The United Nation Quizziz

1.      What principle guided India's participation in early UN conferences prior to independence?

•       India's status as an independent state recognized by the UN Declaration of 1942

•      Through a joint Indian-US effort to propose military tribunals at Nuremberg and Tokyo

What was crucial to establishing gender equality in the UN Charter?

•   It carries broader significance for interpreting the intellectual archaeology of that era

•    The lobbying efforts of the women's delegation led by Bertha Lutz of Brazil

•    Through a joint Indian-US effort to propose military tribunals at Nuremberg and Tokyo

When did India help pioneer innovations in international criminal law?

• Through a joint Indian-US effort to propose military tribunals at Nuremberg and Tokyo

•          The proliferation of consequential actors across many domains

•       As driven by the rising economic powers of China and India

What is the primary theme explored with respect to the foundations of the UN?

• The roles of non-Western nations and women in creating key documents

• The military contributions of Allied powers in defeating fascism

• The intellectual origins of concepts of egalitarianism and transnationalism

What is the primary driver of changes in global governance architecture?

• The decline of power of traditional multilateral institutions

• The emergence of new issue areas like climate change

• The persistence of ideological diversity among states

When does the text indicate the emerging world order defies characterization as a return to traditional models of international systems?

• When it highlights the severity of transnational threats

• When it notes influence is distributed beyond great powers to various public-private entities

• When introducing the concept of multipolarity

• When it asserts the continued relevance of ideological diversity

What is a pole in the context of describing models of international systems?

• An actor capable of producing order or disorder globally

• A transnational threat to global stability

• A traditional great power state

• An ideological perspective in global affairs

What does Barry Posen's definition of multipolarity emphasize?

• The persistence of ideological diversity between poles

• The relatively equal distribution of capabilities among three or more actors

• The cross-border influence of non-state poles

• The ability of poles to generate global disorder

What was Franklin D. Roosevelt's primary concern regarding post-war international order?

• Ending colonial domination and empowering national self-determination

  
  

• Establishing collective security and cooperation

  
  

• Democratizing international institutions and decision making

  
  

• Preventing the domination of weaker nations

  
  

When does the passage suggest the 'hundreds of millions of Asia and Africa' became more conscious of themselves and their destiny?

• With the establishment of the United Nations and proposals for a new world order

  
  

• After World War 2 ended and the full costs of the war were apparent

  
  

• As the war progressed and the defeat of fascist powers seemed less likely

  
  

• Following widespread decolonization movements in the 1950s and 1960s