The Global Goals
The United Nations
UN Issues
Important Dates and Member States
Vocabulary
100

SDG #1 seeks to eradicate this economic condition in all its forms everywhere.

What is Poverty? 

UN SDG #1:End poverty in all its forms everywhere

100

This is the title of the leader of the United Nations Secretariat

What is the Secretary-General?

100

This is the focus of the major UN scientific report issued this month that warns of a major global crisis that can still be mitigated if countries take coordinated action

What is climate change?

100

This is the year that the United Nations was founded

What is 1945?

100

This is the term for countries that are part of the United Nations

What are Member States?

200

The focus of this goal calls to "Prevent the deaths of newborns and children under five years old," among other things.

What is health?

UN SDG #3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

200

This is the location of the United Nations Headquarters

Where is New York City, USA?

200

This is the term used when the United Nations sends military troops into a country to try to keep the peace

What is peacekeeping?

200

This is the year that the Sustainable Development Goals were introduced

What is 2015?

200

This is the full name of the commonly used acronym for UN global goals

What is Sustainable Development Goal

300

Efforts to advance the focus of this SDG might involve investing in technology like Solar Panels

What is Renewable Energy?

Goal #7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

300

This is the number of Member States in the United Nations

What is 193?

300

This is the name of the goals that the United Nations pursued from 2000-2015.

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

300

This is the year that the Millennium Development Goals were introduced

What is 2000?

300

This is the name of the UN agency that seeks to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable – so everyone, everywhere can attain the highest level of health. 

What is the World Health Organization?

400

The focus of this SDG is to end gender disparities in access schools

What is education?

Goal #4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

400

This is the name of the UN Secretary-General

Who is Antonio Guterres?

400

This UN NGO is seeks to develop programs promoting decent work for all women and men (and makes many opportunities available to Lehigh students, staff and faculty!) 

What is the International Labor Organization?

400

This is the year that the Lehigh UN Partnership was established.

What is 2004?

400

This is the term for what is written by the Member States when the United Nations agrees on a solution for an issue

What is a "Resolution"

500

This term describes the focus of this goal which encourages countries to build more roads or trains, or invest in new electrical power lines

What is Infrastructure?

Goal #9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

500

This is the month in which hundreds of Heads of State meeting to discuss world issues at the UN General Assembly.

What is September?

500

This is the Lehigh program in which students work UN NGOs to conduct research, briefings, or other projects. 

What are UN Youth Ambassadors?

500

China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States make up this body at the UN.

What is the UN Security Council?

500

This is the term used to a landmark or area with legal protection that has cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance.

What is a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

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