United_Nations_Organisation
*The name UNO was suggested by
Ans : F. D. Roosevelt
*UNO was formally came into existence on
Ans : October 24,1945
*UN day is observed on
Ans : October 24
*Headquarters of UNO
Ans : Manhattan (New York)
*The main aim of UNO
Ans : Peace and Human dignity
*Motto of UNO
Ans : It's Your World
*UN Flag was adopted on
Ans : October 20, 1947
*Colour of UN Flag
Ans : Light Blue
*Design of UN Flag
Ans : World map surrounded by two olive branche
*UN Emblem was designed by
Ans : Donal McLaughlin
*The Secretary General of the UN is elected by the General assembly on recommendation of the
Ans : Security Council
*The only body in which all UN members are represented
Ans: General Assembly
*First General meeting of UNO was held in
Ans : London(1946)
*The largest subsidiary body of UNO
Ans : Economic and Social Council
*The Constitution of the United Nations Organisation
Ans : UN Charter
*The Preamble of the UN was prepared by
Ans : Field Marshal Smuts
*UN Charter was signed on
Ans : June 26,1945
*The meeting in which the UN Charter was signed
Ans : San Francisco
*UN Charter came into force on
Ans : October 24,1945
*The number of countries signed in the UN Charter in its first phase
Ans : 50
*India signed in the UN Charter on
Ans : October 30,1945
*The Indian representative to sign in the UN Charter
Ans : Ramaswamy Muthaliyar
*51st country to sign in UN Charter
Ans : Poland
*The executive body of the United Nations
Ans : Security Council
*The five permanent members of UNO
Ans : China, France, Russia, Britain and USA
*Human Rights Declaration made by UNO on
Ans : December 10,1948
*Human Rights Day is observed on
Ans : December 10
*Number of official languages of UNO
Ans : 6
*Official Languages of UNO
Ans : English, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabic and Spanish Working Languages of UNO English and French
*The 6th Language Arabic was preferred as the Official Language of UN in
Ans : 1973
*UN Celebrated its Golden Jubilee in
Ans : 1995
*European headquarters of UN
Ans : Geneva
*Asian and European countries which are not the members of UN
Ans : Taiwan and Vatican respectively
*Number of representatives on the commencement of UNO
Ans : 51
*The Secretary General of UN is elected by the General Assembly on the recommendation of
Ans : Security Council
*First Secretary General of UNO
Ans : Trygve Lie
*The present and 9th Secretary General of UN
Ans : Antonio Guterres
*Antonio Guterres belongs to
Ans : Portugal
*The UN Library is known as
Ans : Hammarskjold Library
*First person who received Nobel prize posthumously in 1961
Ans : Dag Hammarskjold
*The organisation of UN dedicated exclusively to children
Ans : UNICEF
*Total membership of UNO at present
Ans : 193
*190th member of UNO
Ans : .Switzerland
*191st member of UNO
Ans : East Timor
*192nd member of UNO
Ans : Montenegro
*193rd member of UNO
Ans : South Sweden
*The smallest UN member in terms of population
Ans : Nauru
*The smallest UN member in terms of area
Ans : Monaco
*The UN Library is located in
Ans : Newyork
*The UN University Is located in
Ans : Tokyo
*The UN Peace University is located in
Ans : Costa Rica
*UN Women was formed on
Ans : July 2,2010
*UN Women became operational in
Ans : January 2011
*Headquarters of UN Women
Ans : New York
*First Indian to become the President of UN General Assembly
Ans : Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1953)
*The General Assembly meeting is described as
Ans : 'Town meeting of the world'
*The United Nations Inter regional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) is located at
Ans : Turin (Italy)
*The Trusteeship Council was suspended in operation on
Ans : November 1,1994 (with the independence of Palau)
UN ORGANS
*Sixth Organ of UNO
Ans : The Trusteeship Council
THE MAIN ORGANS OF UNO ARE
*The General Assembly
Ans : New York
*The Security Council
Ans : New York
*The Economic and Social Council
Ans : New York
*International Court of Justice
Ans : Hague
*The Secretariat
Ans : New York
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
*Only body of UN in which every member of the organization is represented and allowed to vote
Ans : General Assembly
*The role General Assembly
Ans : To discuss issues and make recommendations
*The majority required for implementing a decision in UN General Assembly
Ans : Two third
*The organ of UN known as World Parliament
Ans : General Assembly
