Which of the following is NOT a specialized UN agency?
a. the International Seabed Authority
b. the Food and Agriculture Organization
c. the International Labor Organization
d. the World Trade Organization
e. the UN Children's Fund
If the leader of a poor country needed a loan to help with development, which UN agency would he or she approach?
a. the International Monetary Fund
b. the World Bank
c. the World Monetary Fund
d. the UN Conference on Trade and Development
e. the UN Development Bank
________, an underlying premise of the UN, refers to generating cooperation on major, divisive issues by starting with cooperating on less important, specialized matters.
a. the UN Conference on Trade and Development
b. the International Monetary Fund
c. the World Intellectual Property Organization
d. the International Court of Justice
e. the International Labor Organization
The current and past UN Secretaries General are, respectively, ________.
a. Ban Ki-moon of South Korea and Kofi Annan of Ghana
b. Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt and Kofi Annan of Nigeria
c. U Thant of Burma and Ban Ki-moon of South Korea
d. U Thant of Burma and Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt
e. Kurt Waldheim of Austria and Trygve Lie of Norway
Which of the following was authorized by the UN Security Council, suggesting that it could work as it was meant to?
a. the 2010 sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program
b. the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq
c. the U.S.-led Kosovo campaign
d. the 2010 resolution naming North Korea as the party responsible for sinking a South
Korean navy ship
e. President Obama's plans for action against Syria for its use of poisonous gas
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