Chapter 4 The United Nations Solutions

S.No.

Organ

Number of members

Functions

(1)

United
Nations
General Assembly

193

(1) To elect the non-permanent members of the Security Council.
(2)  To choose the United Nations Secretary General and the judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in consultation with the Security Council.
(3) To pass the annual budget of the United Nations.

(2)

United Nations Security Council

15(5 Permanent and 10 NonPermanent)

(1) To maintain international peace and security.
(2) To prepare policies for arms control.
(3) To play a joint role along with the General Assembly in the appointments of the judges of the International Court of Justice and of the United Nations Secretary General.

(3)

International Court of Justice

15 judges

(1) To settle the disputes between two or more member nations of the United Nations.
(2) To interpret international law authentically.
(3) To advise the various organs or subsidiary bodies of the United Nations about legal issues.

(4)

Economic and Social Council

54 members

(1) Initiate discussions at the global level on issues like poverty, unemployment, economic and social inequality and suggest policies to tackle these problems.
(2) Discuss issues like women’s questions, empowerment of women, human rights, fundamental freedoms, global trade, health related issues, etc., and make decisions.
(3) Make efforts to establish cultural and educational cooperation at the international level.
(4) Coordinate the functioning of the different organisations working in association with the United Nations.

Class 9 Political Science Chapter 4 The United Nations Intext Questions and Answers

Answer the following in brief:

Activity:

Class 9 Political Science Chapter 4 The United Nations Additional Important Questions and Answers

Choose the correct option from the given options and rewrite the statements:

Give the full forms of the following acronyms:

State whether the following statements are true or false with reasons:

(ii) UNICEF is an affiliated organisation of the United Nations. It works towards making nutritious food and health care available to children.

Explain the following concepts:

(i) There are 15 members in the Security Council. Of them, five are permanent members, while ten are non-permanent members.

(ii) The non-permanent members are chosen every two years by the General Assembly. America, Russia, England, France and China are permanent members of the Security Council. They have the veto power.

(iii) For any decision to be taken, the assent of all five permanent members and four non permanent members is necessary. If even one of the five permanent member uses his veto i.e. gives a negative vote, the decision cannot be taken.

(iv) Functions of the Security Council:

(a) The main responsibility of the Security Council is to maintain international peace and security.
The Security Council may suggest one among the following alternatives in situations of international conflict:

(b) To prepare policies for arms control.
(c) To play a joint role along with the General Assembly in the appointments of the judges of the International Court of Justice and of the United Nations Secretary General.

Complete the following table:

(1)

WHO

(a)

………….

(2)

UNESCO

(b)

…………..

(3)

UNICEF

(c)

…………

(4)

ILO

(d)

…………….

(1)

WHO

(a)

World Health Organization

(2)

UNESCO

(b)

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

(3)

UNICEF

(c)

United Nations Children’s, Fund

(4)

ILO

(d)

International Labour Organization

(1)

New York

(a)

……….

(2)

Hague, Netherlands

(b)

…………

(3)

San Francisco

(c)

………..

(1)

New York

(a)

Headquarters of UN

(2)

Hague, Netherlands

(b)

International Court of Justice

(3)

San Francisco

(c)

Drafting of UN Charter

Complete the flow chart:

Complete the chart:

Answer the following in brief:

(ii) The United Nations Charter lays down the ways and means to be employed to achieve this goal.

(iii) It includes appointing an intermediary acceptable to the nations involved in the conflict, use the legal procedure, appoint an arbitrator to solve the dispute and if needed, to take recourse to military means and ensure that conflict will not occur again.

(iv) In modem times, human security has been threatened by terrorism, racist and religious conflict. As a result, the function of securing peace of the United Nations has acquired a lot of importance.

(v) The United Nations makes efforts to ensure that violence does not erupt in strife-tom areas and normalcy is restored as soon as possible, by (for example), starting schools, creating awareness among the people about human rights, making social, economic, political facilities available, conducting elections, etc.

(ii) India has participated in bringing issues like decolonisation, disarmament and racial segregation on the United Nations platform.

(iii) In 1946, India was the first country to raise. the question of racism in the United Nations.India has always led the discussions about the problems of undeveloped and developing countries.

(iv) India has always sent her troops to participate in the United Nations peacekeeping forces. Not just that, India has sent an all-woman peacekeeping force as well.

(v) It is evident from the foregoing analysis that India makes serious efforts to solve international conflicts by peaceful means.

(ii) Working in specific areas, they help different nations in those areas.

(iii) The following are some of these important agencies:

(ii) The latter were supposed to help bring about the development of the trust territories and once they attain independence from their colonies, help establish democracy.

(iii) The work of the Trusteeship Council is over as there are no trust territories left.

(iv) The work of the Trusteeship Council ended when Palau got independence on 1st November 1994.

(i) The Atlantic Treaty was signed between Prime Minister of England, Sir Winston Churchill and American, President Franklin D Roosevelt during the Second World War on 14th August 1941.

(ii) According to this treaty, a decision was taken to set up a permanent mechanism to establish international security after the Second World War was over.

(iii) Detailed discussions followed on this decision in two conferences among allied powers in 1944 and 1945.

(iv) A draft of the treaty to establish an international organisation was prepared.

(v) At San Francisco in America, representatives of fifty countries drafted the Charter of the United Nations after discussions.

(vi) As soon as the war was over, the Charter was signed on 24th October, 1945 and the United Nations was established.

(i) The main objective of this organisation is to coordinate the economic and social policies of the United Nations.
(ii) The Council has 54 members. They are selected by the General Assembly.
(iii) Each member has a tenure of three years and each year, one-third of the members are newly chosen. Decisions are taken by majority vote.
(iv) Functions:

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