UN General Assembly | MCQs

Explanation

The General Assembly is the largest organ of the United Nations.

It is located in New York, USA.

The UN General Assembly usually meets every year in September.

There are six main organs of the UN.

The official languages are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish, with English and French as the working languages of the Secretariat.

Founded: October 24, 1945, in San Francisco, California, USA

Headquarters: New York, USA

Founders: United States, India, United Kingdom, Brazil, France

Explanation

 General Assembly is the largest organ of the United Nations organization, located in New York, USA. 

There are six main organs of UNO.

Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are the six official languages of the United Nations.

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat and are used in day-to-day professional exchanges.

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Founded: October 24, 1945, in San Francisco, California, United States

Headquarters: New York, New York, United States

Founders: United States, India, United Kingdom, Brazil, France

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The Security Council consists of five permanent members (China, France, Russia, UK and USA) The Security Council consists of 10 non-permanent members elected by the General Assembly for a term of two years.

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Abdulla Shahid  is a Maldivian politician who served as President of the 76th United Nations General Assembly between 2021 and 2022.

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Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan of Pakistan was the President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1962 to 1963.

He was Pakistan's first foreign minister and led the case for Pakistan's separate nation in the Radcliffe Commission.

He also served as a judge on the International Court of Justice from 1954 to 1958, and as its vice president from 1958 to 1961.

In 1970, he became the first and only Pakistani to serve as the President of the International Court of Justice.

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Each of the member countries of the UN can send up to five delegates or elected representatives to the General Assembly sessions.