Nuclear Weapons
Countries with nuclear weapons agree to these two things when they become parties to the NPT.
What is:
a) not to share the "know how" with another country
b) take steps towards disarmament?
The main body of the United Nations. There are 193 members.
What is the General Assembly?
The summer Olympics that were scheduled for this July have been postponed until next year because of the coronavirus. The Olympics were to be held in this country.
What is Japan?
The number of members of the United Nations that have either abolished the death penalty or no longer use it.
What is 160?
The number of countries in the United Nations.
What is 193?
The names of the countries that negotiated the Iran Nuclear Deal - the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran and the current status of this plan.
Who are US,UK, China, France, Russia (P5) and Germany (+1)?
The US has withdrawn from the plan.
The plan is not being followed in its entirety.
This part of the UN is responsible for maintaining international peace and security. There are 15 members, 5 members are permanent.
What is the Security Council?
This country currently has the highest number of coronavirus cases worldwide.
What is the United States?
Former Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said this about the death penalty.
What is “ The death penalty has no place in the 21st century.”?
The date the UN was formed. (The day is now celebrated annually as UN Day!)
What is October 24, 1945?
This has to happen in order for the 2017 ICAN treaty The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to go into effect.
50 countries have to sign and ratify (become state parties).
Currently only 36 have ratified it and are state parties.
The treaty is not currently in effect.
This part of the United Nations system deals works worldwide to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable. They aim to protect people from health emergencies, and provide people with better health and well-being. Currently they are dealing with the coronavirus.
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
This year, after record-breaking temperatures and extreme drought, this country suffered from bushfires. The fires killed at least 34 people, destroyed millions of acres of land, burnt down buildings, and killed perhaps as many as 1 billion animals.
What is Australia?
The European Union requires its member states to do this with regards to the death penalty.
What is abolish the death penalty?
The name and title of the leader of the United Nations.
What is Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations?
The name of the organization within the UN family that promotes safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technology. It also does weapons inspections for the UN when necessary.
What is the International Atomic Energy Agency- the IAEA?
The mission of this part of the UN system is, "to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations."
What is the UNEP- the United Nations Environment Programme?
Hurricane Dorian hit this country in September 2019. Some are still without electricity. The government has put up domes to serve as temporary housing. Volunteers have helped to rebuild.
What is the Bahamas?
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights been making moves to do this since the early 1960s.
What is to abolish the death penalty in international law?
The names of the permanent five members of the Security Council and the special power they have.
Who are the US, UK, China, France, and Russia?
What is the veto power?
The number of countries that have nuclear weapons. Identify them.
What is 9 - the US,UK, China, France, Russia, India, Pakistan, Israel, North Korea?
This part of the UN system is responsible for the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe.
What is the UN Human Rights Council?
This Asian country is having problems with locusts that are destroying their crops and increasing food insecurity.
What is Pakistan?
Two reasons why the UN Commission on Human Rights wants the universal abolition of the death penalty.
What is:
Any two of the above are correct.
The two enforcement measures that the Security Council can take that no other part of the UN has.
What are economic sanctions and military measures?