISA) – CURRENT AFFAIRS NOTES

Member NumberCountry
96thHungary
97thPanama
99thSpain
100thParaguay
101stNepal
104th (Full Member)Armenia
106thArmenia
107thMoldova
119thMalta

🔹 Recent Development

  • Union Minister & President of ISA: Shri Pralhad Joshi
  • Event: Launch of Curtain Raiser for the Eighth ISA Assembly

🔹 Eighth ISA Assembly

  • Session: 8th
  • Dates: 27–30 October 2025
  • Venue: Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
  • Theme/Spirit: “One Sun, One Vision, One Shared Commitment”
  • Objective: Global cooperation to accelerate adoption of solar energy

🔹 About International Solar Alliance (ISA)

  • Launched by: India and France
  • Launch Occasion: COP-21, Paris
  • Nature: Treaty-based intergovernmental organisation
  • Global Position: Largest treaty-based organisation from the Global South
  • Members & Signatories: 124 countries

For the 2024–2026 term, India holds the Presidency and France holds the Co-Presidency of the International Solar Alliance (ISA)

BRICS Member Status (2025)

Full Members (10):

  1. Brazil
  2. Russia
  3. India
  4. China
  5. South Africa
  6. Egypt (joined Jan 1, 2024)
  7. Ethiopia (joined Jan 1, 2024)
  8. Iran (joined Jan 1, 2024)
  9. United Arab Emirates (joined Jan 1, 2024)
  10. Indonesia (joined Jan 6, 2025)

Partner Countries (10 invited at 2025 Summit):

  • Belarus
  • Bolivia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Cuba
  • Malaysia
  • Nigeria
  • Thailand
  • Uganda
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vietnam
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