POLS 3053 International Relations

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POLS 3053International Relations

• Chapter 18
• The United Nations

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The United Nations was established on October 24,
__.

• a. 1926 d. 1947
• b. 1943 e. 1950
• c. 1945

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As of 2003, __ countries were members of the
United Nations.

• a. 121 d. 191
• b. 138 e. 216
• c. 155

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In many ways, the United Nations was set up to
correct the problems of its predecessor, the __,
which was plagued by a lack of effective power.

• a. League of Justice d. Alliance for
  Peace
• b. League of Nations e. Tri-Lateral
  Commission
• c. Community of
• Nation-States

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Article 1(2) of the UN Charters states that

• a. the UN is not empowered to violate the
  domestic jurisdiction of any state.
• b. the UN shall be empowered to peacefully settle
  disputes.
• c. antagonists are required to fist seek a
  solution by negotiation, mediation, etc.
• d. the purpose of the UN is to develop friendly
  relations among nations based on respect for the
  principle of equal rights and self-determination.
  
• e. the UN may use force to maintain or restore
  international peace and security.

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Article 2(7) of the UN Charter states that

• a. the UN is not empowered to violate the
  domestic jurisdiction of any state.
• b. the UN shall be empowered to peacefully settle
  disputes.
• c. antagonists are required to fist seek a
  solution by negotiation, mediation, etc.
• d. the purpose of the UN is to develop friendly
  relations among nations based on respect for the
  principle of equal rights and self-determination.
  
• e. the UN may use force to maintain or restore
  international peace and security.

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Chapter VI of the UN Charters deals with

• a. the UN is not empowered to violate the
  domestic jurisdiction of any state.
• b. the UN shall be empowered to peacefully settle
  disputes.
• c. antagonists are required to fist seek a
  solution by negotiation, mediation, etc.
• d. the purpose of the UN is to develop friendly
  relations among nations based on respect for the
  principle of equal rights and self-determination.
  
• e. the UN may use force to maintain or restore
  international peace and security.

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Article 33 of the UN Charter states that

• a. the UN is not empowered to violate the
  domestic jurisdiction of any state.
• b. the UN shall be empowered to peacefully settle
  disputes.
• c. antagonists are required to fist seek a
  solution by negotiation, mediation, etc.
• d. the purpose of the UN is to develop friendly
  relations among nations based on respect for the
  principle of equal rights and self-determination.
  
• e. the UN may use force to maintain or restore
  international peace and security.

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Article 42 of the UN Charter states that

• a. the UN is not empowered to violate the
  domestic jurisdiction of any state.
• b. the UN shall be empowered to peacefully settle
  disputes.
• c. antagonists are required to fist seek a
  solution by negotiation, mediation, etc.
• d. the purpose of the UN is to develop friendly
  relations among nations based on respect for the
  principle of equal rights and self-determination.
  
• e. the UN may use force to maintain or restore
  international peace and security.

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Article 99 of the UN Charter

• a. states that the UN is not empowered to violate
  the domestic jurisdiction of any state.
• b. declares that the UN shall be empowered to
  peacefully settle disputes.
• c. authorizes the Secretary-General to alert the
  Security Council of any matter that may threaten
  the maintenance of international peace and
  security.
• d. the purpose of the UN is to develop friendly
  relations among nations based on respect for the
  principle of equal rights and self-determination.
  
• e. the UN may use force to maintain or restore
  international peace and security.

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Within the United Nations, the main
responsibility for maintaining international
peace and security falls to the

• a. World Court.
• b. International Court of Justice.
• c. Security Council.
• d. General Assembly.
• e. Council on International Security

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Among the five permanent members of the UN
Security Council originally include all of the
following EXCEPT

• a. the United States. d. Great Britain
• b. France. e. the Soviet
  Union
• c. Germany.

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The Security Council is authorized under __ of
the UN Charter to impose economic sanctions or
order an arms embargo on offending nations.

