United Nations Quiz - 53 Trivia Questions!

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Which was the only country to withdraw from the United Nations in 1965?

South Africa
The United States
Indonesia
Canada

Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations?

S.
The Russian Federation
António Guterres
Amr Moussa

How many permanent members are there on the Security Council of the United Nations?

Nine
The United States
Three
Five

Which US congressman introduced the American Sovereignty Restoration Act in 2007?

Mike Huckabee
John Boehner
Ron Paul
Paul Wellstone

What disease was eradicated globally in 1980?

AIDS
Tuberculosis
Smallpox
HIV/AIDS

In 1971, the UN Security Council failed to prevent genocide in which country?

Bangladesh
Tanzania
South Africa
Cambodia

Where are the headquarters of the International Court of Justice?

New York
The Hague
The United States
The United States of America

Which is the most recent country to join the United Nations, doing so in July 2011?

South Sudan
China
The Republic of Korea
Japan

Which country has been criticised by the United Nations for its treatment of Palestinians?

Israel
South Africa
South Korea
China

What colour are the founding members of the United Nations?

Light blue
Green
Orange
Red

Which organ of the United Nations is charged with maintaining peace and security amongst nations?

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
The General Conference
The Security Council
The Council of Europe

What is the main deliberative body of the United Nations?

United Nations Council
The Council of Europe
General Assembly
Council of Europe

Who was the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1960 to 1964, when he died in a plane crash?

Dag Hammarskjöld
George W. Bush
David Rockefeller
UN

In which city are the headquarters of the United Nations?

New York
Tokyo
Vienna
The Hague

Which US President was responsible for the creation of the League of Nations?

President Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson

Who was the US Secretary of State at the time of the Iraq War?

George W. Bush
Colin Powell
George W Bush
John Kerry

In November 1956, the first UN peacekeeping force was established to end what crisis?

Suez Crisis
The Arab-Israeli Peace Effort
The Arab-Israeli peace talks
The Cold War

How many principal operational organizations make up the United Nations (United Nations)?

Two
Twenty-one
Twenty-eight
Six

In which city was the UN Earth Summit held in 1992?

Bangkok, Thailand
Paris, France
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tokyo, Japan

At which London venue was the United Nations founded in 1941?

The Palace of Versailles
The Houses of Parliament
The Whitehall Palace
St James's Palace

In which US city was the United Nations founded in 1945?

New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Washington

What is the most enduring divide in the views of the United Nations?

Westerners and Easterners
Westerners vs. Easterners
Globalization
North–South split

What was the name of the set of goals agreed by the UN General Assembly in 2000 to be achieved by 2015?

Global Goals
Millennium Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals
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Which US political organisation campaigned against the United Nations in the 1960s?

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Federalist Society
National Association of Government Employees
John Birch Society

Prior to the creation of the United Nations, what international organisation was formed to assist victims of war?

The World Health Organization
United Nations Development Program
International Organization for Migration
Red Cross

What is the majority required to pass a resolution in the UN General Assembly?

One hundred
Half
The majority of the UN member states
Two-thirds

What is the name of the United Nations agency responsible for the eradication of smallpox, polio, and leprosy?

The World Health Organization
World Health Organization
UNICEF
The World Bank

The United Nations has won many Nobel Prizes for what?

Education
Good
Peace
Good luck

In what year was the United Nations founded?

1907
1977
1945
1939

Which African country led the Group of 77 at the United Nations in the 1970s?

South Africa
Algeria
Ethiopia
Nigeria

Who was the Secretary General of the United Nations during the Korean War?

John F.Kennedy
George Bush
Theodore Roosevelt
Trygve Lie

Who is the head of the United Nations Secretariat?

President
President of the United Nations
President of the Council of Europe
Secretary-general

What is the primary purpose of the United Nations?

International trade
Peace and security
Peace
Human rights

Who is the British historian who has written extensively about the United Nations?

Paul Kennedy
Andrew Robertson
Peter S. Lewis
John F. Kennedy

The Cook Islands and Niue are self-governing states in free association with which country?

New Zealand
Australia
New Zealand and Australia
South Africa

In which African country did the United Nations authorize military intervention in a civil war?

Uganda
Guinea
Ghana
Sierra Leone

What is the name of the United Nations agency that provides food aid in times of famine?

World Food Programme
Global Hunger Program
Food and Agriculture Organization
International Organization for the Animal Health

Who was the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1971 to 1985?

Yong Jingjing
Michael Holt
Brian Urquhart
Michael O'Sullivan

What is the nickname of the UN peacekeeping troops?

The Blues
Blue Stars
Blue Helmets
The UN Peacekeepers

What is the full name of the United Nations agency IAEA?

International Atomic Energy Agency
The International Atomic Energy Agency
International Civil Nuclear Organization
The International Energy Agency

Who was the UN Secretary General at the time of the 'Oil for Food' scandal?

David Beckham
David Petraeus
The UN
Kofi Annan

What is the full name of the United Nations Children's Fund?

UNFPA
UNHCR
The World Health Organization
UNICEF

What is the main role of the United Nations?

Military
Political
Humanitarian
Government

Who was the co-founder of the United Nations with Franklin D. Roosevelt?

Theodore Roosevelt
George Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill

The Trusteeship Council of the United Nations ceased to exist on 1st November 1994, with the independence of which country?

Guam
Palau
The Federated States of Micronesia
South Africa

In which country did the United States withdraw from the UN mission in 1991?

Afghanistan
Somalia
Guinea
Zambia

Which future French President famously called the United Nations a machin (contraption)?

Charles de Gaulle
Jacques Delors
George Washington
Claude Girodet

Which country voted against withdrawing from the League of Nations in 1933?

Japan
The United States
France
Germany

Who was the US Ambassador to the United Nations during the George W Bush administration?

James R. Baker
Susan Rice
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
John Bolton

What international organization has been criticized for its ineffectiveness?

The EU
The European Union
The UN's Environment Program
The UN

At which conference in September 1944 did the Allies form the International Organisation for the Suppression of Terrorism (I.O.T.

Dumbarton Oaks
The White House
Vienna
Washington, D.C.

What is the name of the UN agency that provides emergency loans to indebted countries?

The World Bank
International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund
International Bank for Reconstruction

Who was the US senator who resigned from the UN in 1964 after claiming that the organisation harboured American communists?

James Buchanan
Joseph McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
George Washington
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