* The UN General Assembly is presided over by
Ans : Secretary General
*First President of UN General Assembly
Ans : Paul Henri Spaak
*The term of President and Vice President of UN General Assembly
Ans : 1 year
*Number of major committees of UN General Assembly
Ans : Seven
*Number of representatives to UN General Assembly by a member country
Ans : Five
* Present Deputy Secretary General of UN
Ans : Amina Mohammed(Nigeria)
THE SECURITY COUNCIL
*The main objective of UN Security Council
Ans : World Peace
*Number of member countries in UN Security Council
Ans : Fifteen
*Number of permanent members in UN Security Council
Ans : 5
*Number of temporary members in UN Security Council
Ans : 10
*The term of temporary members in UN Security Council
Ans : 2
*Permanent members in UN Security Council are otherwise known as
Ans : P-5 Countries
*Permanent members are
* China
* France
* Russia
* Britain
* USA
*The power of five Permanent Members of UN Security Council to prevent the adoption of any "substantive" resolution
Ans : Veto Power
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
*Number of member countries in the Economic and Social Council
Ans : 54
*The term of members of Economic and Social Council
Ans : Three years(1/3 members retire each year)
*Main objective of Economic and Social Council
Ans : To implement the economic and social values
*The operations of World Health Organization (WHO) and UNESCO were controlled by
Ans : Economic and Social Council
*Number of Commissions working under Economic and Social Council
Ans : Twelve
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF USTICE (ICJ)
*The only organisation of UN which has the headquarters outside New York
Ans : ICJ
*Headquarters of IG
Ans : Hague (Netherland)
*The International Court of Justice is composed of
Ans : 15 judges
*The term of Judges in the International Court of Justice
Ans : Nine Years
*The clients of International court of justice
Ans : Member Countries
*Working languages of International Court of Justice
Ans : English and French
*Indians who became the judges of ICJ are
Ans : B.N. Rao
Justice Nagendar Singh
Justice R.S. Pathak
Dalveer Bhandari
*First Indian to become the judge of ICJ
Ans : B.N.Rao
*ICJ was established in
Ans : 1945
UNO
*First Indian to become the President of ICJ
Ans : Justice Nagendar Singh
*The Indian Judge who was nominated to ICJ in 2012
Ans : Dalveer Bhandari
SECRETARIAT
*The main objective of the UN Secretariat
Ans : To carry on the UN daily rules
*The administrative centre of UN
Ans : Secretariat
*The principal head of the Secretariat Secretary General First Civil Servant in the World Secretary General The person known as the arbitrator of the world
Ans : Secretary General
*The official term of Secretary General
Ans : Five years
*First Deputy Secretary General
Ans : Louise Frechette
SECERATARY GENERALS
*First European - Trygve Lie
*First AsIan - Yu-tant
*First African -Dr. Butros Gali
*Died in Harness - Dag Hammerskjoeld
*Resigned first - Trygve Lie
*Got Nobel prize - Dag Hammarskjoeld (1961) Koffe Annan (2001)
*Present - Antonio Guterres
SPECIAL AGENCIES OF UNO INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO)
*Headquarters
Ans : Geneva
*ILO was formed in
Ans : 1919
*Number of member countries
Ans : 187
*The motto of ILO
Ans : If you desire peace,cultivate justice
*First Special Agency of UNO
Ans : ILO
*ILO became the Special Agency of UNO in
Ans : 1946
*ILO got Nobel Prize for Peace in
Ans : 1969
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION (FAO)
*Headquarters
Ans : Rome
*FAO was formed on
Ans : October 16,1945
*Number of member countries
Ans : 194
*Motto
Ans : 'Let there be bread'
*First agency of UN formed after second world war
Ans : FAO
*World Food day is observed on
Ans : October 16
*The UN member country which is not a member of the FAO
Ans : Liechtenstein
THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION (UNESCO)
*Formed on
Ans : November 16,1945
*Headquarters
Ans : Paris
*Number of member countries
Ans : 195
*Motto
Ans : "We must construct the defenses of peace in the minds of women and men"
*The Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation of UNO
Ans : UNESCO
*The International organisation which prepares World Heritage List
Ans : UNESCO
*The Kalinga Prize is given by
Ans : UNESCO
*Kalinga Prize was instituted in
Ans : 1952
*The Indian Chief Minister who took initiative to start Kalinga Prize
