Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
| LIST-I (Speech) | LIST-II (Author) | ||
| A. | ‘The United Nations was not created to take humanity to heaven, but to save it from hell’ | I. | Kofi Annan |
| B. | “The protection of communities and individuals from internal violence” as human security | II. | Dag Hammarskjold |
| C. | ‘jaw-jaw is better than war-war.’ | III. | Shashi Tharoor |
| D. | “Talking shop? Yes, there are a lot of speeches and meetings at the U.N...” | IV. | Winston Churchill |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A – II, B – I, C – IV, D – III
(A) ‘The United Nations was not created to take humanity to heaven, but to save it from hell’ — this matches (II) Dag Hammarskjold. He was the UN’s second Secretary-General.
(B) “The protection of communities and individuals from internal violence” as human security — this matches (I) Kofi Annan. The former UN Secretary-General described the ‘narrow’ concept of human security in these words.
(C) ‘jaw-jaw is better than war-war.’ — this matches (IV) Winston Churchill.
(D) “Talking shop? Yes, there are a lot of speeches and meetings at the U.N...” — this matches (III) Shashi Tharoor. The former UN Under-Secretary-General quotes Churchill in the same lines.
NCERT (2025-26): “Non-Traditional Notions … All proponents of human security agree that its primary goal is the protection of individuals. However, there are differences about precisely what threats individuals should be protected from. Proponents of the ‘narrow’ concept of human security focus on violent threats to individuals or, as former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan puts it, ‘the protection of communities and individuals from internal violence’.…”
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