Additional General Knowledge
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Supplement I_ 2009
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Dear Aspirants,
In our endeavor to help in your GK preparation, here is Current Affairs Supplement Part – I. This supplement
covers the important pieces of information that were part of May – 2009 to November – 2009 period. The
data compiled below is up to 10th November 2009. The supplement focuses on Personalities, Places
and Awards that are important from the examination point of view. Hope this supplement will serve the
intended purpose of helping you in General Knowledge section of the forthcoming MBA entrance
examinations.
1. PERSONALITIES
A. Heads of Important International Organizations
1. United Nations Secretary – General: Ban-ki-Moon
2. President of the International Court of Justice: Hisashi Owada
3. Director – General of International Labor Organization (ILO): Juan Somavia
4. Director – General of Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO): Jacques Diouf
5. Director – General of World Health Organization (WHO): Dr. Margaret Chan
6. Head of United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF): Ann Veneman
7. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): Antonio Guterres
8. Director – General of United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO):
Irina Bokova
9. President of the World Bank (WB): Robert B. Zoellick
10. Managing Director the International Monetary Fund (IMF): Dominique Strauss Kahn
11. Director-General of World Trade Organization (WTO): Pascal Lamy
12. Head International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Mohamed ElBaradei
13. Secretary – General of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM): Hosni Mubarak
14. Secretary – General of South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC): Sheel Kant
Sharma
15. Chairman of South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC): Mahinda Rajapaksa
16. Head of the Commonwealth of Nations: Queen Elizabeth-II
17. Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations: Kamalesh Sharma
18. Secretary General...