2009 in international relations

BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprising ten countries: Brazil, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates. Its conceptual origins were articulated by Russian foreign minister Yevgeny Primakov in 1998, and can be traced to informal forums and dialogue groups such as RIC (Russia, India, and China) and IBSA (India, Brazil, and South Africa). BRIC was originally a term coined by British economist Jim O'Neill, and later championed by his employer Goldman Sachs in 2001, to designate a group of emerging markets.

2009 UN theme year

international climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009

2nd G20 meeting

2009 international leaders meeting

team formed in 2009 to investigate human rights violations by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza

the inaugural conference of the heads of its four member states

bilateral diplomatic relations

2009 United Nations World Conference Against Racism

3rd meeting of the G20, held in Pennsylvania, United States

2009 failed attempt to normalize relations between Armenia and Turkey

Belarus–Russia trade dispute

case about who would rightfully own the Black Sea islands

To permit the state to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon

skirmish between the South Korean and North Korean navies

United Nations observance of 2009

2009 series of air strikes in Sudan allegedly conducted by Israel

NATO summit

referendums held in Switzerland in 2009

Diplomatic standoff between US and North Korea

2009 elections for the United Nations Security Council

Suicide bomb attack

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting