The United Front
This international organization was created in 1945 to maintain world peace and foster cooperation.
What is the United Nations?
This organization took over GATT’s operations in 1995 and manages rules for over 90% of global trade.
What is the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
The World Health Organization works to control these major global health threats.
What are epidemics?
This organization was created to promote stable currency exchange and offer short-term loans.
What is the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
This organization was founded in 1891 and won a Nobel Peace Prize for working toward nuclear disarmament.
What is the International Peace Bureau?
This earlier attempt at a global peace organization failed after World War I.
What is the League of Nations?
This 1947 agreement aimed to lower tariffs and promote international trade.
What is the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?
This UN agency focuses on aiding children, particularly after disasters.
What is UNICEF?
This financial institution originally focused on building infrastructure but later expanded into education and health.
What is the World Bank?
The Red Cross helps in conflict zones and was founded during this century.
What is the 19th century (1863)?
These five countries hold permanent seats and veto power on the UN Security Council.
What are the United States, Britain, France, Russia, and China?
Critics say the WTO sometimes puts this ahead of ethical concerns.
What is profit/trade?
Established in 1945, this agency protects global cultural sites and promotes education.
What is UNESCO?
The 2018 report Pathways for Peace was a collaboration between these two major institutions.
What are the IMF and the World Bank?
This NGO trains future aid workers through Fordham University.
What is the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs?
The General Assembly needs this fraction of members to agree in order to make major decisions.
What is two-thirds?
This region joined the WTO in 2001, expanding the organization's global influence.
What is China?
The 2015 UN initiative included 17 goals such as ending hunger and fighting climate change, called this.
What are the Global Goals?
Critics say IMF loan conditions often fail to consider these unique factors.
What are individual country needs?
This UN-affiliated organization was created to assist European governments with migrant resettlement after WWII.
What is the International Organization for Migration?
October 24, 1945, the day the UN was born, is celebrated annually as this.
What is United Nations Day?
The WTO has faced criticism for favoring corporate interests and holding meetings that are __________ to the public.
What is closed?
The UN peacekeeping organization created this agency to assist displaced refugees.
What is the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)?
The World Bank was initially created in this decade.
What is the 1940s (specifically 1944)?
This economic organization, founded in 1961, shapes global policies for prosperity and well-being.
What is the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)?