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| The United Nations was founded in what year? |
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| What are the six principal organs of the United Nations? |
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| General Assembly (GA), Security Council, Trusteeship Council, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), International Court of Justice (ICJ), Secretariat |
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| What does the acronym UNICEF stand for? |
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| United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund |
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| How many members belong to the United Nations, according to the book? |
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| 192 (With South Sudan being added in 2011, there are now 193 Member States) |
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| How is the Secretary General selected at the United Nations and how long the tenure of the Secretary General? |
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| The Secretary General is recommended by the Security Council (without any vetoes from the P-5) and then appointed by a vote of the General Assembly. The tenure of the Secretary General is five years. |
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| Name the three General Assembly committees discussed in the book and briefly descrive the areas of their responsibility. |
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General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament & International Security)
General Assembly Second Committee (Economic & Financial)
General Assembly Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Culture) |
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| What UN Member States currently make up the P-5? |
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| United States, Russian Federation, France, United Kingdom, People's Republic of China (PRC) |
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| How many Member States of the UN does it take for a resolution to pass in the UN Security Council? Describe the power of the veto in the Security Council. |
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| It takes a simple majority of the 15 members who form the Security Council and no negative votes by the P-5. A negative vote by one of the P-5 results in the automatic failure of the draft resolution or action being voted on in the Security Council. |
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| How many UN Peacekeeping operations are in effect, globally, as of 31 December 2011? |
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| What UN body replaced the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) in 2006? |
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| How many UN Member States make up the ECOSOC? How are the UN Member States who serve in ECOSOC selected? How long are their terms? |
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| 54 UN Member States make up the ECOSOC and the ECOSOC membership is selected by the General Assembly. Each UN Member States selected for the ECOSOC serves a three-year term. |
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| Name four of the functional commissions of ECOSOC (full names). |
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Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Commission on Population and Development
Commission on Science and Technology for Development
Commission for Social Development
Commission on the Status of Women
Commission on Sustainable Development
Statistical Commission
United Nations Forum on Forests |
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| Name the five ECOSOC Regional Commissions (full names). |
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Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) |
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| How was the UN Security Council resolution authorizing military intervention in the Korean peninsula adopted in June 1950? |
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| The Soviet Union was absent during the vote because they were boycotting the Security Council to protest the inclusion of the Republic of China (Taiwan) as the Chinese representative at the United Nations. Their absence kept them from vetoing the draft resolution. |
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| Describe the United for Peace resolution (UN General Assembly resolution 377, November 3, 1950). |
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| It authorizes the General Assembly to declare a special session to deal with grave issues of international peace and security when the Security Council is deadlocked on the issue and no action is being taken by the Security Council. |
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| What is the target date for the Millennium Development Goals? |
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| What percentage of countries are in the developing world? |
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| What treaty created the ICC? |
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| What former First Lady of the US was instrumental in forming the UN ECOSOC and in the drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)? |
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| What year did the HKJ join the UN as a Member State? |
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