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The regular session of the United Nations General Assembly typically begins each year on the third Tuesday of September and continues until mid-December [2, p24].
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.
The permanent Secretariat of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is located in Kathmandu, Nepal [2, p24]. It was established on January 16, 1987.
The Non-Aligned Movement was largely conceived and promoted by key leaders including Jawaharlal Nehru of India, Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, and Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia [2, p23]. Other significant figures in its foundation included Sukarno of Indonesia and Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank that was established on August 22, 1966 [2, p23]. Its mission is to promote social and economic development in Asia and the Pacific.
Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin was one of the principal founders of Hamas (Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya – Islamic Resistance Movement) in 1987 [2, p23]. He served as the spiritual leader of the organization until his assassination in 2004.
The international secretariat (headquarters) of Amnesty International, a global human rights organization, is located in London, United Kingdom [2, p23]. The address provided in the source is 1 Easton Street, London.
Robert Bruce Zoellick was the eleventh president of the World Bank [2, p23]. He served in this position from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2012, and was therefore the president at the time of this paper in 2009.
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].
Nicolas Sarkozy served as the President of France from May 16, 2007, until May 15, 2012 [2, p22]. At the time of this paper in 2009, he was in his first term as the French President.
