Model UN
What are the countries' representatives called?
Delegates
What do you call the paper that holds your country name that you use to raise during the committee session?
Placard
What does SDGs stand for?
Sustainable Development Goals
How many countries are members of the United Nations?
193
What term defines the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group?
Genocide
What is the document that comes after the working paper?
Draft Resolution
What does ROPs stand for?
Rule of Procedures
How many SDGs are there?
17
How many principle bodies are there in the United Nations?
6
Which Islamic militant group was responsible for the 9/11 attack?
al-Qaeda
What is the 'chair' of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) committee called?
Dais
Is the following term a preambulatory or an operative clause?
recalling
preambulatory
What is the 12th SDGs?
Responsible Consumption and Production
Who is the Secretary-General of the United Nations?
António Guterres
When did the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War start?
February 20, 2014
Do you need to yield your time during a 'consultation of the whole'?
Yes
Is the following term a preambulatory or an operative clause?
designates
operative clause
Which former UN body did the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) replace?
UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
In what situations are UN peacekeepers authorized to use deadly force?
Self-Defense
Defense of the Mission Mandate
(Either or both is correct)
What do we call the event that Hutu militias committed ethnic cleansing against the Tutsi minority ethnic group?
Rwanda Genocide
What do you call a temporary committee established to resolve a specific issue?
Ad Hoc
Fill in the blank
The simple majority constitutes a ________
Quorum
Which continents except Antarctica have NOT hosted a major UN sustainable development conference?
None
(all continents except Antarctica have hosted at least one SD conference)
How many times has the “Uniting for Peace” mechanism led to military enforcement action?
Only once in 1950 with the original UNGA Resolution 377A(V), which was the US-led intervention into the Korean War
List three events/factors which contributed to the breakdown of the Concert of Europe
World War 1 / Great War (1914 - 1918)
Crimean War (1853 - 1856)
German Unification / Franco-Prussian War 1871
1848-1849 Revolutions / “Springtime of Nations”
Italian Unification / Wars of Independence
New Imperialism (Late 19th - Early 20th centuries) / “Scramble for Africa”
Balkan Wars (1912 - 1913) / Breakup of the Ottoman Empire