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1
Who suggested the name "United Nations"?
Mandela
Roosevelt
The Queen
Churchill
2
Which of the following does the UN not promote
Human Rights
Reducing the natural environment
Fighting Disease
Reducing Poverty
3
Which conflict did the UN fail to defuse?
Berlin Crisis
Middle East Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis
Atomic Bomb
4
What country did the first Secretary General come from?
USA
Norway
Germany
Portugal
5
Who are the "Big 5"?
US, UK, China, Japan and Germany
UK, US, Russia, Japan and China
China, France, Russia, UK and US
China, Germany, US, UK and Canada
6
In the first 40 years of the UN how many Peacekeeping operations occurred?
13
34
None
112
7
Who does the land in New York; the home of the UN, belong to?
USA
The UN Treasury
The People of New York
The Members of the UN
8
What "ignited a dream" for universal organisation?l
The League of Nations
The success of D'Day
The Great Depression
The Treaty of Versailles
9
Which is not an achievement of the UN?
Shipping 5 millions tonnes of food
Promoting independence of 80 nations
Purchasing 6.4 billion of goods and services
Providing aid to 75 million refugees
10
The world has fought how many wars in the last 60 years?
31-49
More than 50
Less than 10
11-30
11
Who commands UN peacekeeping operations?
The Chief of Armed Forces and USA
The General Assembly and Commissioner
The Secretary General and Security Council
The Secretary General and General Assembly
12
How large is the UN's army?
1.5 million
150,000
The UN has no army
more than 10 million represented by member nations
13
Other than military expenditure what area of those listed attracted most $$$ in 2008?
Providing clean safe water
Removing landmines
Providing clean safe energy
Preventing global warming
14
Which organ of the UN isn't based in New York?
The International Court
The Economic and Social Council
The Security Council
The General Assembly
15
SInce 1980 the UN has worked in countries like Bosnia, Cambodia and Sudan to address what?
Terrorism
Border Disputes
Voting Rights
Landmines
16
Which is not a main purpose of the UN?
To develop friendly relations between nations
To be a centre for helping nations achieve their goals
To keep peace in its members nations
To work together to support poor people live better lives
17
What is not a right of a child under the "Convention on the Rights of a Child"?
Education
Protection from violence
A name and nationality
A device with Facebook access
18
What happens when a country ignores the security council?
use of military force
All mentioned
arms and travel bans
Economic and Trade Sanctions
19
Which organ of the UN discusses world concerns?
International Court
Economic and Social Council
General Assembly
Security Council
20
Where does the International Court sit?
Germany
Netherlands
France
UK
21
How many founding members did the United Nations have?
48
51
54
50
22
The six main "PARTS" of the UN are referred to as?
Organs
Arms
Bodies
States
23
When did the UN formally come into existance?
23 August 1947
11 November 1945
14 September 1974
24 October 1945
24
The 24th October each year is known as?
United Members Day
Mr Hickman's Birthday
United Nations Day
End of World War 2
25
How many Nobel Peace Prizes has the UN received?
3
5
None
1
26
Which organ of the UN discusses world peace and security?
Economic and Social Council
General Assembly
Security Council
International Court
27
Where did the General Assembly first meet?
London
Tokyo
Paris
New York
28
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in?
1967
1948
1954
1945
29
What has the right to persecute individuals for genocide, war crimes & crimes against humanity?
Security Council
Human Protection Court
General Assembly
International Criminal Court
30
What event initiated the creation of the UN?
WW2
The Holocaust
D'day
WW1
31
The UN used "all necessary means", including military, in which of the following places ...
North Korea, Vietnam and Haiti
Pakistan, India and Nigeria
Indonesia, North Korea and China
Iraq, Somalia, East Timor
32
Who doe the UN represent?
All Countries
All People
All Members
All Political Systems
33
What event had the most influence on the development of the Declaration of Human Rights?
The Great Depression
The Holocaust
Berlin Wall
Atomic Bomb
34
In what year does the UN intend on achieving its 8 Millennium Goals?
2060
2030
2015
2050
35
The UN is funded by its members. Who are the 3 biggest $$$ contributors?
US, China and UK
US, Japan, Germany
US, France and Canada
China, Germany and France
36
Which organisation defends the rights of children?
ICAO
UNESCO
UNHCR
UNICEF
37
How many planets are believed to be required to sustain life without poverty?
4
7
9
2
38
Who is the Chief Officer of the UN?
Assembly Commissioner
General Assembly President
Secretary General
Chief Commissioner of the UN
39
As a result of UN assistance what ended in April 1994
Berlin Wall
Apartheid
Vietnam War
Cold War
40
Which is not true about the UN?
It makes international laws
It helps resolve international conflicts
It is not a world government
It formulates policies affecting all of us
41
As of 2008 how many members did the UN have?
125
192
74
204
42
Casting a negative vote in the 15 member security council by a "Big Five" member is known as ..
2/3 Majority
Right to Veto
Power of Big 5
Right to Reject
43
Who are the top 3 contributors of uniformed personnel?
Germany, Italy and UK
Pakistan, India and Bangladesh
Pakistan, Jordan and Ghana
US, France and Italy
44
Who provides low interest loans and grants to developing countries?
UN Development Programme
International Fund Organisation
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
45
What features in the UN emblem behind the target?
Peace Sign
Shapes of Countries
A Dove
Hand Shake
46
The title of the UN source was "Everything you XXXXX wanted to know about the UN"
Most
Really
Always
Definitely
47
Which organ of the UN hands down decisions on disputes?
General Assembly
Economic and Social Council
Security Council
International Court
48
The set of rules that guides the UN is called?
The Constitution of the UN
The Governance of the UN
The Charter of the UN
The Constitute of the UN
49
Which organ of the UN discusses issues such as trade and transport ?
General Assembly
Security Council
Economic and Social Council
International Court
50
Who received the only Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the UN?
Kofi Annan
Nelson Mandela
Ban-Ki Moon
Al Gore
51
In 2008 annual world military expenditure was closest too?
$800 Billion
$750 Million
$54 Billion
$234 Billion
