The UN

Question 1

When was the UN set up?

Answer 1

1945

Question 2

How many nations are in the UN?

Answer 2

193

Question 3

What was on the UN Charter?

Answer 3

To develop friendly relations between nations
To maintain global peace and security
To use cooperation to solve international problems
To bring countries together to settle disputes

Question 4

How has the UN created growth?

Answer 4

Millennium Development Goals e.g. reduced number of people in poverty, reduced child mortality rates (Burkina Faso has the highest rate)
In 2015, they set up new plans for 2030 to maintain growth

Question 5

Examples of how the UN has granted stability?

Answer 5

Peacekeeping forces
Democratic elections in Ivory Coast in 2015

Question 6

What are the drawbacks of the UN?

Answer 6

Developed countries have the most say with no African nation having a permanent seat on the security council
At times they have been ineffective such as the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 which saw 8,000 killed