United Nations Day at #UN75 Anniversary

Question 1

ActNow is a UN campaign for individual action on climate change. Which is NOT a simple action that helps our planet:

Accepted Answer

Take extra-long showers

Question 2

Starting with 51 Member States, the UN is currently made up of __ Member States.

Accepted Answer

193

Question 3

Which is NOT a right enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)?

Accepted Answer

The right to self-fulfillment

Question 4

The annual UN peacekeeping budget is less than 0.4% of global military expenditure.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Who are the Blue Helmets?

Accepted Answer

United Nations Peacekeeping Forces

Question 6

Which country/ies joined the UN as independent states following referendums/ elections supported by UN Peacekeeping?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 7

By October 2020, 180 countries had endorsed the Secretary-General’s appeal for a global ceasefire, which would

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 8

How can young people become involved with the UN?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 9

How many times were the UN, its agencies, funds, programmes and staff awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 10

The UN Secretary-General called for a global ceasefire by December 2020 so the world can jointly fight

Accepted Answer

COVID-19

Question 11

The United Nations was founded in 1945, following which event in that year?

Accepted Answer

The Second World War ended

Question 12

Leading the global response to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, the UN has implemented the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A plan to block commercial trade in the regions that suffer the most

Question 13

Which principal organ of the UN is the representative body where every Member State is entitled to an equal vote?

Accepted Answer

General Assembly

Question 14

António Guterres of Portugal is the ninth leader of the United Nations, what is the title of his position?

Accepted Answer

Secretary-General

Question 15

The United Nations supplies vaccines to 50% of the world’s children, helping to save 3 million lives a year.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Women serve in UN peacekeeping operations.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Which of the facts about the United Nations are true:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 18

In 2015, the General Assembly adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) unanimously, covering the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Entertainment

Question 19

The work of the United Nations focuses on the so-called “Three Pillars”: Peace and Security, Human Rights, and

Accepted Answer

Development

Question 20

Over 560 multilateral treaties have been negotiated and concluded through efforts of the UN, which do NOT include:

Accepted Answer

Protocol on the International School System

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