United Nations

Question 1

Who made the name UN?

Answer 1

President FDR

Question 2

What was before the UN?

Answer 2

League of Nations

Question 3

What was the League of Nations role?

Answer 3

Promote international cooperation, achieve peace and security

Question 4

When was the UN charter signed?

Answer 4

June 26, 1945

Question 5

How many original UN member states were there?

Answer 5

51

Question 6

When did the as UN officially come into existence?

Answer 6

October 24, 1945

Question 7

When is UN day?

Answer 7

October 24

Question 8

Who is the UN’s current president? As of when?

Answer 8

Abdullah Shahid, Sept 2021

Question 9

Why was the UN originally established?

Answer 9

Preserve peace through international cooperation, collective security

Question 10

How many members are currently in the UN?

Answer 10

193/195

Question 11

What are the UN’s 4 purposes?

Answer 11

1. Maintain international peace and security
2. Develop friendly relations among nations
3. Cooperate in solving international problems and promoting respect for human rights
4. Be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations

Question 12

Though the UN is not a government, what can it do on a government level?

Answer 12

Provide means to help resolve international conflicts and formulate policies on matters affecting everyone

Question 13

Do all member states have a voice/vote?

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

What are the UN’s main source of funds? How are they calculated?

Answer 14

Contribution from member states, which are assessed on a scale approved by the General Assembly, which is based on the countries capacity to pay (per capita incomes)

Question 15

How does the UN maintain national peace and security?

Answer 15

Works to prevent conflict; helps countries in conflict make peace; peacekeeping; creating conditions to allow peace to hold and flourish

Question 16

Which two sections of the UN play major, important, and complementary roles?

Answer 16

General Assembly, Secretary General

Question 17

What is the General Assembly’s role in the UN?

Answer 17

Main deliberative, policy making, representative organ

Question 18

What is the Security Council’s role in the UN?

Answer 18

Takes the lead in determining the existence of a threat to the peace or an act of aggression. It calls upon the parties to a dispute to settle it by peaceful means and recommends methods of adjustment or terms of settlement.

Question 19

How does the UN maintain international peace and security?

Answer 19

Prevent conflicts to diminish human suffering and avoid massive economic costs

Question 20

Why are today’s multidimensional peacekeeping operations necessary?

Answer 20

Facilitate political processes, protect civilians, assist in the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of former combatants; support constitutional processes and the organization of elections, protect and promote human rights and assist in restoring the rule of law and extending legitimate state authority.

Question 21

How many total UN peacekeeping operations have there been to date? Since when?

Answer 21

69 since 1948

Question 22

What do the UN’s peacebuilding operations aim?

Answer 22

Assist countries emerging from conflict, reduce the risk of relapsing into conflict, lay the foundation for sustainable peace and development.

Question 23

The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism

Strategy was adopted when and by who?

Answer 23

September 2006 by the UN member states

Question 24

What does the UN want in relation to nuclear arms?

Answer 24

Eliminate nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, regulate conventional arms.

Question 25

When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights passed?

Answer 25

1948

Question 26

What is the OHCHR?

Answer 26

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Question 27

What is the UN's stance on humanitarian aid?

Answer 27

Achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character.

Question 28

What is the OCHA? What is its responsibility?

Answer 28

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) of the UN Secretariat is responsible for coordinating responses to emergencies.

Question 29

What is essential to provide humanitarian aid quickly and effectively?

Answer 29

Coordinated system-wide approach

Question 30

Which UN entities have primary roles in the delivery of assistance?

Answer 30

- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), - United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - World Food Programme (WFP)

Question 31

What is the UNHCR? What is its role?

Answer 31

- United Nations Refugee Agency | - Leads and coordinates international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide.

Question 32

What is UNICEF? What is its role?

Answer 32

- The United Nations Children's Fund - Aims to reach as many children as possible with effective, low-cost solutions to counter the biggest threats to their survival.

Question 33

What is the WFP? What is its role?

Answer 33

- The World Food Programme (WFP) - Provides relief to millions of people, who are victims of disasters. It is responsible for mobilizing food and funds for transport for all large-scale refugee-feeding operations managed by UNHCR.

Question 34

What is the FAO? What is its role?

Answer 34

- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Help farmers re-establish production following floods, outbreaks of livestock disease and similar emergencies.

Question 35

What is the WHO? What is its role?

Answer 35

- The World Health Organization (WHO) | - Coordinates the international response to humanitarian health emergencies.

Question 36

True or false: health is a shared responsibility.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

What is the UN's stance on human rights?

Answer 37

Promote and encourage respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion, as improving people's well-being continues to be one of their main focuses.

Question 38

What is the UN MDG? List three.

Answer 38

Millennium Development Goals - Eradicate extreme poverty/hunger - Combat hiv/aids, malaria, etc - Achieve universal primary education