Olympiad Test Level 2: World Polity- 2 - Class 6 MCQ

• The Security Council initially consisted of 11 members, divided into five permanent and six non-permanent members.
• The five permanent members are: France, China, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the USA.
• The General Assembly elects non-permanent members for a period of two years.
• In 1965, the UN increased the number of members to 15; non-permanent members were increased to 10.

• The Economic and Social Council is the central body for coordinating the economic and social work of the United Nations and the UN family of organizations.
• It has 54 member nations elected from all regions.
• As much as 70 percent of the work of the UN system is devoted to promoting higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and development.
• The Council recommends and directs activities aimed at promoting the economic growth of developing countries, supporting human rights, and fostering world cooperation to fight poverty and under-development.

Functions and Powers of the United Nations Security Council:

• The most important function of the UNSC is maintaining peace and security at the international level. It takes the lead in determining the existence of a threat to peace or an act of aggression.
• Apart from maintaining peace, the Security Council can also deploy UN peacekeeping operations and impose sanctions on states.
• The UNSC can also impose diplomatic relations severance, financial restrictions and penalties, blockades, and even collective military action if required.

• The IMF formally came into existence on 27th December 1945, when the first 29 countries ratified its Articles of Agreement.
• By the end of 1946, the IMF had grown to 39 members.
• On 1 March 1947, the IMF began its financial operations, and on 8 May France became the first country to borrow from it.

• The Commonwealth of Nations was formed in 1949 to maintain an association between countries that had once been part of the British colonies, but which were considered 'free and equal'.
• Commonwealth countries span the globe and, with a combined population of 2.2 billion, including almost a third of the world's population.

The establishment of the World Health Organization occurred on 7 April 1948, when its new constitution was ratified by a twenty-sixth nation. Its establishment followed a period of discussions and consultation following World War II and the formation of the United Nations, of which it formed part.

The Senate of Pakistan is the upper legislative chamber of the bicameral legislature of Pakistan, and together with the National Assembly makes up the Parliament of Pakistan.

• UNICEF stands for United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.
• It was established post World War II in the General Assembly of the United States on 11 December 1946  to provide supplies and assistance to children after World War II.
• Basically, it provides humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.
• Its headquarters are in New York.
• This agency is one of the most recognizable social welfare organizations in the world comprised of 192 countries and territories.

United Nations Security Council held its first-ever session on 17th January 1946. In this session, it adopted provisional rules of procedure, which, it has amended 11 times since then.

A. International Court of Justice: The International Court of Justice, sometimes known as the World Court, is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations.
B. International Labour Organisation: Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and oldest specialised agency of the UN.
C. FAO Headquarter: The FAO Building is the international headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), located in the San Saba rione of Rome, Italy.
D. WHO: The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.