Regional Institutions and their Headquarters

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Here we have listed some important Regional Institutions with its Headquarters. We hope it will help you to recollect Headquartes of Organizations.

1. Asian Development Bank –

• Headquarters – Manila, Philippines
• Founded on – 22 August, 1966
• President: Takehiko Nakao
• Total countries: 67

2. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) –

• Headquarters – Beijing, China
• Head – Jin Liqun
• Founded on – 4 October, 2014
• The capital of the bank is $100 billion, equivalent to 2⁄3 of the capital of the Asian Development Bank and about half that of the World Bank.

3. New Development Bank –

• Headquarters – Shanghai, China
• Head – K. V. Kamath
• Founded on – July, 2015
• It is established by the BRICS states (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).

4. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) –

• Headquarters – Singapore
• Head – Dr. Alan Bollard
• Founded on – 1989
• 2016 summit:  Lima
• Members: United States; Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Peru; The Philippines; Russia; Singapore; Republic of Korea; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; and Vietnam.

5. Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) –

• Headquarters – Jakarta, Indonesia
• Founded on – 8 August, 1967
• Members: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
• ASEAN summit, 2015 – Kuala Lumpur

6. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) –

• Headquarters – Kathmandu, Nepal
• Founded on – 8 December, 1985
• Members: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
• Secretaries-General of SAARC: ArjunBahadurThapa
• 2016 SAARC summit: Islamabad.