Section 1
What year was the UN formed?
1945
What is the full name of our guest speaker
Benjamin McCrimmon
The UN has six official languages to help representatives communicate, including English, French, and Spanish, which are used in Russia and Belarus.
Russian
The UN has organized global conferences to address this issue involving rising global temperatures and changing weather patterns.
Climate change
This organization, a specialized agency of the UN, has led global health campaigns against diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, Ebola, and SARS.
The World Health Organization (WHO)
The UN was formed after this major global conflict to prevent future wars and maintain peace and security.
World War ll
In 1990, the UN Security Council authorized a coalition to liberate this country from an invasion by Iraq.
Kuwait
In 1956, the UN intervened to de-escalate a crisis involving Egypt and the nationalization of this critical waterway.
The Suez Canal
This international agreement, adopted in 2015, is a landmark UN-led effort to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
The Paris Agreement
Despite its efforts, the UN has faced criticism for its slow adaptation to modern issues like climate change and these two other areas: governance and _____.