International
Institutions
1. The UNO was founded in the year 1945.
2. The head office of the UNO is in New York city.
3. The affiliated body of the UNO which appears like a cabinet
committee is General Assembly.
4. The tern of the Office of international Judges is Nine years.
5. The International Court of Justice is in Hague of
Netherland.
6. The present Secretary General of the UNO is Antonio
Guterres.
7. The World Health Organisation was founded in the year 1948.
8. The SARC was founded in the year 1985.
II. Discuss the following
questions in group and answer:
1. Name the people who worked to establish the UNO.
Ans: Winston Churchill of England, Joseph Stalin of Russia and
Franklin Roosevelt or USA are responsible for the formation of UNO.
2. What are the affiliated bodies of institutions of the UNO ?
Ans: UNO has six major affiliated bodies as per the charter of
UNO. They are:
a) General Assembly
b) The UNO Security Council
c) Economic and Social Committee
d) Trusteeship Council
e) International Court of Justice
f) The Secretariat.
3. Which are the permanent members of the UNO Security Council
?
Ans: U.S.A., Britain, France, Russia and China are the
permanent members of Security Council.
4. Name working aims of the World Health Organization.
Ans: The objectives of W.H.O. are:
a) To eradicate epidemics like Cholera, plague, malaria, small
fox etc.
b) To protect environment and solve the problem of hunger etc.
5. Make a list of functions of the International Labour
Organization.
Ans: The functions of International Labour Organisation are :
a) Providing Social security for labourers.
b) Protecting them from health hazards.
c) Improving their standard of living.
d) Providing maternity benefits for women, providing minimums
wages and housing facilities for the labourers.
6. Expand SAARC.
Ans: South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation is the
expansion of SAARC.
III. Discuss the following
questions and answer in at least ten sentences:
1. List out the aims of UNO.
Ans: The objectives of the UNO are:
a) To maintain international peace and security.
b) To develop friendly relations among nations.
c) To established faith in fundamental human rights.
d) To achieve international Co-operation in solving
international problems of economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character.
To establish justice and respect for international obligation.
To function as a centre for harmonizaing the actions of
nations.
2. Explain the formation of the General Assembly of the UNO.
Ans: a) It is an affiliated body consisting of representatives
from all the member states.
b) Every country sends five representatives to this body. But.
every country has only one vote.
c) The general body elects one of its members as the president
for a year.
d) Similarly people are elected for posts of 17 vice
presidents, and seven chairpersons for the seven permanent committees.
e) The general assembly meetings begin around September and
continue till mid-December every year.
f) For all the important matters the approval a 2/3 majority
is mandatory.
3. What are the functions of the Economic and Social Committee
of the UNO?
Ans:The main functions of the committee are as follows
a) Conducting studies on economic, social, cultural,
education, health and other international issues and sharing the reports.
b) Issues like refugee problems, women status, residence and
many other issues come within the purview of this committee.
c) This committee recommends on issues of human rights and
basic freedoms.
d) Organizing conferences on human resources, culture,
education and other issues.
e) Coordinating the functions of specialized organization,
Food and agriculture organization [FAO], world health organization (WHO) and
other institutions.
4. The “UNO has a major role in establishing peace in the
world”. Substantiate this statement.
Ans: In maintaining world peace, the UNO plays an important
role. So far it has dealt with a large number of political disputes. The
disputes like
Suez Canal, Iran, Indonesia, Greece, Kashmir, Palestine,
Afghanistan etc., are worth to be mentioned, which have been dealt with by UNO.
Series of serious efforts have been made by UNO for disarmaments both
conventional and nuclear. UNO played a more effective role in reducing the most
serious situation of the cold-war. Thus the UNO played an important role in
maintaining world peace.
5. What are the functions of UNESCO?
Ans: The functions of UNESCO are
a) To deal with the promotion of science, education and
culture throughout the globe.
b) It aims at the development of technical education
information technology, creative, mental, cultural and environmental studies.
c) It assists state and non-state, institutions all over the
world in the development of knowledge and its dissemination.
6. Explain the role of the IMF in solving the economic
problems of the World.
Ans: IMF is a global financial institution. It aims at solving
international economic problems. It strives to promote world trade, economic
stability, and sound balance of payment situations. It strives to harmonize the
economic relations of advanced and poor countries. Thus I.M.F plays its role in
solving the economic problems of the world.
7. Prepare a list of aims of the Common Wealth.
Ans:The aims of Commonwealth Nations are:
a) To uphold democracy and liberties.
b) To assist to eradicate poverty among the member countries.
c) Promotion of world peace, sports, science and cultural
ties.
d) It helps to promote friendly ties among the member
countries.
8. Explain the European Union.
Ans: a) It is an institution of 27 European countries.
b) It was founded in 1992 as per the agreement of Matrich
among the member countries.
c) It provides for a common market, common currency, and
common agriculture and trade policy.
Subdivisions of this organizations are
a) Committee
b) Commission
c) European parliament
d) European court of justice.
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