United Nations

How many members of the Security Council are there?

• 14

• 15

• 16

• 17

The World Health Organization lies under which U.N. section?

• Security Council

• Economic and Social Council

• General Assembly

• International Court

Who are the 5 permanent members of the Security Council?

• United States, Germany, Russia, China and the United Kingdom

• United States, France, Japan, China and the United Kingdom

• United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom

• United States, Russia, China, Canada and the United Kingdom

Body of the United Nations where all member nations participate.

• Economic and Social Council

• DISEC

• General Assembly

• Security Council

What key ideas does Kennedy express about the United Nations in his “Inaugural Address”? Choose two options.

• The United Nations has little real power.

• The United Nations must become a more up-to-date body.

• The United Nations has the full support of the United States.

• The United Nations must be given control of all nuclear weapons.

• The United Nations has the greatest potential for protecting peace.

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The conference organized by the UN General Assembly aimed at transforming the domination

• people over nature.

• men over women.

• rich over the poor.

• all of the above.

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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is under which body of the United Nations?

• General Assembly

• ECOSOC

• Security Council

• International Court

After what global event was the UN created?

• Cold War

• World War I

• World War II

• Russian Revolution

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Why were the 5 permanent members of the Security Council granted veto power?

• Because they created the UN and therefore have sovereignty over all countries

• Because they have had the strongest economies and democracies since 1945

• Because they had an important role in WWII

• They don't; veto power rotates annually

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Under what document is the Statute of the International Court of Justice annexed?

• The UN Charter

• Annual Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization

• The Constitution of the International Refugee Organization

• None