United Nations History
The United Nations was formed in what year?
1945
You're allowed to use personal pronouns in UN debates: T/F ?
False
The UN is composed of how many parts?
Six!
1) General Assembly
2) Security Council
3) Economic & Social Council
4) Trusteeship Council
5) International Court of Justic
6) Secretariat
How many countries originally were part of the UN?
51. Poland signed the UN charter a little bit later than the first 50 countries.
"Close debate" means...
To put an end to the debate; to enter voting procedure.
The UN is composed of how many countries?
193!
The UN was the first to give a formal definition for...
Human rights.
"Adjourn debate" means...
To put an end to the conference! yippee!
What does the committee abbreviation ECOFIN stand for?
Economic & Financial Committee (Part of the UN's General Assemblies)
The UN's longest speech lasted...
8 hours. On January 23rd, 1957, Indian politician V.K. Krishna Menon graced the United Nations with the longest speech, defending India's position on Kashmir! Between two parts of his speech, he collapsed from exhaustion.
What is an unmoderated caucus?
An unmoderated caucus is a debate format in MUN. It's allows delegates to talk to each other & collaborate on forming blocs and writing working papers.
The P5 are...
Permanent Five: China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States. They have a permanent seat in the UN.
The Atlantic Charter was signed on which boat?
USS Augusta
What is "perpetual moderated caucus"?
Perpetual moderated caucus is a type of format in the crisis committee conference where there is no specific sub-topic and each delegate is called on to speak for a minute. This moderated caucus goes on until a new caucus is proposed.
Model UN is...
"Simulations" of United Nations conferences, to help us better understand the complicated workings of diplomacy and international politics.
A great club for people interested in politics!
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