{"id":126358,"date":"2022-12-03T13:24:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T07:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=126358"},"modified":"2022-12-03T13:24:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T07:54:58","slug":"india-to-assume-chairmanship-of-wassenaar-arrangement-on-1st-january-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/india-to-assume-chairmanship-of-wassenaar-arrangement-on-1st-january-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"India to assume chairmanship of Wassenaar Arrangement on 1st January, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>India to assume chairmanship of Wassenaar Arrangement on 1st January, 2023:<\/strong> India will assume chairmanship of the plenary of the Wassenaar Arrangement for a year on January 1, 2023, just five years after joining the 42-member voluntary export control regime that monitors transfers of conventional weapons and dual-use goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-december-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">December 2022 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the 26th annual plenary of the Wassenaar Arrangement held in Vienna from Nov 30- Dec 1, 2022,&nbsp;Eoin O\u2019Leary (Ireland\u2019s ambassador) has handed over the chairmanship to Jaideep Mazumdar (India\u2019s ambassador).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jaideep Mazumdar is the&nbsp;permanent representative to the UN and international organisations in Vienna. 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