6th BRICS summit:
It was hosted by Brazil, as the first host country of the current five-year summit cycle. Host city was Fortaleza. Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was a special guest of the summit.
Date- 14 July 2014–16 July 2014
Core BRICS members
Brazil —- Dilma Rousseff (President)
Russia —— Vladimir Putin (President)
India ——- Narendra Modi (Prime Minister)
China ——- Xi Jinping (President)
South Africa ——– Jacob Zuma (President)
Business 20 (B20) Australia Summit:
Held in – Sydney
On- 18 July 2014
Chaired by- Richard Goyder, Managing Director and CEO of Wesfarmers. The business
leaders of G20 met in this summit.
SAARC Monsoon Initiative Programme National Working Group
Organised in – Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Held on – 20 June 2014
The monsoon initiative is the part of Thimphu Statement on Climate Change adopted at the16th SAARC summit in Thimphu in 2010.
Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) – Japan Conference
Held in – Tokyo
Date- 17 June 2014
The two-day Conference was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
ATOMEXPO-2014 Nuclear Energy Forum
Date- 9 to 11 June 2014
Held in – Moscow
The first ATOMEXPO was held in 2009 and is an initiative of Russia’s State Nuclear Energy Corporation Rosatom.
40th G-7 summit 2014
Held in- Brussels
Date- 4 June 2014 – 5 June 2014
It was the first time that the EU hosted a G7 summit.
Originally, a G8 summit was scheduled to take place in Sochi (Russia) in early June 2014 under a Russian presidency. Due to the Russian Federation’s violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the G7 leaders decided to meet in Brussels on 4-5 June 2014 in the G7 format instead.
BIMSTEC Summit
3rd BIMSTEC summit 2014: Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar)
4th BIMSTEC summit will be held in Nepal.
Nuclear Security Summit:-
- 2nd Summit 2012 – Seoul, South Korea.
- 3rd Summit 2014 – Hague, Netherland
- 4th Summit 2016 – United States
G 8 Summit :-
- 39th Summit 2013: United Kingdom. (Northern Ireland)
- G‐8 Countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Britain and the US.
- 40th G‐7 summit 2014 held at Brussels.
G 20 Summit:-
- G‐20 meeting (2014) of Finance ministers and central bank governors held in Sydney (Australia).
- G20 Leaders Summit (2014) will be held in Brisbane, Queensland Australia, in November 2014.
SAARC Summit :-
- 3rd SAARC ministerial meet on poverty alleviation 2013 Kathmandu (Nepal)
- 18th SAARC Summit 2014‐ Kathmandu (proposed)
NATO Summit :‐
- NATO Summit 2014 will be held in Britain. (Britain last hosted the summit in 1990, when Margret Thatcher was Prime Minister)
IBSA Summit:-
- India will host the next summit of IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) in New Delhi in 2015.
OTHERS IMPORTANT SUMMITS
- 18th BASIC Ministerial Meeting held in New Delhi.
BASIC – (Brazil, South Africa, India and China)
Note : 17th Meeting on Climate Change was held in Hanzghou, China
- ASEAN foreign-minister-meeting held in Myanmar.
- Fifth Indo-US Strategic Dialogue held in New Delhi during which the two sides discussed “transformativeinitiatives” in key areas of security and energy.
- 3rd India-Africa Summit will be held in New Delhi.
- 6th International Nuclear Energy Forum ATOMEXPO-2014 held in Moscow.
- World Economic Forum 2014: held in Abuja (Nigeria). Bharti Enterprises founder and Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal co– chair this year’s edition of the World Economic Forum on Africa.
Latest Current Affairs 2014
| Meeting & Summit 2014 | Dates | Place |
| 40th G8 Summit 2014 | 4–5 June 2014 | Black Sea resort of Sochi |
| The Third Nuclear Security Summit | 24 to 25 March 2014 | The Hague, Netherlands |
| EU-US Summit | 26 March 2014 | Brussels |
| 9th Edition of Nutra India Summit | 14th March 2014 | Bangalore India |
| EU-US Summit | 26 March 2014 | Brussels |
| 9th Edition of Nutra India Summit | 14th March 2014 | Bangalore India |
| The Partnership Summit | 27-29 January 2014 | Bangalore India |
| 11th International Petrotek 2014 Conference | 12-15 January 2014 | New Delhi |
| The Partnership Summit | 27-29 January 2014 | Bangalore India |
| 11th International Petrotek 2014 Conference | 12-15 January, 2014 | New Delhi |
| 22nd World Economic Forum meet | 22-25 January | Davos, Switzerland |
| Seventh Global Insurance Summit | 8 January 2014 | Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh |
| International Petroleum Conference | 12th – 15th January 2014 | New Delhi |
| Seventh Global Insurance Summit | 8 January 2014 | Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh |
| 9th G20 Meeting 2014 | —- | Brisbane, Australia |
| 26th APEC Summit 2014 | —- | China |
| Wharton India Economic Forum | 22 February 2014 | Pennsylvania, USA |
| UN Affairs of G-4 nations met | 11 February 2014 | New Delhi |
| Wharton India Economic Forum | 22 February 2014 | Pennsylvania, USA |
| UN Affairs of G-4 nations met | 11 February 2014 | New Delhi |
| Third World Congress on Agro-Forestry | 10 to 14 February 2014 | New Delhi |
| Third World Congress on Agro-Forestry | 10 to 14 February 2014 | New Delhi |
| 9th WTO Ministerial Conference | 6 December 2013 | Bali, Indonesia |
| 8th Asia Gas Partnership Summit | 3 to 4 December 2013 | New Delhi |
| 9th North East Business Summit | 22 November 2013 | Dibrugarh in Assam |
| 3rd BRICS International Competition Conference | 21 November 2013 | New Delhi |
| 22nd CHOGM Summit | 15-17 November 2013 | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Important Meetings And Summits
- 40th G8 Summit 2014 – Russia
- 9th G 20 Meeting 2014 – Brisbane, Australia
- 26th APEC Summit 2014 – China
- 17th NAM Summit 2015 – Caracas,Venezuela
- ADB Annual Meeting 2013 – New Delhi, India
Current Affairs 2014 National & International
- The 22nd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, CHOGM began in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 15 November 2013.
- M. Hamid Ansari inaugurated the Fourth Biennial Conference of Asian Society of International Law on Asia on 14 November 2013.
- Oscar Fernandes inaugurated the two day International Seminar on Experience gained in PPP Project in Road Sector in New Delhi on 11 November 2013.
- 7th India-Republic of Korea Joint Commission Meeting held in New Delhi.
- The two-day International Conference with theme of Think Big on Comprehensive Cleft Care concluded in Assam on 10 November 2013.
- Lord Swraj Paul presented with International Indian of the Decade Award.
- International Day for Tolerance observed on 16 November.
- 33rd India International Trade Fair opened at New Delhi.
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