Q. Consider the following statements:
- The three seas initiative involves Baltic Sea, Black Sea and Caspian Sea.
- Bucharest Nine is a group of non-NATO countries.
- Membership of GRECO (Group of States against Corruption) is open to non-European states also.
- The Organization for Security and Co-operation has an observer status at the United Nations.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer:
Only 3 & 4
Notes:
- The 3SI is a regional effort in Europe to expand cross-border energy, transportation, and digital infrastructure and boost economic development in the area between the Adriatic Sea, Baltic Sea, and Black Sea. Twelve countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia), all of which are members of the EU, participate in the 3SI.
- Bucharest Nine, B-9 is a group of nine NATO countries in Eastern Europe that became part of the US-led military alliance after the end of the Cold War.
- The Group of States against Corruption, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption monitoring body with its Headquarters in Strasbourg, was established, in 1999, as an enlarged Partial Agreement by 17 Council of Europe member States. GRECO, which is also open to non-European States, currently has 50 members.
- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is the world's largest regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization with observer status at the United Nations. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, promotion of human rights, freedom of the press, and free and fair elections.