Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: International Organisations

Question:

Which of the following is not a decision that was taken in the meeting held in September 2005 to celebrate the anniversary of the UN?

Options:

Creation of a Peacebuilding Commission

Agreements to achieve zero net emission

Agreements to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Creation of a Democracy Fund

Correct Answer:

Agreements to achieve zero net emission

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2 - Agreements to achieve zero net emission.

Option 1- Creation of a Peacebuilding Commission
Option 2- Agreements to achieve zero net emission (INCORRECT)
Option 3- Agreements to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Option 4- Creation of a Democracy Fund

 

As the UN completed 60 years of its existence, the heads of all the member-states met in September 2005 to celebrate the anniversary and review the situation. The leaders in this meeting decided that the following steps should be taken to make the UN more relevant in the changing context:

Creation of a Peacebuilding Commission.
Acceptance of the responsibility of the international community in case of failures of national governments to protect their own citizens from atrocities.
Establishment of a Human Rights Council (operational since 19 June 2006).
Agreements to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
Creation of a Democracy Fund.
An agreement to wind up the Trusteeship Council.