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*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 branches

*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

*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