Ans : Biju Patnaik
*First awardee of Kalinga Prize
Ans : Louis De Broglie
*First Indian to receive Kalinga Prize
Ans : Jagajith Singh
*The Biosphere Reserve which became the part of UNESCO heritage list in 2016
Ans : Agasthyamala
*The temple in Kerala which won the UNESCO Excellence Award in 2015
Ans : Vadakkumnathan Temple
MAJOR CENTRES IN INDIA WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST OF UNESCO IN 2016
*Kanchenjunga National Park(Sikkim)
*Capitol Complex(Chandigarh)
*Nalanda Mahavihara(Bihar)
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO)
*World health day
Ans : April 7 (Formation day of WHO)
*The publication of WHO
Ans : World Health Report
*The Indian woman who was the President of WHO
Ans : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
*First woman Director General of WHO
Ans : Gro Harlem Bundtland
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)
*Headquarters
Ans : Vienna
*IAEA was formed on
Ans : July 29,1957
*Number of member countries
Ans : 168
*Motto
Ans : 'Atom for Peace'
*To implement the use of nuclear weapons for peace settlements is the main objective of
Ans : IAEA
*IAEA got the Nobel Prize for Peace in
Ans : 2005
*First President of IAEA
Ans : W. Sterling Cole
*168th Member country of IAEA
Ans : Turkmenistan
*The safe guard office of IAEA is located at
Ans : Tokyo (Japan) and Toronto (Canada)
THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY FUND (UNICEF)
*Headguarters
Ans : New York
*UNICEF was formed on
Ans : December 11,1946
*Number of member countries
Ans : 193
*To provide long-term humanitarian and development assistance to children and mothers in developing countries is the main objective of
Ans : UNICEF
*The special agency of UNICEF for the welfare of children
Ans : UNICEF
*UNICEF was declared 'as the permanent agency of UN in
Ans : 1953
*UNICEF got Nobel prize for peace in
Ans : 1965
* The global goodwill ambassador of UNICEF in 2016
Ans : Priyanka Chopra
*The goodwill ambassador of UNICEF in 2017
Ans : Shahrukh Khan
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR)
*Headquarters
Ans : Geneva
*UNHCR was formed on
Ans : December 14,1950
*Number of Member countries in UNHCR
Ans : 120
*To protect and support refugees is the main objective of
Ans : UNHCR
*UNHCR observes World Refugee day on
Ans : June 20
*UNHCR declared World Refugee Year during
Ans : 1959 - 1960
*UNHCR got Nobel prizes for Peace in
Ans : 1954 and 1981
WORLD BANK
*Headquarters
Ans : Washington DC
*World Bank was formed on
Ans : December 27,1945
*Motto of World Bank
Ans : Working for a world free of poverty
*World's largest Bank
Ans : World Bank
*To provide financial assistance to poor and developed countries is the main objective of
Ans : World Bank
WORLD BANK CONSIST OF FIVE INSTITUTIONS
*The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
*The International Development Association (IDA)
* International Financial Corporation (IFC)
* Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
*International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
*It has 189 members in IBRD and 173 members in
Ans : IDA
*First president of World Bank
Ans : Eugene Meyer
*World Bank President is nominated by
Ans : American President
*First country to avail loan from the World bank
Ans : France
* The Bank which is associated with the term Third Window'
Ans : World Bank
* World Development Report (WDR) is published by
Ans : World bank
*World Development Report is published since
Ans : 1978
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
* Headquarters
Ans : Washington DC
*Formed on
Ans : December 27,1945
*Became operational on
Ans : March 1,1947
*Member Countries
Ans : 189
* IMF Director will be from the continent of
Ans : Europe
*Special Drawing Rights (SDR) is issued by
Ans : IMF
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*Indians who attended, in the Bretton woods Conference
Ans : R.K.Shanmugham Chetty and C.D.Deshmukh
*First woman to become the Managing Director of IMF
Ans : Christine Lagarde
*The world famous Economist who participated in the meeting for the formation of IMF
Ans : Irving Fisher
*To secure financial stability, facilitate, International trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty around the world are the main objectives of
Ans : IMF
WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO)
*Headquarters
Ans : Geneva
