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​Important_Knowledge
*The name UNO was suggested by
*Ans : F. D. Roosevelt*
*UNO was formally came into existence on
*Ans : October 24,1945*
*UN day is observed on
*Ans : October 24*
*Headquarters of UNO
*Ans : Manhattan (New York)*
*The main aim of UNO
*Ans : Peace and Human dignity*
*Motto of UNO
*Ans : It's Your World*
*UN Flag was adopted on
*Ans : October 20, 1947*
*Colour of UN Flag
*Ans : Light Blue*
*Design of UN Flag
*Ans : World map* surrounded by two olive
branches
*The Secretary General of the UN is elected by
the General assembly on recommendation of
the
*Ans : Security Council*
*The only body in which all UN members are
represented
*Ans: General Assembly*
*First General meeting of UNO was held in
*Ans : London(1946)*
*The largest subsidiary body of UNO
*Ans : Economic and Social Council*
*The Constitution of the United Nations
Organisation
*Ans : UN Charter*
*UN Charter was signed on
Ans : June 26,1945
*The meeting in which the UN Charter was
signed
Ans : San Francisco
*UN Charter came into force on
Ans : October 24,1945
*The number of countries signed in the UN
Charter in its first phase
Ans : 50
*India signed in the UN Charter on
Ans : October 30,1945
*The executive body of the United Nations
Ans : Security Council
*The five permanent members of UNO
Ans : China, France, Russia, Britain and USA
*Human Rights Declaration made by UNO on
Ans : December 10,1948
*Human Rights Day is observed on
Ans : December 10
*Number of official languages of UNO
Ans : 6
*Official Languages of UNO
Ans : English, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabic
and Spanish Working Languages of UNO
English and French
*The 6th Language Arabic was preferred as
the Official Language of UN in
Ans : 1973
*UN Celebrated its Golden Jubilee in
Ans : 1995
*European headquarters of UN
Ans : Geneva
*Asian and European countries which are not
the members of UN
Ans : Taiwan and Vatican respectively
*Number of representatives on the
commencement of UNO
Ans : 51
*The Secretary General of UN is elected by the
General Assembly on the recommendation of
Ans : Security Council
*First Secretary General of UNO
Ans : Trygve Lie
*The present and 9th Secretary General of UN
Ans : Antonio Guterres
*Antonio Guterres belongs to
Ans : Portugal
*The UN Library is known as
Ans : Hammarskjold Library
*First person who received Nobel prize
posthumously in 1961
Ans : Dag Hammarskjold
*The organisation of UN dedicated exclusively
to children
Ans : UNICEF
*Total membership of UNO at present
Ans : 193
*190th member of UNO
Ans : .Switzerland
*191st member of UNO
Ans : East Timor
*192nd member of UNO
Ans : Montenegro
*193rd member of UNO
Ans : South Sweden
*The smallest UN member in terms of
population
Ans : Nauru
*The smallest UN member in terms of area
Ans : Monaco
*The UN Library is located in
Ans : Newyork
*The UN University Is located in
Ans : Tokyo
*First Indian to become the President of UN
General Assembly
Ans : Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1953)
*The General Assembly meeting is described
as
Ans : 'Town meeting of the world'
*The United Nations Inter regional Crime and
Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) is located at
Ans : Turin (Italy)
*The Trusteeship Council was suspended in
operation on
Ans : November 1,1994 (with the
independence of Palau)

UN ORGANS
*Sixth Organ of UNO
Ans : The Trusteeship Council

THE MAIN ORGANS OF UNO ARE

*The General Assembly
Ans : New York
*The Security Council
Ans : New York
*The Economic and Social Council
Ans : New York
*International Court of Justice
Ans : Hague
*The Secretariat
Ans : New York

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

*Only body of UN in which every member of
the organization is represented and allowed to
vote
Ans : General Assembly
*The role General Assembly
Ans : To discuss issues and make
recommendations
*The majority required for implementing a
decision in UN General Assembly
Ans : Two third
*The organ of UN known as World Parliament
Ans : General Assembly
* The UN General Assembly is presided over by
Ans : Secretary General
*First President of UN General Assembly
Ans : Paul Henri Spaak
*The term of President and Vice President of
UN General Assembly
Ans : 1 year
*Number of major committees of UN General
Assembly
Ans : Seven
*Number of representatives to UN General
Assembly by a member country
Ans : Five

THE SECURITY COUNCIL

*The main objective of UN Security Council
Ans : World Peace
*Number of member countries in UN Security
Council
Ans : Fifteen
*Number of permanent members in UN
Security Council
Ans : 5
*Number of temporary members in UN
Security Council
Ans : 10
*The term of temporary members in UN
Security Council
Ans : 2

Permanent members in UN Security Council

*Permanent members are

* China
* France
* Russia
* Britain
* USA
*The power of five Permanent Members of UN
Security Council to prevent the adoption of
any "substantive" resolution
Ans : Veto Power

THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

*Number of member countries in the

Economic and Social Council
Ans : 54
*The term of members of Economic and Social
Council
Ans : Three years(1/3 members retire each
year)
*Main objective of Economic and Social
Council
Ans : To implement the economic and social
values
*The operations of World Health Organization
(WHO) and UNESCO were controlled by
Ans : Economic and Social Council
*Number of Commissions working under
Economic and Social Council
Ans : Twelve

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ)

*The only organisation of UN which has the

headquarters outside New York
Ans : ICJ
*Headquarters of Icj
Ans : Hague (Netherland)
*The International Court of Justice is
composed of
Ans : 15 judges
*The term of Judges in the International Court
of Justice
Ans : Nine Years
*The clients of International court of justice
Ans : Member Countries
*Working languages of International Court of
Justice
Ans : English and French
*Indians who became the judges of ICJ are
Ans : B.N. Rao
Justice Nagendar Singh
Justice R.S. Pathak
Dalveer Bhandari
*First Indian to become the judge of ICJ
Ans : B.N.Rao
*ICJ was established in
Ans : 1945

