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Question : 1 [SCC HSLDEO 2010]

The first African National to become Secretary General of UNO was

a) Winni Mandela

b) Nelson Mandela

c) Kofi Annan

d) Butros Gali

Answer: (d)

Boutros Boutros-Ghali is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) from January 1992 to December 1996. He was the first African national to hold the post.

Question : 2 [SCC CISF ASI 2010]

The International Court of Justice sits in

a) Rome

b) Vienna

c) Geneva

d) The Hague

Answer: (d)

The International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, the Netherlands. Its main functions are to settle legal disputes submitted to it by states and to provide advisory opinions on legal questions submitted to it by duly authorised international organs, agencies, and the UN General Assembly.

Established in 1945 by the UN Charter, the Court began work in 1946 as the successor to the Permanent Court of International Justice. The Statute of the International Court of Justice, similar to that of its predecessor, is the main constitutional document constituting and regulating the Court.

The Court’s workload covers a wide range of judicial activity. To date, the ICJ has dealt with relatively few cases. However, since the 1980s there has been a clear increase in willingness to use the Court, especially among developing countries

Question : 3 [SCC CML 1999]

Which from the following countries is not a permanent member of the UN Security Council ?

a) Italy

b) USA

c) France

d) Russia

Answer: (a)

The five permanent members in the United Nations Security Council are China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

Question : 4 [SCC SO 2005]

Who among the following is the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation ?

a) Dunkel

b) Robert Joelick

c) Chris Patten

d) Supachai Panichtchpakdi

Answer: (d)

Supachai Panitchpakdi is the Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Prior to this, he was the Director-General of the World Trade Organization from September 1, 2002, to September 1, 2005.

He was succeeded by Pascal Lamy. In September 1999 he was elected to become Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), sharing the post with competitor Mike Moore when a decision could not be reached. Taking the second half of the six-year term, he entered office on September 1, 2002.

In March 2005 he was appointed to become the Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) following his term at the WTO, a post he took up in late 2005.

Note: The current Director-General of WTO is Roberto Azevedo of Brazil, since 1 September 2013. Headquarters of WTO: Geneva, Switzerland.

Question : 5

Consider the following statements:

  1. The Kalinga Prize is an award given by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to lay people.
  2. Dorairajan Balasubramanian was the last person from India to receive the Kalinga Prize.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 and 2 both

b) 2 only

c) 1 only

d) None

Answer: (c)

The UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an international distinction created by UNESCO in 1951 following a donation from Mr Bijoyanand Patnaik, Founder and President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust in India. In 2010, Gokulananda Mohapatra of India received this prize.

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