*WMO was formed in
Ans : 1950
*Number of member countries
Ans : 191
*The UN Agency which studies the world climate and other atmospheric phenomena
Ans : WMO
*The predecessor of WMO
Ans : International Meteorological Organization (IMO)
*International Meteorological Organization was founded in
Ans : 1873
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU)
*Headquarters
Ans : Geneva
*ITU was formed on
Ans : May 17/1865
*A specialized agency of the United Nations that is responsible for issues that concern information and communication technologies
Ans : ITU
*May 17
Ans : World Telecommunication Day
*November 21
Ans : World Television Day
UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (UNCHR)
* Headquarters
* Geneva
* UNCHR was formed in
* 1946
*UNCHR became the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in
Ans : 2006
*UN General Assembly passed the Human Rights Resolution on
Ans : December 10,1948
*International Human Rights Day is observed on
Ans : December 10
*The architect of UN Human Rights Proclamation
Ans : John Peters Humphrey
*The American President who described the Human Rights proclamation as the International Magna Carta of all mankind
Ans : Franklin.D.Roosevelt
*UN started to observe Human Rights Day since
Ans : 1950
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD)
*Headquarters
Ans : Geneva
*UNCTAD was formed in
Ans : 1964
*Member Countries
Ans : 194
*First meeting of UNCTAD was held in
Ans : 1964 (Geneva)
*Second meeting of UNCTAD was held in
Ans : 1968 (New Delhi)
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION(WIPO)
*Headquarters
Ans : Geneva
*WIPO was formed in
Ans : 1967
*Member Countries
Ans : 189
*WIPO became the special agency of UNO in
Ans : 1974
*Intellectual Property Day is observed on
Ans : April 26
*Second meeting of UNCTAD was held in
Ans : 1968 (New Delhi)
*To encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world is the main objective of
Ans : WIPO
WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION (WTO)
*Headquarters
Ans : Geneva
*WTO was formed on
Ans : January 1,1995
*Member Countries
Ans : 164
*Official languages
Ans : English, French, Spanish
*The predecessor of WTO
Ans : GATT
(General Agreement on-Tariffs and Trade)
*The agreement signed by 123 nations on 15 April 1994 for replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Ans : Marrakesh Agreement
*GATT came into effect on
Ans : January 1,1948
*India became the member of WTO on
Ans : January 1,1995
*161st Member country of WTO
Ans : Seychelles
*162nd Member country of WTO
Ans : Kazakhstan
*163rd Member country of WTO
Ans : Liberia
*164th Member country of WTO
Ans : Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME (UNEP)
*Headquarters
Ans : Nairobi
*Formed on
Ans : June 5,1972
*Slogan
Ans : Environment for Development
*The UN Agency to coordinate its environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices
Ans : UNEP
*The message of 2016 World Environment Day
Ans : 'Go Wild For Life'
COMMON WEALTH
*Headquarters
Ans : Marlborough House (London)
*Came into effect in
Ans : 1931
*Member countries
Ans : 53
*53rd member country
Ans : Rwanda
*Countries left from the Commonwealth Nations
Ans : Ireland, Zimbabwe
*The meeting which caused the formation of Commonwealth Nations
Ans : Imperial Meeting
*Imperial Meeting was held in
Ans : 1926
*Former name of Commonwealth
Ans : British Commonwealth
*The symbolic head of Commonwealth
Ans : British King or Queen
*Commonwealth Secretariat came into effect in
Ans : 1965
*The head of the Commonwealth Secretariat
Ans : Secretary
*First Secretary of the Commonwealth
Ans : Arnold Smith
*First Indian to become the Secretary of Commonwealth
Ans : Kamalesh Sharma
*The meeting of Commonwealth heads is known as
Ans : CHOGM
*CHOGM
Ans : Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
*First CHOGM meeting was held in
Ans : 1971 (Singapore)
*CHOGM meeting in India was held at
Ans : Goa(1983)
*The member countries in Commonwealth which were not the colonies of Britain
Ans : Rwanda, Mozambique
*Indian State in which the Commonwealth cemetery is situated
Ans : Manipur
*Largest country in Commonwealth Nation in terms of area
Ans : Canada
*Most populated Commonwealth Country
Ans : India
COMMON WEALTH GAMES
*International Commonwealth sport event which is attended by member “Countries ”
Ans : Commonwealth Games
*Father of Commonwealth Games
Ans : Ashley Cooper.
