world organisations section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

1. United Nations Industrial Development Organization: Vienna, Austria;

2. Food and Agricultural Organization: Rome, Italy;

3. World Health Organization: Geneva, Switzerland; and

4. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization: Paris, France.

Answer: (d)

The International Court of Justice (commonly referred to as the World Court or ICJ) 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.

Answer: (a)

Amnesty International is a non-governmental organisation focused on human rights. Founded by Peter Benenson in London in 1961, Amnesty draws attention to human rights abuses and campaigns for compliance with international laws and standards. It was awarded the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize for its campaign against torture.

Answer: (c)

Zia-ul-Rehman, the former President of Bangladesh, was the chief architect of SAARC. It was he who first proposed a trade bloc in the South Asian region.

Answer: (c)

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995, under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which commenced in 1948.

The organization deals with the regulation of trade between participating countries; it provides a framework for negotiating and formalizing trade agreements, and a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participants’ adherence to WTO agreements which are signed by representatives of member governments and ratified by their parliaments.

Most of the issues that the WTO focuses on derive from previous trade negotiations, especially from the Uruguay Round

Answer: (b)

There are 15 members of the Security Council. There are also 10 non-permanent members, with five elected each year to serve two-year terms. This basic structure is set out in Chapter V of the UN Charter.

The current non-permanent members are Colombia, India, Germany, Portugal, South Africa, Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan, and Togo.