UN Charter Quiz

• What are the four purposes of the UN?

  To maintain peace and security, to develop friendly relations, to achieve international co-operation in solving problems, to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
• The admission of any state to membership in the United Nations will be effected by a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.
• The UN has six principal organs: The General Assembly, The Security Council, The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), The Trusteeship Council, The International Court of Justice, The Secretariat
• A member of the UN against which preventive or enforcement action has been taken by the Security Council may be suspended from the exercise of the rights and privileges of membership by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council. The exercise of these rights and privileges may be restored by the Security Council.
• A Member of the United Nations which has persistently violated the Principles contained in the present Charter may be expelled from the Organization by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.
• How many representatives can a Member have in the General Assembly?

  No more than five, according to Article 9.
• How many articles are in the UN charter?

  111
• How many amendments are in the UN charter?

  51
• How many chapters are in the UN charter?

  19
• The General Assembly shall initiate studies and make recommendations for the purpose of?

  1. promoting international co-operation in the political field and encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification;
  2. promoting international co-operation in the economic, social, cultural, educational, and health fields, and assisting in the realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.
• The General Assembly shall consider and approve the budget of the Organization.
• Decisions of the General Assembly on important questions shall be made by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting.
• Important questions for the General Assembly include?

  Recommendations with respect to the maintenance of international peace and security, the election of the non-permanent members of the Security Council, the election of the members of the Economic and Social Council, the election of members of the Trusteeship Council in accordance with paragraph 1 (c) of Article 86, the admission of new Members to the United Nations, the suspension of the rights and privileges of membership, the expulsion of Members, questions relating to the operation of the trusteeship system, and budgetary questions.
• Special sessions shall be convoked by the Secretary-General at the request of the Security Council or of a majority of the Members of the United Nations.
• The Security Council shall consist of fifteen Members of the United Nations, including the P5.
• The specific powers granted to the Security Council for the discharge of these duties are laid down in Chapters 6, 7, 8, and 12.
• 1. Decisions of the Security Council on procedural matters shall be made by an affirmative vote of nine members.
• 1. Decisions of the Security Council on all other matters shall be made by an affirmative vote of nine members including the concurring votes of the permanent members; provided that, in decisions under Chapter VI, and under paragraph 3 of Article 52, a party to a dispute shall abstain from voting.
• 1. Any Member of the United Nations may bring any dispute, or any situation of the nature referred to in Article 34, to the attention of the Security Council or of the General Assembly.
• Which Article of the UN Charter guarantees the rights of individual states to defend themselves in the case of an armed attack against them?

  Article 51
• What two chapters of the UN Charter deal with the specifics of maintaining peace and security?

  Chapter 6 and 7.
• What is the current membership of the UN?

  193
• What are the official languages of the UN?

  Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
• In which Chapter are the provisions for peacekeeping operations found?

  Six
• Who is the current UN secretary general?

  António Guterres
• The term enemy state as used in paragraph 1 of Article 53 applies to any state which during the Second World War has been an enemy of any signatory of the present Charter.
• The United Nations shall promote:

  • Higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and development
  • Solutions of international economic, social, health, and related problems
  • International cultural and educational cooperation
  • Universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion
• How many members are there in the Economic and Social Council?

  54
• How long are eighteen members of the Economic and Social Council elected for?

  Three years
• Decisions of the Economic and Social Council shall be made by a majority of the members present and voting.
• What members does the Trusteeship Council consist of?

  Members administering trust territories, members mentioned by name in Article 23, and as many other Members elected for three-year terms by the General Assembly.
• All Members of the UN are ipso facto parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice.
• The General Assembly or the Security Council may request the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on any legal question.
• The Secretariat shall compromise a Secretary-General and such staff as the Organization may require.
• The Secretary-General shall be appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council. He shall be the chief administrative officer of the Organization.
• A General Conference of the Members of the United Nations for the purpose of reviewing the present Charter may be held at a date and place to be fixed by a two-thirds vote of the members of the General Assembly and by a vote of any nine members of the Security Council.
• 1. Any alteration of the present Charter recommended by a two-thirds vote of the conference shall take effect when ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processes by two thirds of the Members of the United Nations including all the permanent members of the Security Council.
• If such a conference (to amend the Charter) has not been held before the tenth annual session of the General Assembly following the coming into force of the present Charter, the proposal to call such a conference shall be placed on the agenda of that session of the General Assembly, and the conference shall be held if so decided by a majority vote of the members of the General Assembly and by a vote of any seven members of the Security Council.
• 1. The ratifications shall be deposited with the Government of the United States of America, which shall notify all the signatory states of each deposit as well as the Secretary-General of the Organization when he has been appointed.
• The present Charter shall come into force upon the deposit of ratifications by the Republic of China, France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America, and by a majority of the other signatory states. A protocol of the ratifications deposited shall thereupon be drawn up by the Government of the United States of America which shall communicate copies thereof to all the signatory states.