world organisations section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

The Millennium Development Goals set time-bound targets, by which progress in reducing income poverty, hunger, disease, lack of adequate shelter and exclusion — while promoting gender equality, health, education and environmental sustainability — can be measured.

They also embody basic human rights — the rights of each person on the planet to health, education, shelter and security.

The goals are ambitious but feasible and, together with the comprehensive United Nations development agenda, set the course for the world’s efforts to alleviate extreme poverty by 2015.

Answer: (d)

IMF stands for International Monetary Fund. It is an organization of 188 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C, USA.

Answer: (d)

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio Summit, Rio Conference, Earth Summit was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 June to 14 June 1992.

In 2012, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development was also held in Rio and is also commonly called Rio+20 or Rio Earth Summit 2012. 255 governments participated, with 144 sending their heads of state or government.

Some 2,400 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) attended, with 17,000 people at the parallel NGO “Global Forum” who had Consultative Status.

Answer: (d)

The birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar was, on 14 April 2016, observed at the United Nations for the first time with focus on combating inequalities to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Ambedkar was the architect of the Indian Constitution and a Dalit rights activist.

Answer: (d)

The International Court of Justice 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.