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Answer in one sentence each:

(a) What is binding on all member countries of the United Nations?


(b) Name the five permanent members of the Security Council?


(c) Why was the Economic and Social Council established?

(a) It is binding on all member countries of the United Nations to resolve any international issue through peaceful means and not violence. United Nations was established with the aim of spreading peace and preventing war.


(b) The five permanent members of the Security Council are United States of America, United Kingdom, Russia, France, and China. The other ten member countries change every two years.


(c) The Economic and Social Council was set up to handle the economic and social functions of the United Nations separately. It discusses and creates awareness about issues like poverty, human rights, social inequalities etc.


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Fill in the blanks:

(a) The United Nations was established on………………..


(24 October 1945, 14 October 1945, 4 October 1945)


(b) The representatives of all member countries of the United Nations are members of the…………...


(Security Council, General Assembly, trusteeship Council)

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Answer in two or three lines:

(a) What is veto power?


(b) What are the functions of the International Court of Justice?


(c) What are the functions of the Security Council?

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Answer in four or five lines:

(a) What are the objectives of the United Nations?


(b) What are the functions of the General Assembly?


(c) What are the functions of Economic and Social Council?

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Find out what important World Days have been declared by the United Nations. Organize the appropriate events in your school on those days.