United Nations Purposes Quiz

The main purposes of the UN are set out in Article 1: “to maintain international ______ and security”

The UN is “based on the sovereign equality of all its ______”

The United Nations consists of six major ______, described in this section

The Security Council is the realist heart of an organization with a ______ mission

The report made four main recommendations that reflected the growing importance of the DPA’s approach. The first called for putting ______ solutions ahead of military engagements in the design and implementation of peace operations.

Second, it calls for a more flexible use of the “full spectrum of UN peace operations,” arguing for smoother transitions between the special ______ missions and peacekeeping operations.

Third, it argues for more collaboration and consultation throughout the UN system and with relevant ______.

And finally, it calls for more “field-focused” and “people-centered” peace ______.

The Trusteeship Council’s job was to administer “Trust Territories” placed under its care, and to help these territories move toward ______ or independence.

The Trust Territories were territories (mainly colonies) “detached from ______ states” following WWII, or “held under mandate,” since the League of Nations era.

There were 11 such territories. The last one was the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau), which became ______ in 1994.

One reason the Trusteeship Council still exists is because removing it requires amending the UN Charter to delete Chapter XIII, which lays out the Trusteeship’s ______.