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UNO came into existence in ______________________?
October 1945
March 1945
The Charter for the UNO was drawn up in ___________?
Los Angeles
Sans Francisco
Based on the proposals made at an earlier meeting between USSR, USA, China and Britain was held at ________________?
Dumbarton Oaks (USSR) in 1945
Dumbarton Oaks (USA) in 1944
When were the non-permanent members increased to 10?
In 1965
In 1966
Korean War took place from 1950 to...?
1953
1867
When did the People's Republic of China apply for UN membership?
In 1950
In 1934
In which order to these Secretary Generals come to position?
First to last: Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjold, U Thant
First to last: U Thant, Dag Hammarskjold, Trygve Lie
First to last: Dag Hammarskjold, U Thant, Trygve Lie
When did Britain accuse Albania of laying mines near the Greek island of Corfu?
In 1946
In 1947
When did Nicaragua sue USA for mining its harbors?
In 1989
In 1984
By which year did most mandates gain their independence?
By 1969
By 1970
When did the ICJ (International Court of Justice) ruled the South African occupation of Namibia as a breach of international law?
In 1956
In 1971
When did South Africa finally give up Namibia?
In 1909
In 1990
When was 90% of UN's expenditure used on ECOSOC?
In 1980
In 1978
ICJ took care of atrocities in ___________ and __________ in ___________ and _____________ respectively.
ICJ took care of atrocities in Rwanda and Bosnia in 1994 and 1995 respectively.
ICJ took care of atrocities in Bosnia and Rwanda in 1994 and 1995 respectively.
When did the trial of Slobodan Milosevic open?
In July 2001
In June 2002
Rome Statute of 1988?
False, this took place in 1998.
True, this took place in 1988.
ICC was formally inaugurated in ________?
In 2003
In 2004
Clinton administration signed the 1998 agreement, but Bush withdrew. In May 2002, the USA did not recognize it. But in _____, they had signed separate agreements with 37 states promising no US personnel would be handed over to ICC for trial.
June 2003
June 2001
How many members of the UNO today?
193
190
West New Guinea Crisis took place in _________, Palestine in _______________, Suez Canal in ____________, Hungarian Rising in __________, and Civil War took place in Congo in __________
West New Guinea Crisis took place in 1946, Palestine in 1947, Suez Canal in 1956, Hungarian Rising in 1965, and Civil War took place in Congo in 1961-5
West New Guinea Crisis took place in 1946, Palestine in 1947, Suez Canal in 1956, Hungarian Rising in 1956, and Civil War took place in Congo in 1960-4
Cyprus Crisis took place in _________, Kashmir in _________, Czechoslovakia in __________, and Civil War in Lebanon from ___ to ____.
Cyprus Crisis took place in 1964, Kashmir in 1948, Czechoslovakia in 1968, and Civil War in Lebanon from 1971 to 1979.
Cyprus Crisis took place in 1964, Kashmir in 1948, Czechoslovakia in 1968, and Civil War in Lebanon from 1975 to 1987.
Iran-Iraq War took place in ____________?
1980-1988
1988-1990
The Gulf War took place in ___________, and the Cambodia/Kampuchea incident took place in _____?
1991, 1975
1919, 1957
The 30-point Universal Declamation of Human Rights was take up by the General Assembly in ___________?
In 1967
In 1948
When did the International Labor Organization win the Nobel Peace Prize?
In 1979
In 1969
When was there a cholera epidemic in Egypt?
1947
When did a new strain of malaria develop?
In 1970
The UNO eliminated small pox during the
'90s
'80s
'60s
2 million/year people died as a result of __________ in __________
tuberculosis, March 1999
small pox, Feb 1989
tuberculosis, March 2000
When was the UN Global AIDs Fund set up to raise $10 billion / year?
In June 2001
In 1989, FAO statistics revealed that 29 million people died from hunger and 24 African states were heavily dependent on the UNO for emergency food supplies because of the drought.
UNESCO's International Hydrological Decade took place from __________ to __________
1965 - 75
1976 - 83
When did UNESCO come into criticism from Western powers on the basis that it was too politically motivated?
'70s
UNICEF was founded in
1978
1946
15 million people died under the age of give. Same year UNICEF launched it's: CHILD HEALTH REVOLUTION campaign. Which year did this take place?
In 1983
In 1988
UNRWA was set up in
1950
Thanks to the IMF...
in the mid-80s twenty third-world countries were in debt
in the mid-70s 3rd world countries in debt
When did the Czech and Poland withdraw from the IMF?
In 1950 and 1954 respectively
In 1954 and 1950 respectively
GATT first signed in _________ and in ____ 1995 it became WTO
1947, March
1947, Jan
UNCTAD conference first met in 19_ _
64
65
OCHA was set up in
1992
1991
OCHA's functions expanded in ____ to include co-ordination of responses to all humanitarian disaster and projects for human development
1997
1998
In _____, 200 million victims of natural disasters and 45 million victims of 'complex emergencies' received aid
2003
2002
Which event did two huge earthquakes occurred in the Indian Ocean?
Punching Day 2004
Boxing Day 2004
Halfway through _____________, aid worrkers reported that OCHA was extremely effective
Jan 2004
Jan 2005
