United Nations Trivia Questions

Answer: To place a bill to the side to come back to later.

When in assembly, bills come forward on the councils docket. A member can move to "table" a bill, which places it to the side. If the majority votes in agreement of tabling a bill, the assembly moves on to the next bill on the docket. The tabled bill may be brought back up for voting at a later time.

Answer: the problem

Although preambulatory clauses can include what others have said about a problem, that isn't the main focus.

Answer: Britain, China, France, Russia and the USA

The five permanent members of the UN Security Council can cancel any measure with a veto. They can also abstain, to express reservations about a resolution without blocking it. The Council has a total of 15 members, 10 are elected by the General Assembly for two-year terms. The Presidency of the Council rotates monthly following the alphabetical listing of the member States' names in English!

Answer: The Secretariat

The Trusteeship Council supervises countries that have recently become independent. The International Court of Justice is known as the world court. It has the responsibility of settling disputes between countries.

Answer: Five

The five permanent members of the Security Council are the United States, China, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom. They are collectively known as the P5, and any one of them can veto a resolution. Ten additional members are elected into the Security Council to serve two-year, non-consecutive terms, but are not afforded veto power.

Answer: Panama

The election began in 2006 where the representatives of Guatemala and Venezuela both stated their intentions of acquiring a seat in the Council. The process took a long time and time was running out because most of them were tied. In the end, they were forced to withdraw and both endorsed Panama to get the seat in the Council.

Answer: a semicolon

The final operative clause ends with a period to signal the end of the resolution, but otherwise it's all semicolons. (the preambulatory clauses end in commas)

Answer: Brazil, Germany, India, Japan and Nigeria

Brazil and India, which joined the UN in October 1945 (India as part of the British Commonwealth prior to Independence in 1947) and Nigeria, which joined in October 1960, whose populations are far greater than those of France and Britain, have argued that they deserve a greater say in the operation of the Security Council, as have economic powers such as Germany whose membership of the Security Council ends in December 2004 and Japan, who joined the UN in December 1956.

Answer: Geneva

Geneva, Vienna, and Nairobi. The United Nations also operates field stations in other cities around the world.

Answer: The Hague, Netherlands

The ICJ aka the World Court serves as the main judicial organ of the UN. The ICJ was established in June 1945 by the Charter of the UN and began work in April 1946. The seat of the Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands). The function of the ICJ is to settle disputes between states.

Answer: IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)

The IAEA was established on the 29th July 1957 in the Austrian capital of Vienna, promoting the peaceful use of nuclear/atomic energy, whilst inhibiting its military use. Although the headquarters of the IAEA are located in Vienna, the agency has two safeguard offices in Toronto, Canada and Tokyo, Japan.

Answer: Bolivia, Uruguay, Cote D'Ivoire, Malaysia, Jordan and the Netherlands

1965 was the last year that there were only 6 non-permanent members in the Council.In 1966 apart from Jordan, Uruguay and the Netherlands, Mali, Uganda, Nigeria, Japan, Argentina, New Zealand and Bulgaria joined the Council making 10 non-permanent members.

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt

FDR coined the name United Nations in 1942, previously the League of Nations was the first attempt after WWII to unite countries to try and prevent another War. It was not until 1945 however, the United Nations offically became a recognized body.

Answer: United Nations Emergency Force (Palestine, 1956-1967)

Since 1993 UN peacekeeping missions have worked together with regional organizations to bring peace to crisis regions. The co-operation is not dominated by the UN however. Other peacekeepers have their own agendas, e.g. NATO in Afghanistan, where UN only has a political support mission.

Answer: to set the agenda

Before anything else you have to determine what you're going to talk about. In a Model UN session there are usually only two or three topics that were pre-assigned so all you do is decide which one you want to discuss first, second, and so on.

Answer: 1950 and 1991

Along with dozens of peacekeeping and monitoring operations, the United Nations sanctioned both the Korean War in 1950 and the Gulf War in 1991.

Answer: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

Its main aim is to improve education throughout the world by building schools, training teachers, supplying equipment and so on.

Answer: Norway

Gladwyn Jebb (1900-1966), a British civil servant and diplomat, served as the acting UNSG between 1945 and 1946.

Norwegian politician Trygve Lie (1896-1968) was the first to be officially appointed at the UNSG. He served from 1946 to 1952.

Answer: International Maritime Organization

The International Maritime Organization was established in Geneva in 1948 as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization. The IMCO was later changed in 1982 to the IMO, establishing its headquarters in London. The main role of the IMO is to provide, develop and maintain international shipping frameworks.

Answer: Croatia and Vietnam

Croatia and Vietnam were both elected this year. Switzerland, East Timor, Montenegro and Latvia have yet to be elected.

Answer: October 24th

The United Nations' official recognition came on October 24th 1945. Thus reserving this date in our history books and calendars.

Answer: The UN Security Council

Only the Security Council can authorize such missions, with a simple majority vote of at least 9 pro-votes (and no Veto of one of the permanent members).

Answer: a point of order

Usually if a Chair or another delegate makes a mistake a member of the council will point it out to them, by raising their placard for a point of order.

Answer: Africa, Asia, Europe and The Middle East

In Africa the United Nations peace keepers are active in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sierra Leone and Western Sahara; in Asia, they are active in East Timor and on the India-Pakistan border; in Europe they are represented in Cyprus, Georgia and Kosovo; and, in the Middle East, they are operating in the Golan Heights, on the Iraq-Kuwait border and in Lebanon.

Answer: UNICEF

It also protects children from war and exploitation and provides help in times of crisis.