*Motto of Commonwealth Games
Ans : Humanity, Equality, Destiny
*First Commonwealth Games was held in
Ans : Hamilton (Canada; 1730)
*Number of member countries participated in the first Commonwealth games
Ans : 11
NON - ALIGNED MOVEMENT(NAM)
*The Conference which caused the
formation of NAM
Ans : Bandung Conference (Indonesia)
* Bandung Conference was held in
Ans : 1955
* The idea of NAM was proposed by
Ans : V.K. Krishna Menon
* NAM was formed in
Ans : 1961
*First meeting of NAM was held in
Ans : Belgrade (1961)
*The basics of NAM
Ans : Panchasheel Agreement
*The leaders who took initiative to the formation of NAM
Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru,Marshal Tito (President, Yugoslavia)Gamal Abdul Nazar (President, Egypt)
*NAM doesn't have a permanent headquarters
*The number of countries which took part in the first meeting of NAM
Ans : 25
*First Indian to become the Secretary General of NAM
Ans : Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
*The related agency of NAM
Ans : AFRICA Fund
*Action for Resisting Invasion Colonialisation and Apartheid First Chairman of AFRICA Fund
Ans : Rajiv Gandhi
SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL CO-OPERATION (SAARC)
*Headquarters
Ans : Kathmandu (Nepal)
*Founded on
Ans : December 8,1985 (Dhaka)
*Member countries
Ans : 8
*Member countries
Ans : Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, India, Maldives, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka
*Last member
Ans : Afghanistan (2007)
*The idea of SAARC was put forward by -
Ans : Zia-Ur - Rahman(Bangladesh President)
*The summit which decided to form SAARC
Ans : Dhaka Summit (1985)
*First Chairman of SAARC
Ans : H.M.Ershad
*First General Secretary of SAARC
Ans : Abdul Ahzar
*The idea of SAARC was put forward by
Ans : Zia-Ur-Rahman(Bangladesh President)
*Largest regional intergovernmental organization
Ans : SAARC
*SAARC summits in India were held in
Ans : 1986; 1995 and 2007
*SAARC University is situated at
Ans : New Delhi
*Cultural capital of SAARC in 2017
Ans : Dhaka
* Largest member country in SAARC
Ans : India
*Smallest member country in SAARC
Ans : Maldives
*SAARC Agricultural Centre
Ans : Dhaka
*SAARC Meteorological Research Centre
Ans : Dhaka
*SAARC Forestry Centre
Ans : Thimbu
*SAARC Development Fund
Ans : Thimbu
*SAARC Documentation Centre
Ans : New Delhi
*SAARC Disaster Management Centre
Ans : New Delhi
*SAARC Coastal Management Centre
Ans : Male
*SAARC Information Centre
Ans : Kathmandu
* SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre
Ans : Kathmandu
*SAARC Human Resources and Development Centre
Ans : Islamabad
*SAARC Energy Centre
Ans : Islamabad
*SAARC Cultural Centre
Ans : Islamabad
DESIGNATED SAARC YEARS
*1989 - SAARC Year of Combating Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking
*1990 - SAARC Year of Girl Child
*1991- SAARC Year of Shelter
*1992 - SAARC Year of Environment
*1993 - SAARC Year of Disabled Persons
*1994 - SAARC Year of the Youth
*1995 - SAARC Year of Poverty Eradication
*1996 - SAARC Year of Literacy
*1997 - SAARC Year of Participatory Governance
*1999 - SAARC Year of Biodiversity Biodiversity
*2002-2003 - SAARC Year of Contribution of Youth to Environment
*2004 - SAARC Awareness Year for TB and HIV/AIDS
*2005 - South Asia Tourism Year
SAARC DECADES
*1991-2000
Ans : SAARC Decade of the Girl Child
*2001-2010
Ans : SAARC Decade of the Rights of the Child
* 2006-2015
Ans : Poverty Eradication
*2010-2020
Ans : Intra Regional Connectivity
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