world organisations section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

UNESCO has offices in many locations across the globe; its headquarters are located at Place de Fontenoy in Paris, France, now called the World Heritage Centre.

Answer: (d)

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA/ GA) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation.

It meets under its president or Secretary-General in regular yearly sessions the main part of which lasts from September to December and resumed part from January until all issues are addressed.

Answer: (b)

There has been discussion of increasing the number of permanent members. The countries that have made the strongest demands for permanent seats are Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan. Japan and Germany, the main defeated powers in WWII, are now the UN’s second-and third-largest funders respectively, while Brazil and India are two of the largest contributors of troops to UN-mandated peacekeeping missions.

This proposal has found opposition in a group of countries called Uniting for Consensus. Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked a team of advisers to come up with recommendations for reforming the United Nations by the end of 2004.

One proposed measure is to increase the number of permanent members by five, which, in most proposals, would include Brazil, Germany, India, Japan (known as the G4 nations), one seat from Africa (most likely between Egypt, Nigeria or South Africa) and/or one seat from the Arab League.

Answer: (b)

The International Monetary Fund is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. It is an international organization that was created on July 22, 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference.

Answer: (b)

The first session was convened on 10 January, 1946 in the Westminster Central Hall in London and included representatives of 51 nations. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA/GA) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation.

Its powers are to oversee the budget of the United Nations, appoint the non-permanent members to the Security Council, receive reports from other parts of the United Nations and make recommendations in the form of General Assembly Resolutions. It has also established a wide number of subsidiary organs.

Answer: (c)

On 15 June 2007, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish 2 October as the International Day of Non-Violence.

The resolution by the General Assembly asks all members of the UN system to commemorate 2 October in “an appropriate manner and disseminate the message of non-violence, including through education and public awareness.”