Answers "UN Peacekeeping and Action Against Terrorism"
1. Which main United Nations Body is given primary responsibility (under the UN Charter) for the maintenance of international peace and security?
General Assembly
Security Council
International Court of Justice
Secretariat
2. Which of the following notions refer to the use of diplomatic means to persuade parties in conflict to cease hostilities and to negotiate a peaceful settlement of their dispute?
Peacemaking
Peacekeeping
Enforcement
Peace building
3. Does the UN have military forces of its own?
Yes, the UN Military Forces are comprised of battalions from each member state
No, the member states, on voluntary basis, provide the personnel required for an operation
No, the UN Military Forces are comprised of independent voluntary soldiers
Yes, the member states are obliged to provide personnel to the UN when required
4. Which is the first UN peacekeeping operation/How is it called?
UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
First UN Emergency Force
UN Truce Supervision Organization
UN Observation Group in Lebanon
5. How many UN peacekeeping operations have there been since the establishment of the UN and how many current operations exist now?
There have been 57 UN Peacekeeping operations, current operations - 14
There have been 48 UN Peacekeeping operations, current operations - 15
There have been 56 UN Peacekeeping operations, current operations – 43
There have been 71 UN Peacekeeping operations, current operations – 22
6. When was the UN Department of Peacekeeping operations created?
1948
1992
1988
1993
7. Who is obliged to pay the peacekeeping costs?
Member states
Donor organizations
Country where the missions are deployed
UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations
8. Where and under which mission are the Armenian Peacekeepers deployed?
In Kosovo, UNMIK
In Kosovo, KFOR
In Herzegovina, KFOR
In Iraq, Coalition Forces
9. Which organization carries on the supervision of the Armenian Peacekeepers?
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Council of Europe
10. Which of the following international institutions has the power to exercise its jurisdiction over persons for the most serious crimes of international concern?
International Court of Justice
International Criminal Court of Rwanda
International Criminal Court of Yugoslavia
International Criminal Court
11. Who was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize for the last time?
the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
the United Nations and the Secretary General Kofi Annan
the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
12. Which is the Security Council’s landmark resolution obligating all member states to take specific action to combat terrorism?
1373 (2001)
1368 (2001)
1267 (1999)
1333 (2000)
13. What body was established under the SC resolution1373 to prevent acts of terrorism worldwide?
Policy Working Group on UN and Terrorism
UN Task Force on Terrorism
Counter Terrorism Committee
Crime Prevention Center
14. Which international institute drafted the first counter-terrorism convention?
United Nations
League of Nations
Security Council
General Assembly
15. How many counter-terrorism conventions have been adopted by the United Nations?
9
13
12
8
16. How many of the counter-terrorism conventions has the Republic of Armenia accessed to?
5
3
none
9
17. Under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child the States Parties shall refrain from recruiting any person who has not attained the age of ---- years into their armed forces
15
17
12
18
18. In which city is the Department for Disarmament Affairs (DDA) located?
Vienna
New York
Geneva
Brussels
19. In 2002 the UN General Assembly declared 29 May …………………………
World Disarmament Day
International Day of Peacekeepers
International Counter Terrorism Day
International day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
20. Since 2002 which day is observed as the UN Day of Peace?
Answers "UN Peacekeeping and Action Against Terrorism"