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Question 1

UN YEAR

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1945

Question 2

UN MEMBER

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193

Question 3

PRIOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS

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League of Nations

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How was League of Nations established

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Established in 1919 in Treaty of Versailles

Question 5

Why was there a League of Nations

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established to ensure international peace, security and cooperation between nations following the First World War.

Question 6

At its height, the League of Nations had

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58 members.

Question 7

________, its success waned as the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) gained influence, eventually leading to the start of World War II in 1939.

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In the 1930s

Question 8

In the 1930s, its success waned as the

gained influence, eventually leading to the start of World War II in 1939.

Answer 8

Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan)

Question 9

Axis Powers

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(Germany, Italy, and Japan)

Question 10

Start of WW2

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1939

Question 11

The name “United Nations,” coined by

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United States President, Franklin D. Roosevelt,

Question 12

The name “United Nations,” coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was first used in the

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“Declaration by United Nations” of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War,

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“Declaration by United Nations” of

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1 January 1942, during the Second World War,

Question 14

1 January 1942, during the

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Second World War,

Question 15

when representatives of _________ pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis powers.

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26 nations

Question 16

The UN was founded following the

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Second World War, in 1945 when the Nations were drafted at the UN Conference on International Organization in San Francisco, California.

Question 17

UN 6 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

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􏰀 Arabic 􏰀 Chinese 􏰀 English 􏰀 French 􏰀 Russian 􏰀 Spanish

Question 18

MAIN ORGANS OF UN

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􏰀 GeneralAssembly
􏰀 Security Council
􏰀 Economic and Social Council
􏰀 Trusteeship Council
􏰀 International Court of Justice
􏰀 UN Secretariat (un.org)

Question 19

General Assembly –

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is the main deliberative organ of the United Nations: all Member States are represented equally. In the Assembly, each nation, large or small, has one vote.

Question 20

Security Council –

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is responsible for maintaining peace and security. Unlike the General Assembly, the Security Council does not hold regular meetings.

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Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) –

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is the central body for coordinating the economic and social work of the United Nations and the UN System.

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Trusteeship Council –

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was assigned to supervise the administration of 11 Trust Territories—former colonies or dependent territories.

Question 23

International Court of Justice (ICJ) –

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is the UN’s main judicial organ. The ICJ, or “World Court”, assumed its functions in 1946.

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UN Secretariat –

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carries out the day-to-day work of the Organization. It is made up of an international staff working at UN Headquarters in New York, as well as UN main offices in Geneva, Nairobi, and Vienna. The Secretariat works with UN System offices all over the world.

Question 25

5 Role of UN

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1. Maintain International Peace and Security
2. Protect Human Rights
3. Deliver Humanitarian Aid
4. Promote Sustainable Development
5. Uphold International Law

Question 26

5 GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND THE UNITED NATIONS

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1. Knowledge Gap
2. Normative Gap
3. Policy Gap
4. Institutional Gap
5. Compliance Gap

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KNOWLEDGE GAP

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The United Nation can provide a platform wherein such phenomenon may be discussed, studied, and confronted so that new knowledge can be placed in the limelight, improved, and later on disseminated worldwide.

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NORMATIVE GAP

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defined ethically to mean a pattern of behavior that should be followed in accordance with a given value system.

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POLICY GAP

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Weiss and Thakur (2010) defined policy as an interlinked set of governing principles and goals and the agreed programs of action to implement those principles and achieve those goals.

Question 30

INSTITUTIONAL GAP

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resources allocated are not proportionate to the problem. This is applicable to the problems of most countries all over the world.

Question 31

COMPLIANCE GAP

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incentives that reward cooperation and disincentives that punish defection, including the use of force to bring those who have not complied back into line.