SPECIAL AGENCIES OF UNO

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION

(ILO)
*Headquarters
Ans : Geneva
*ILO was formed in
Ans : 1919
*Number of member countries
Ans : 187
*The motto of ILO
Ans : If you desire peace,cultivate justice
*First Special Agency of UNO
Ans : ILO
*ILO became the Special Agency of UNO in
Ans : 1946
*ILO got Nobel Prize for Peace in
Ans : 1969

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION (FAO)

*Headquarters
Ans : Rome
*FAO was formed on
Ans : October 16,1945
*Number of member countries
Ans : 194
*Motto
Ans : 'Let there be bread'
*First agency of UN formed after second world
war
Ans : FAO
*World Food day is observed on
Ans : October 16
*The UN member country which is not a
member of the FAO
Ans : Liechtenstein

THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION
(UNESCO)

*Formed on
Ans : November 16,1945
*Headquarters
Ans : Paris
*Number of member countries
Ans : 195
*Motto
Ans : "We must construct the defenses of peace
in the minds of women and men"
*The Educational Scientific and Cultural
Organisation of UNO
Ans : UNESCO
MAJOR CENTRES IN INDIA WHICH ARE
INCLUDED IN THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST OF
UNESCO IN 2016
*Kanchenjunga National Park(Sikkim)
*Capitol Complex(Chandigarh)
*Nalanda Mahavihara(Bihar)

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO)

*World health day

Ans : April 7 (Formation day of WHO)
*The publication of WHO
Ans : World Health Report
*The Indian woman who was the President of
WHO
Ans : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
*First woman Director General of WHO
Ans : Gro Harlem Bundtland

WORLD BANK

*Headquarters
Ans : Washington DC
*World Bank was formed on
Ans : December 27,1945
*Motto of World Bank
Ans : Working for a world free of poverty
*World's largest Bank
Ans : World Bank
*To provide financial assistance to poor and
developed countries is the main objective of
Ans : World Bank

WORLD BANK CONSIST OF FIVE

INSTITUTIONS
*The International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (IBRD)
*The International Development Association
(IDA)
* International Financial Corporation (IFC)
* Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
(MIGA)
*International Centre for Settlement of
Investment Disputes (ICSID)
*It has 189 members in IBRD and 173
members in
Ans : IDA
*First president of World Bank
Ans : Eugene Meyer
*World Bank President is nominated by
Ans : American President
*First country to avail loan from the World
bank
Ans : France
* The Bank which is associated with the term
Third Window'
Ans : World Bank
* World Development Report (WDR) is
published by
Ans : World bank
*World Development Report is published since
Ans : 1978

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)

* Headquarters
Ans : Washington DC
*Formed on
Ans : December 27,1945
*Became operational on
Ans : March 1,1947
*Member Countries
Ans : 189
* IMF Director will be from the continent of
Ans : Europe
*Special Drawing Rights (SDR) is issued by
Ans : IMF

WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION (WTO)

*Headquarters
Ans : Geneva
*WTO was formed on
Ans : January 1,1995
*Member Countries
Ans : 164
*Official languages
Ans : English, French, Spanish
*The predecessor of WTO
Ans : GATT
(General Agreement on-Tariffs and Trade)

COMMON WEALTH

*Headquarters
Ans : Marlborough House (London)
*Came into effect in
Ans : 1931
*Member countries
Ans : 53
*Countries left from the Commonwealth
Nations
Ans : Ireland, Zimbabwe
*The meeting which caused the formation of
Commonwealth Nations
Ans : Imperial Meeting
*Imperial Meeting was held in
Ans : 1926
*Former name of Commonwealth
Ans : British Commonwealth
*The symbolic head of Commonwealth
Ans : British King or Queen
*Commonwealth Secretariat came into effect
in
Ans : 1965
*The head of the Commonwealth Secretariat
Ans : Secretary
*First Secretary of the Commonwealth
Ans : Arnold Smith
*Largest country in Commonwealth Nation in
terms of area
Ans : Canada
*Most populated Commonwealth Country
Ans : India
*Motto of Commonwealth Games
Ans : Humanity, Equality, Destiny

SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL CO-

OPERATION (SAARC)

*Headquarters
Ans : Kathmandu (Nepal)
*Founded on
Ans : December 8,1985 (Dhaka)
*Member countries
Ans : 8
*Member countries
Ans : Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, India,
Maldives, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka
*Last member
Ans : Afghanistan (2007)
*The idea of SAARC was put forward by -
Ans : Zia-Ur - Rahman(Bangladesh President)
*The summit which decided to form SAARC
Ans : Dhaka Summit (1985)
*First Chairman of SAARC
Ans : H.M.Ershad
*First General Secretary of SAARC
Ans : Abdul Ahzar
*Largest regional intergovernmental
organization
Ans : SAARC
*SAARC University is situated at
Ans : New Delhi
*Cultural capital of SAARC in 2017
Ans : Dhaka
* Largest member country in SAARC
Ans : India
*Smallest member country in SAARC
Ans : Maldives
*SAARC Agricultural Centre
Ans : Dhaka
*SAARC Meteorological Research Centre
Ans : Dhaka
*SAARC Information Centre
Ans : Kathmandu
*SAARC Human Resources and Development
Centre
Ans : Islamabad
*SAARC Energy Centre
Ans : Islamabad
*SAARC Cultural Centre
Ans : Islamabad

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