Which description exactly states the geographical belt specified in the…
2023
Which description exactly states the geographical belt specified in the original membership criterion of the International Solar Alliance?
Answer: C. Between Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn — ConceptA treaty’s membership criterion must be read from its constitutive text. Article VII of the original Framework Agreement of the International Solar…
- A.
Above Tropic of Cancer
- B.
Below Tropic of Cancer
- C.
Between Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn
- D.
In the Southern Hemisphere
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Correct answer: C
Concept
A treaty’s membership criterion must be read from its constitutive text. Article VII of the original Framework Agreement of the International Solar Alliance originally made membership open to solar-resource-rich UN member States lying wholly or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
Application
The clarified stem asks for that formally specified geographical belt. The matching description among the offered choices is the region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
Contrast and cross-check
Above the Tropic of Cancer describes only latitudes north of 23.5° N, not the bounded belt named in the original criterion.
Below the Tropic of Cancer is a broader half-plane that extends past the Tropic of Capricorn; it is not the two-boundary belt specified in the agreement.
Between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn names both boundaries of the specified belt.
The Southern Hemisphere begins at the Equator and omits the part of the specified belt north of the Equator.
The Tropic of Cancer lies at about 23.5° N and the Tropic of Capricorn at about 23.5° S. Naming both lines uniquely identifies the bounded intertropical belt in the original agreement.
Hence, the best-supported offered answer is “Between Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn.”