History & Civics
Read the excerpt given below and answer the questions that follow:
Fifty Nations Charter The Rights of Man Peace By Strength
With reference to the above headline in the Daily Mail dated June, 1945, which incident is being referred to and what was its final outcome?
Answer
The incident being referred to in the Daily Mail headline (June 1945) is the signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco Conference held in June, 1945 by 50 participating nations.
Its final outcome was that the United Nations (UN) was officially established on October 24, 1945, with the aim of maintaining international peace, security, and cooperation.
Related Questions
(A) The General Assembly is the main deliberative organ of the UN.
(R) The General Assembly elects the non-permanent members of the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council.
- (R) contradicts (A)
- (R) is the reason for (A)
- (A) is true but (R) is false
- (A) and (R) are independent of each other.
(A) The Security Council’s five permanent members have the veto power.
(R) If a permanent member abstains from voting it does not amount to a veto.
- (R) contradicts (A)
- (R) is the reason for (A)
- (A) is true but (R) is false
- (A) and (R) are independent of each other.
Why did world leaders decide to set up a world organisation to maintain peace?
When was the name "The United Nations" used for the first time? Where was the UN established?