1. When was UNO formed ?
2. Mention the organs of the UNO.
3. Which body of UNO works as World Parliament ?
4. Name the permanent members of the Security Council.
5. What is Veto power ?
6. Why was the Trusteeship of Council established ?
7. Who elects the judges of the International Court of Justice ?
8. Who is the Secretary General of the UNO?
9. Name any four specialised agencies of the UNO.
10. Name an agency of UNO which cares for the children.
11. Mention the official languages of the UNO.
12. Where are the headquarters of UNO and International Court of Justice ?
13. Explain the following: UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO
14. When was the League of Nations formed ?
Answers
1) 24 th October ,1945
2) The main organs of the UN are the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the UN Secretariat. All were established in 1945 when the UN was founded.
3) The General Assembly
4) The Security Council has five permanent members—China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States—collectively known as the P5. Any one of them can veto a resolution. The council's ten elected members, which serve two-year, nonconsecutive terms, are not afforded veto power.
5) A veto (Latin for "I forbid") is the power (used by an officer of the state, for example) to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation.
6) The Trusteeship Council, one of the main organs of the UN, was established to supervise the administration of trust territories as they transitioned from colonies to sovereign nations.
7) United Nations General Assembly.
8) António Guterres.
9) Specialized Agencies of the United Nations
Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Rome. ...
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) - Montreal. ...
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) - Rome. ...
International Labour Organization (ILO) - Geneva. ...
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Washington, DC.
10) UNICEF, also known as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.
11) There are six official languages of the UN. These are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
12) New York, United states
13) KABUL, 18 September 2008, - As the International Day of Peace, 21 September, approaches The World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) are calling on all parties to the conflict to take a pause on the International Day of Peace to allow safe access for vaccinators to carry out polio immunization - a life saving activity. The sanctity of schools must be respected, the lives of students and teachers must be protected, and the schools must not be used by any parties to the conflict for operations or political reasons.
14) 10 January 1920.