World Organisations - Study Mode

[#166] When was Common Market for Eastern and Southern African (COMESA) formed?
Correct Answer

(B) 1994

Explanation

Solution: The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa is a free trade area with twenty - one member states stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini. COMESA was formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area which had existed since 1981.

[#167] The World Trade Organization (WTO) came into effect in -
Correct Answer

(C) 1995

Explanation

Solution: The World Trade Organization came into being in 1995. One of the youngest of the international organizations, the WTO is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) established in the wake of the Second World War.

[#168] WTO came into existence in the year -
Correct Answer

(C) 1995

[#169] When did Economic Community of Central African States came into existence?
Correct Answer

(B) 1983

Explanation

Solution: Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) was established on 18 October 1983.

[#170] When was Niger Basin Authority established?
Correct Answer

(C) 1980

Explanation

Solution: In 1980, the Niger Basin Authority was created with the mandate of speeding up interstate cooperation in the development of the basin resources.