1) Who of the following are not members of ASEM?
1) India
2) European Union
3) Australia
a. 1, 2
b. 2, 3
c. 1, 3
d. None of the above
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Explanation
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ANSWER: None of the above
Explanation:
- ASEM currently has 53 partners: 51 countries and 2 regional organisations.
- The European Union and the ASEAN Secretariat are the regional organisations involved.
- The Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM) is an exclusively Asian–European forum to enhance relations and various forms of cooperation.
- A series of enlargements saw additional EU members join as well as India, Mongolia, Pakistan, and the ASEAN Secretariat in 2008, Australia, New Zealand and the Russian Federation in 2010, Bangladesh, Norway, and Switzerland in 2012,[3] Croatia and Kazakhstan in 2014.
- 11th ASEM Summit is being held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Ulaanbaatar is capital of Mongolia.
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2) What is ASEM?
a. Supercomputer
b. A defence system
c. International Forum
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: International Forum
Explanation:
- The Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM) is an exclusively Asian–European forum to enhance relations and various forms of cooperation between the then 15 members of the European Union (EU) and its Commission, the then 7 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and the individual countries of China, Japan, and South Korea.
- It was officially established on 1 March 1996 at the first summit in Bangkok, Thailand.
- The main components of the ASEM process rest on the following 3 pillars:
1. Political Pillar 2. Economical Pillar 3. Social, Cultural & Educational Pillar
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