International Organisations

Question 1

United Nations’ logo Signifies -

Answer 1

The emblem has a world map
with olive branches around it, signifying world peace.

Question 2

ineffectiveness of the United Nations Organisation,
usually referred to as the UN, in

Answer 2

lebonon crisi 2006

Question 3

“The United Nations was not
created to take humanity to
heaven, but to save it from hell.”
who said this -

Answer 3

Dag Hammarskjold, the UN’s
second Secretary-General.

Question 4

“Talking shop? Yes, there are
a lot of speeches and meetings at
the U.N., especially during the
annual sessions of the General
Assembly. But as Churchill put it,
jaw-jaw is better than war-war.
Isn’t it better to have one place
where all… countries in the world
can get together, bore each other
sometimes with their words rather
than bore holes into each other on
the battlefield?” —

Answer 4

— Shashi Tharoor,
the former UN Under-SecretaryGeneral for Communications and
Public Information.

Question 5

Signing of the Atlantic Charter by the US President
Franklin D. Roosevelt and British PM Winston S. Churchill

Answer 5

1941, august

Question 6

26 Allied nations fighting against the Axis
Powers meet in washington DC to support the Atlantic
Charter and sign the ‘Declaration by United Nations’

Answer 6

1942 jan

Question 7

Tehran Conference Declaration of the
Three Powers (US, Britain and Soviet Union)

Answer 7

1943 DEC

Question 8

Yalta Conference of the ‘Big Three’
(Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin) decides to organise a United
Nations conference on the proposed world organisation

Answer 8

1945,FEB

Question 9

The 2-month long United Nations Conference on
International Organisation at San Francisco

Answer 9

1945 - [april and may]

Question 10

Signing of the UN Charter by 50 nations
(Poland signed on October 15; so the UN has 51 original
founding members)

Answer 10

26 june 1945

Question 11

: the UN was founded (hence October 24 is
celebrated as UN Day

Answer 11

1945 October 24

Question 12

India joins the UN

Answer 12

1945 October 30

Question 13

league of nation was born but could not prevent second world war in

The UN was founded as a
successor to the League of
Nations.

Answer 13

(1939-45).

Question 14

By ………… the UN had 192
member states. These includeed
almost all independent states. In
the UN General Assembly, all
members have one vote each.

Answer 14

2006

have five permnent members includes -the United States, Russia, the
United Kingdom, France and
China.

Question 15

is the first Asian to hold
the post since 1971 - as UN SECRETARY

Answer 15

• Ban Ki-Moon from South Korea.
• He is the eighth Secretary-General
  of the UN.
• Took office in 1 January
  2007.

Question 16

Present IN SECRETARY

Answer 16

António Guterres, who has been serving as the secretary-general of the United Nations since 1 January 2017

Question 17

PRINCIPAL ORGANS OF UN -

Answer 17

The UNO has six principal organs:
The General Assembly (GA):
The Security Council (SC):
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC):
The International Court of Justice (ICJ)
The Secretariat

Question 18

REFORMS IN UN

Answer 18

• reform of the
  organisation’s structures and
  processes.
• review of the
  issues that fall within the
  jurisdiction of the organisation.

there are proposals to increase
membership from Asia, Africa and
South America. Beyond this, the
US and other Western countries
want improvements in the UN’s
budgetary procedures and its
administration.

Question 19

. In 1992, the UN
General Assembly adopted a
resolution. The resolution
reflected three main complaints:

Answer 19

1. The Security Council no longer
   represents contemporary
   political realities.
2. Its decisions reflect only
   Western values and interests
   and are dominated by a few
   powers.
3. It lacks equitable representation.

Question 20

WHEN DID INQUIRY STARTED IN ORDER TO - THREE COMPLAINTS OF 1992 RESOLUTION

Answer 20

restructuring of
the UN, on 1 January 1997, the
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Question 21

. A new member,
it has been suggested, should be:

Answer 21

• A major economic power
• A major military power
• A substantial contributor to
  the UN budget
• A big nation in terms of its
  population
• A nation that respects
  democracy and human rights
• A country that would
  make the Council more
  representative of the world’s
  diversity in terms of
  geography, economic systems,
  and culture.

Question 22

ACTION TAKEN IN - 2005 UN ANNIVERSARY

Answer 22

• Establishment of a Human
  Rights Council (operational
  since 19 June 2006)
• Creation of a Democracy Fund
• An agreement to wind up the
  Trusteeship Council - 2005
• Creation of a Peacebuilding
  Commission

Question 23

membership of the UN
Security Council was expanded
from 11 to 15 in

Answer 23

1965

Question 24

SUPORT INDIA - A PERMANENT MEMBER

Answer 24

Brazil,
Germany, Japan, perhaps even
South Africa.
G4 [BRAZIL GERMANY JAPAN AND INDIA ]

** US is
considerable. As the single largest
contributor to the UN, the US has
unmatched financial power**

Question 25

Human Rights Watch

Answer 25

international NGO involved in research and advocacy on human rights. It is the **largest international human rights organisation in the US.** ## Footnote *It draws the global media’s attention to human rights abuses*

Question 26

Amnesty International

Answer 26

* Amnesty International is an NGO that campaigns for the protection of human rights all over the world. * Governments are not always happy with these reports since a major focus of Amnesty is the misconduct of government authorities.

Question 27

IAEA The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Answer 27

* 1957 * US President Dwight Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” proposal.

Question 28

The World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Answer 28

* This organisation was set up in **1995 as the successor to the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT)** created after the Second World War. * **150 members** * US, EU and Japan have managed to use the WTO to frame rules of trade to advance their own interests.

Question 29

World Bank

Answer 29

* 1945 * It provides loans and grants to the member-countries * focused on the developing countries.

Question 30

Trygve Lie(1946-1952)

Answer 30

Norway; lawyer and foreign minister; worked for ceasefire between India and Pakistan on Kashmir;

Question 31

Dag Hammarskjöld(1953-1961)

Answer 31

**Sweden;** **Economist** and **lawyer**; worked for resolving the **Suez Canal dispute** and the decolonisation of Africa; awarded** Nobel Peace Prize posthumously in 1961**

Question 32

U Thant(1961-1971)

Answer 32

Burma (Myanmar); teacher and diplomat; **established the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus**

Question 33

Kurt Waldheim(1972-1981)

Answer 33

Austria; diplomat and foreign minister; **oversaw the relief operation in Bangladesh; China blocked his bid for a third term**

Question 34

Javier Perez de Cuellar(1982-1991)

Answer 34

* Peru; lawyer and diplomat; * **worked for peace in Cyprus, Afghanistan and El Salvador; mediated between Britain and Argentina after the Falklands War** * negotiated for the **independence of Namibia.**

Question 35

Boutros Boutros-Ghali(1992-1996)

Answer 35

* Egypt; diplomat, jurist, foreign minister; issued a report, **An Agenda for Peace; ** * UN operation in Mozambique; blamed for the UN failures in Bosnia, Somalia and Rwanda. * US blocked a second term for him

Question 36

Kofi A. Annan (1997-2006) Ghana

Answer 36

UN official; created the **Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria** * US-led invasion of Iraq as an illegal act * Human Rights Council in 2005; awarded the **2001 Nobel Peace Prize**