Conflict & Natural Resources (GA)
Sudan/South Sudan Conflict (Security Council)
Mental Health Support for Refugees (UNHCR)
Freedom of Expression/Access to Information (UNESCO)
Sustainable Energy (UNDP)
100

An example of a non-renewable energy resource.

What is fossil fuel oil, coal, natural gas, or nuclear energy?

100

A country that has veto power in the Security Council.

What is China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, or the United States?

100

The location where the fall conference takes place.

Where is Macalester College?

100

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was established after this historical event.

What is World War II?

100

One of the four main sustainable energy sources.

What is wind, solar, geothermal, or hydropower?

200

A resource imported from Russia that became more expensive during the initial invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

What is natural gas and/or crude oil?

200

The natural resource that is a "threat multiplier" in the conflict.

What is oil?

200

The UN document abbreviated by UDHR.

What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

200

The E, S, and C in UNESCO stand for these words.

What is Education, Science, and Cultural?

200

The _____ Agreement is an international treaty on climate change signed in 2016.

What is the Paris Agreement?

300

The place where the General Assembly meets.

Where is the UN Headquarters in New York City?

300

The proportion of people in Sudan and South Sudan requiring humanitarian aid.

What is one-third?

300

Any of the five countries that 73% of all refugees originate from.

What are Afghanistan, Venezuela, Syria, Ukraine, and Sudan?

300

The percentage of crimes against journalists that went unpunished from 2018 to 2021 (within 10%).

What is 86%?

300

One of the renewable (not sustainable) energy sources?

What is nuclear or biomass energy?

400

The majority needed for a decision to be made on an "important question." (e.g. unanimous vote, simple majority, or two-thirds majority)

What is a two-thirds majority?

400

The year that South Sudan gained independence.

When is 2011?

400

The year that mental health was included as a standard of wellness by the WHO.

When is 2012?

400

The proportion of female journalists who faced online abuse in 2020.

What is 1 in 4?

400

The Paris Agreement aims to keep the rise in global surface temperature below __ degrees.

What is 2°C or 3.6°F?

500

The number of UN Sustainable Development Goals

What is 17?

500

The number of members of the Security Council.

What is 15 members?

500

The sustainable development goal that pertains to mental healthcare.

What is SDG 3: Good health and well-being?

500
Any of the three major threats to free journalism in the digital age.

What are 1. A lack of accountability for crimes against journalists, 2. Surveillance technology, or 3. Abuse targeted at female journalists.

500

The number of people who lack electricity access worldwide (in hundreds of millions).

What is 675 million people?