world organisations section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

There are 193 members of the United Nations General Assembly. Established in 1945 under the Charter of the United Nations, the General Assembly occupies a central position as the chief deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations.

Answer: (d)

The WTO agreements cover goods, services and intellectual property. These agreements are not static; they are renegotiated from time to time and new agreements can be added to the package. Many are now being negotiated under the Doha Development Agenda, launched by WTO trade ministers in Doha, Qatar, in November 2001.

Answer: (d)

The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council are:

1. China,
2. France,
3. Russia (formerly the Soviet Union),
4. The United Kingdom, and
5. The United States.

These are the states in which the UN Charter of 1945 grants a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. These countries represent the five great powers considered to be the victors of World War II.

Answer: (e)

There are 962 World Heritage Sites located in 157 States Party. Of these, 745 are cultural, 188 are natural and 29 are mixed properties.

The World Heritage Committee has divided the countries into five geographic zones:

1. Africa,
2. Arab States (composed of most of the Middle East and North Africa),
3. Asia and Oceania,
4. Europe & North America (includes Canada and the United States) and Latin America & Caribbean.
5. Russia and the Caucasus states are classified as European,

While Mexico is classified as belonging to the Latin America & Caribbean zone, despite its location in North America.

Answer: (b)

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. The ICJ is composed of fifteen judges elected to nine-year terms by the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council from a list of persons nominated by the national groups in the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

The election process is set out in Articles 4– 19 of the ICJ statute. Elections are staggered with five judges elected every three years, in order to ensure continuity within the court.

Answer: (b)

South Sudan is the latest country to be admitted as a new member state of the United Nations.