The UN

Question 1

When was the UN set up?

Answer 1

1945

Question 2

How many nations are in the UN?

Answer 2

193

Question 3

What was on the UN Charter?

Answer 3

To develop friendly relations between nations
To maintain global peace and security
To use cooperation to solve international problems
To bring countries together to settle disputes

Question 4

How has the UN created growth?

Answer 4

Millennium Development Goals e.g. reduced number of people in poverty, reduced child mortality rates (Burkina Faso has the highest rate)
In 2015, they set up new plans for 2030 to maintain growth

Question 5

Examples of how the UN has granted stability?

Answer 5

Peacekeeping forces
Democratic elections in Ivory Coast in 2015

Question 6

What are the drawbacks of the UN?

Answer 6

Developed countries have the most say with no African nation having a permanent seat on the security council
At times they have been ineffective such as the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 which saw 8,000 killed

Question 7

Examples of how the UN has improved health

Answer 7

Eradicated small pox in 1979

Question 8

What has the UN done regarding poverty?

Answer 8

Halved it in the last 20 years

Question 9

How has the UN promoted peace?

Answer 9

Intervention in Bosnia and Rwanda

Question 10

How have the UN development goals been effective?

Answer 10

Primary school enrollment was at 91% in 2015
Between 2000 and 2020, the number of people with access to clean water rose by 2 billion
Child mortality declined 59% between 1990 and 2021

Question 11

How have UN development goals been ineffective?

Answer 11

The COVID 19 pandemic pushed 70 million people into extreme poverty in 2020
2023 saw a record high for carbon emissions
The richest 10% earn over half of the world’s income