What organ of the United Nations authorizes Peacekeeping Operations?
The Security Council
100
What does WHO stand for?
The World Health Organization
100
From what country was the first UN President of the General Assembly?
Belgium
100
The first non-administrative UN resolution (resolution 2) concerned which country?
Hint: This country still features in many UN resolutions today.
Iran
200
Which UN Member State has the lowest population density?
Mongolia
200
What was the first UN military force?
The United Nations Emergency Force (1956), authorized to oversee the transfer of the Suez Canal.
200
What does FAO stand for?
The Food and Agriculture Organization
200
In 1953, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit became the first female President of the United Nations General Assembly. Where was she from?
India
200
Security Council Resolution 1973, adopted in 2011, authorized international military intervention into the civil war raging in what country?
Libya
300
Which Member State has the highest Muslim population?
Indonesia
300
What country contributes the most funds to UN Peacekeeping Operations?
The United States (in 2016, they contributed 28% if the peacekeeping budget)
300
Which specialized agency has the mission "to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science and culture."
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
300
Which former UN President of the General Assembly was indicted in the United States in 2015 for bribery?
John Ashe
300
In what year was the first UN Security Council resolution (UNSC Resolution 1) passed?
1946
400
Which UN Permanent Observer State has the lowest birthrate?
The Holy See (Vatican City)
400
Who was the head of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations during the Rwandan Genocide?
Kofi Annan (who later went on to become the UN Secretary-General)
400
Which organ of the United Nations is responsible for overseeing the work of UN Specialized Agencies?
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
400
The current Deputy Secretary-General is also the former President of the General Assembly from Sweden. What is his name?
Jan Eliasson
400
Due to consistent vetoes by the USSR during the Korean War, the UN Security Council was unable to pass a resolution. To address this deadlock, the UN General Assembly passed resolution 377, otherwise known by what name?
"Uniting for Peace"
500
What UN Member State is smallest, in terms of area.
Monaco
500
How many UN Peacekeeping Missions, current and completed, have been undertaken in the history of the UN? (As of April 2016)
71
500
Where is the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) headquartered?
Vienna, Austria
500
How many Presidents of the General Assembly have come from the United States, Frances, United Kingdom, Russia, and China combined?
0 (P5 countries' representatives can't be elected as PGA or SG!)
500
Adopted in 1977, UN Security Council Resolution 418 imposed a mandatory international arms embargo on which country?