• a. Article 1(2) d. Chapter VII
• b. Article 2(7) e. SC Resolution
  242
• c. Chapter VI

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Decisions reached by the UNs General Assembly

• a. are weighted according to a particular
  nations contributions to the UN.
• b. are weighted according to a particular
  nations military contributions to the UN
  peace-keeping forces.
• c. only have the status of recommendations.
• d. are binding and have the force of contributing
  to the body of international law.
• e. all of the above.

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At its 2001/2002 session, the General Assembly
considered more than __ different topics,
including globalization, HIV/AIDS, conflict in
Africa, the protection of the environment, and
the consolidation of new democracies.

• a. 5 d. 575
• b. 120 e. 8,000
• c. 180

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The __ is intended to coordinate the economic and
social work of the United Nations and the UN
family of organizations.

• a. Secretariat d. General
  Assembly
• b. Economic Social e. Trusteeship
  Council
• Council
• c. International Court of
• Justice

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The primary impact of the Cold War on the working
of the United Nations was

• a. negligible. The United Nations functioned
  smoothly in the early post-WWII era.
• b. marginal. The US Soviet Union only
  occasionally allowed their disagreements to block
  Security Council deliberations.
• c. significant. Both superpowers could veto
  actions whenever its major interests were
  threatened.
• d. comprehensive. Superpower conflict rendered
  the UN useless for much of its history.
• e. all of the above.

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One instance where the Security Council was able
to act was the __ in 1950, where a Soviet boycott
of the Security Council facilitated collective
action in the interests of global peace keeping.

• a. Vietnam conflict d. Cuban Missile
  Crisis
• b. Korean conflict e. Prague Spring
• c. Berlin Air Lift

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In 1992, then UN Secretary-General __ outlined a
far more ambitious UN agenda for peace and
security.

• a. Kurt Waldheim d. Kofi Anan
• b. Dag Hammarskjöld e. Boutros Boutros-
• c. U Thant Ghali

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__ involves confidence-building measures,
fact-finding, and preventive deployment of UN
authorized forces, and is one of the initial
steps in the UNs agenda for peace.

• a. Preventive diplomacy d. Peacemaking
• b. Peacekeeping e. Post-conflict
• c. Peace enforcement
  peacebuilding

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__ is designed to bring hostile parties to
agreement, essentially through peaceful means,
and is one of the steps of the UNs agenda for
peace.

• a. Preventive diplomacy d. Peacemaking
• b. Peacekeeping e. Post-conflict
• c. Peace enforcement
  peacebuilding

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When all peaceful means have failed, __ is
authorized under Chapter VII of the UN Charter,
and may occur without the consent of the parties
to a conflict.

• a. Preventive diplomacy d. Peacemaking
• b. Peacekeeping e. Post-conflict
• c. Peace enforcement
  peacebuilding

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__ is the deployment of a UN presence in the
field with the consent of all parties, and is
considered in the UNs agenda for peace to be a
classical example of__.

• a. Preventive diplomacy d. Peacemaking
• b. Peacekeeping e. Post-conflict
• c. Peace enforcement
  peacebuilding

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To develop the social, political, and economic
infrastructure to prevent further violence and to
consolidate peace, the UNs agenda for peace
calls for __ .

• a. Preventive diplomacy d. Peacemaking
• b. Peacekeeping e. Post-conflict
• c. Peace enforcement
  peacebuilding

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The current UN Secretary General is

• a. Bill Clinton. d. Kofi Annan
• b. Kurt Waldheim. e. Boutrous Boutros-
• c. Hag Hammarskjöld. Ghali

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__ was(were) arguably the first occasion in which
international forces were used in defiance of a
sovereign state in order to protect humanitarian
standards.

• a. The Peloponnesian Wars
• b. Desert Storm
• c. Kosovo
• d. The invasion of Afghanistan
• e. the invasion of Iraq

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Overall, the United Nations record on the
maintenance of international peace and security
has been

• a. very positive. d. pretty bad.
• b. somewhat positive. e. a signal failure.
• c. mixed.

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The UN Conference on Environment and Development,
also called the __, met in 1992 to explore the
feasibility of encouraging broad-based,
environmentally sustainable development.

• a. Kyoto Protocols d. London
  Conference
• b. Rio Earth Summit e. Delhi Summit
• c. Stockholm Conference