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Who said the UN was not created to take humanity to heaven, but to save it from hell?Read the answer and worked solution →The Atlantic Charter was signed in August 1941 by Roosevelt and:Read the answer and worked solution →In January 1942, how many Allied nations signed the Declaration by United Nations in Washington?Read the answer and worked solution →The Yalta Conference of the Big Three that decided to organise a UN conference was held in:Read the answer and worked solution →The UN Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 at:Read the answer and worked solution →UN Day is celebrated on:Read the answer and worked solution →India joined the UN on:Read the answer and worked solution →The UN was founded as a successor to the:Read the answer and worked solution →By 2011 the UN had how many member states?Read the answer and worked solution →The five permanent members of the Security Council are the US, Russia, UK, France and:Read the answer and worked solution →Judges of the International Court of Justice are elected for how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →The International Court of Justice is based in:Read the answer and worked solution →The first UN Secretary-General, Trygve Lie, came from:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Secretary-General was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously in 1961?Read the answer and worked solution →U Thant, Secretary-General from 1961 to 1971, was from:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Secretary-General issued the report An Agenda for Peace?Read the answer and worked solution →Kofi Annan was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in:Read the answer and worked solution →The UN General Assembly resolution listing complaints about the Security Council was adopted in:Read the answer and worked solution →The World Bank was created during the Second World War in:Read the answer and worked solution →China's share of the UN regular budget for 2019 was:Read the answer and worked solution →Non-permanent Security Council members serve terms of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Security Council was expanded from 11 to 15 members in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Secretaries-GeneralRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the UN organsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the UN timelineRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the UN wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Permanent or electedRead the answer and worked solution →Sort organs, agencies and peopleRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →United Nations bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Who said the UN was not created to take humanity to heaven, but to save it from hell?

  1. Dag Hammarskjold
  2. Kofi Atta Annan
  3. Shashi Tharoor
  4. Boutros-Ghali
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Correct answer: A. Dag Hammarskjold

1. He was the UN's second Secretary-General. 2. Dag Hammarskjold said it. 3. Tharoor called the UN a place to bore each other rather than bore holes. _Source: syllabus Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 6, International Organisations._

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The Atlantic Charter was signed in August 1941 by Roosevelt and:

  1. Chiang Kai-shek
  2. Winston Churchill
  3. Joseph Stalin
  4. Charles de Gaulle
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Correct answer: B. Winston Churchill

1. It set the stage for the United Nations. 2. British PM Winston Churchill signed it. 3. Stalin joined at Tehran in 1943. _Source: syllabus Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 6, International Organisations._

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In January 1942, how many Allied nations signed the Declaration by United Nations in Washington?

  1. 26
  2. 50
  3. 51
  4. 15
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Correct answer: A. 26

1. They were fighting the Axis Powers. 2. Twenty-six nations signed. 3. The Charter itself was signed by 50 in 1945. _Source: syllabus Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 6, International Organisations._

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