Information About UNO

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United Nations Organisation
*The name UNO was suggested by
Ans : F. D. Roosevelt
*UNO was formally came into existence on
Ans : October 24,1945
*UN day is observed on
Ans : October 24
*Headquarters of UNO
Ans : Manhattan (New York)
*The main aim of UNO
Ans : Peace and Human dignity
*Motto of UNO
Ans : It's Your World
*UN Flag was adopted on
Ans : October 20, 1947
*Colour of UN Flag
Ans : Light Blue
*Design of UN Flag
Ans : World map surrounded by two olive branches
*UN Emblem was designed by
Ans : Donal McLaughlin
*The Secretary General of the UN is elected by the General assembly on recommendation of the
Ans : Security Council
*The only body in which all UN members are represented
Ans: General Assembly
*First General meeting of UNO was held in
Ans : London(1946)
*The largest subsidiary body of UNO
Ans : Economic and Social Council
*The Constitution of the United Nations Organisation
Ans : UN Charter
*The Preamble of the UN was prepared by
Ans : Field Marshal Smuts
*UN Charter was signed on
Ans : June 26,1945
*The meeting in which the UN Charter was signed
Ans : San Francisco
*UN Charter came into force on
Ans : October 24,1945
*The number of countries signed in the UN Charter in its first phase
Ans : 50
*India signed in the UN Charter on
Ans : October 30,1945
*The Indian representative to sign in the UN Charter
Ans : Ramaswamy Muthaliyar
*51st country to sign in UN Charter
Ans : Poland
*The executive body of the United Nations
Ans : Security Council
*The five permanent members of UNO
Ans : China, France, Russia, Britain and USA
*Human Rights Declaration made by UNO on
Ans : December 10,1948
*Human Rights Day is observed on
Ans : December 10
*Number of official languages of UNO
Ans : 6
*Official Languages of UNO
Ans : English, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabic and Spanish Working Languages of UNO English and French
*The 6th Language Arabic was preferred as the Official Language of UN in
Ans : 1973
*UN Celebrated its Golden Jubilee in
Ans : 1995
*European headquarters of UN
Ans : Geneva
*Asian and European countries which are not the members of UN
Ans : Taiwan and Vatican respectively
*Number of representatives on the commencement of UNO
Ans : 51
*The Secretary General of UN is elected by the General Assembly on the recommendation of
Ans : Security Council
*First Secretary General of UNO
Ans : Trygve Lie
*The present and 9th Secretary General of UN
Ans : Antonio Guterres
*Antonio Guterres belongs to
Ans : Portugal
*The UN Library is known as
Ans : Hammarskjold Library
*First person who received Nobel prize posthumously in 1961
Ans : Dag Hammarskjold
*The organisation of UN dedicated exclusively to children
Ans : UNICEF
*Total membership of UNO at present
Ans : 193
*190th member of UNO
Ans : .Switzerland
*191st member of UNO
Ans : East Timor
*192nd member of UNO
Ans : Montenegro
*193rd member of UNO
Ans : South Sweden
*The smallest UN member in terms of population
Ans : Nauru
*The smallest UN member in terms of area
Ans : Monaco
*The UN Library is located in
Ans : Newyork
*The UN University Is located in
Ans : Tokyo
*The UN Peace University is located in
Ans : Costa Rica
*UN Women was formed on
Ans : July 2,2010
*UN Women became operational in
Ans : January 2011
*Headquarters of UN Women
Ans : New York
*First Indian to become the President of UN General Assembly
Ans : Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1953)
*The General Assembly meeting is described as
Ans : 'Town meeting of the world'
*The United Nations Inter regional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) is located at
Ans : Turin (Italy)
*The Trusteeship Council was suspended in operation on
Ans : November 1,1994 (with the independence of Palau)

UN ORGANS
*Sixth Organ of UNO
Ans : The Trusteeship Council
THE MAIN ORGANS OF UNO ARE
*The General Assembly
Ans : New York
*The Security Council
Ans : New York
*The Economic and Social Council
Ans : New York
*International Court of Justice
Ans : Hague