UN | MCQs

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• The presidency of the United Nations Security Council rotates monthly among its 15 members, in alphabetical order.
• Each member serves as president for one month, with the rotation occurring on the first day of each month.
• This rotation has been in place since 1946, and allows each member to preside over the Council's meetings and guide its work during their presidency.

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International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers celebrated on 29 May.

Theme 2022: 

Theme 2023: Peace begins with me

Theme 2024: Fit for the future, building better together

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The International Day of Light is celebrated each year on May 16.

The annual celebration is organized by UNESCO.

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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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  ·        The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organization.

  ·        The League of Nations principal mission was to maintain world peace.

  ·        The League of Nations was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference.

  ·        The League of Nations was ended the First World War.

  ·        The League of Nations Founder: Woodrow Wilson

  ·        The League of Nations Founded: January 10, 1920

  ·        The League of Nations Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland

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Veto power / Permanent members of 'United Nation Security Council

1.      France

2.      Russia

3.      China

4.      United States

5.      United Kingdom

If any Permanent members of the UN Security Council shows its disapproval of any matter, that matter would not proceed furthers.

Founded: October 24, 1945

Total Members 193

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RY 4-12-2022

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The English name of Turkey means "land of the Turks".

In May 2022, The United Nations changed the Republic of Turkey’s country name at organization from “Turkey” to “Turkiye”.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the current president of Turkiye.

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The Headquarters of the United Nations Population Fund is in New York

UNFPA stands for United Nations Population Fund

The formation in 1969

The 193 member states of the United Nations 

 Its name was changed to United Nations Population Fund in 1987

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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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