UN Basics
This international organization is commonly abbreviated as the UN
What is the United Nations?
This UN agency works to protect children's rights and improve their well-being
What is UNICEF?
This color is commonly associated with the helmets and berets worn by UN peacekeepers
What is blue?
This basic human right allows people to share opinions and ideas without unjustified restrictions
What is freedom of expression?
This is the number of permanent members on the UN Security Council
What are five?
This is the year the United Nations was founded
What is 1945?
This UN specialized agency leads international efforts to improve public health
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
These UN personnel are deployed to conflict areas to help maintain peace and protect civilians when authorized
What are peacekeepers?
This term describes a situation in which all people have reliable access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food
What is food security?
These are the six official languages of the United Nations
What are Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian, and Spanish?
This city is home to the UN's main headquarters
What is New York City?
This UN agency helps protect and support refugees who have been forced to flee their homes
What is the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)?
This UN organ has primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security
What is the Security Council?
This is the number of Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the UN in 2015
What are 17?
This Swiss city hosts one of the UN's major offices outside its New York headquarters
What is Geneva?
This is the number of member states in the United Nations
What is 193?
This UN specialized agency focuses on education, science, and culture
What is UNESCO?
These 1949 international agreements establish important rules for protecting people during armed conflict
What are the Geneva Conventions?
This 1989 international treaty specifically protects the rights of children
What is the Convention on the Rights of the Child?
These are the five countries that are permanent members of the Security Council
Who are China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States?
This international organization was created after World War I but failed to prevent World War II
What is the League of Nations?
This UN principal organ is the world’s highest court for settling legal disputes between countries and giving advisory opinions on international legal questions
What is the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?
This 1948 UN declaration sets out fundamental human rights to be universally protected
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
This 2015 international climate agreement aims to keep global warming well below 2°C while pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels
What is the Paris Agreement?
This principal UN organ gives all 193 member states a seat and one vote each
What is the General Assembly?