The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was proposed by China in 2013 and officially established in 2015 by China alongside founding partner states.

In 2007, Hugo Chávez was serving as the President of Venezuela [1, p7]. He held this office from 1999 until his death in 2013.

The United Nations has six official working languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish [2, p24]. These languages are used in UN meetings and for all official UN documents.

In 2009, Hu Jintao was the paramount leader of China. He held the key positions of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (from 2002 to 2012) and President of the People's Republic of China (from 2003 to 2013). He also served as Chairman of the Central Military Commission (from 2004 to 2012) [2, p22].

As of early 2011, when this paper was likely set, Pakistan had served as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council six times. These terms were: 1952–1953, 1968–1969, 1976–1977, 1983–1984, 1993–1994, and 2003–20042. Pakistan was later elected for a seventh term (2012-2013).

The United Nations has six official working languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, and Spanish2. All official UN documents and meetings utilize these languages.

“Intifada” is Arabic for “shaking off,” commonly used to describe Palestinian uprisings.

Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Summer Olympics at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires in 2013.

The Taliban established their political office in Doha, Qatar, in June 2013 to facilitate peace talks with international stakeholders.

The general elections in Pakistan were held on May 11, 2013.