The FATF last Plenary Session under Marcus Pleyer will take place from:
- A. June 10 to 13, 2022
- B. June 12 to 15, 2022
- C. June 14 to 17, 2022
- D. June 19 to 23, 2022
Correct Answer: C. June 14 to 17, 2022
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) delegates representing 206 members of the Global Network and observer organizations, including the International Monetary Fund, the United Nations, the World Bank, and the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, will take part in the last Plenary under the two-year German Presidency of Dr. Marcus Pleyer from 14-17 June 2022. The German government will host this hybrid event in Berlin, with a significant number of participants taking part in person.
Correct Answer: A. UAE
The United Arab Emirates has become the first Gulf Arab country to reach a deal on normalizing relations with Israel, capping years of discreet contacts between the two countries in commerce and technology. The so-called “Abraham Agreement”, announced by United States President Donald Trump on Thursday 13 August 2020.
Correct Answer: B. Droupadi Murmu
Droupadi Murmu is an Indian politician who is the 15th and current President of India since 25 July 2022. She is the first person belonging to the scheduled tribe community and also the second woman after Pratibha Patil to hold the President’s office.
Correct Answer: B. Kosovo
Serbia and Kosovo have agreed to normalize economic ties, US President Donald Trump said on September 4, 2020, hailing what he called a `major breakthrough` more than a decade after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008.
Correct Answer: C. Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia announced that it will now allow flights “from all countries” to cross its skies to reach the United Arab Emirates, a historic first that comes just days after the kingdom let the first direct Israeli commercial passenger flight use its airspace to reach the UAE.
Correct Answer: C. September 27, 2023
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards successfully launched a third military satellite into orbit on September 27, 2023, state media reported, citing Minister of Communications Issa Zarepour. The Noor 3 imaging satellite orbits at an altitude of 450 kilometres (280 miles) above the earth’s surface and was launched by the three-stage Qased, or messenger carrier, state media said, which launched its predecessor Noor 2 in 2022.
Correct Answer: C. Japan
North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years on October 4, 2022, prompting Tokyo to activate its missile alert system and issue a rare warning for people to take shelter. The latest launch which the US branded reckless and dangerous comes in a record year of sanctions-busting weapons tests by North Korea, which recently revised its laws to declare itself an irreversible nuclear power.