WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO)

*World health day

Ans : April 7 (Formation day of WHO) 

*The publication of WHO

Ans : World Health Report

*The Indian woman who was the President of WHO

Ans : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur 

*First woman Director General of WHO 

Ans : Gro Harlem Bundtland

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)

*Headquarters

Ans : Vienna

*IAEA was formed on 

Ans : July 29,1957 

*Number of member countries 

Ans : 168

*Motto

Ans : 'Atom for Peace'

*To implement the use of nuclear weapons for peace settlements is the main objective of 

Ans : IAEA

*IAEA got the Nobel Prize for Peace in 

Ans : 2005

*First President of IAEA 

Ans : W. Sterling Cole

*168th Member country of IAEA 

Ans : Turkmenistan

*The safe guard office of IAEA is located at 

Ans : Tokyo (Japan) and Toronto (Canada)

THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY FUND (UNICEF)

*Headguarters

Ans : New York

*UNICEF was formed on

Ans : December 11,1946

*Number of member countries

Ans : 193

*To provide long-term humanitarian and development assistance to children and mothers in developing countries is the main objective of 

Ans : UNICEF

*The special agency of UNICEF for the welfare of children 

Ans : UNICEF

*UNICEF was declared 'as the permanent agency of UN in 

Ans : 1953

*UNICEF got Nobel prize for peace in

Ans : 1965

* The global goodwill ambassador of UNICEF in 2016 

Ans : Priyanka Chopra

*The goodwill ambassador of UNICEF in 2017

Ans : Shahrukh Khan

UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR)

*Headquarters 

Ans : Geneva

*UNHCR was formed on

Ans : December 14,1950 

*Number of Member countries in UNHCR 

Ans : 120

*To protect and support refugees is the main objective of 

Ans : UNHCR

*UNHCR observes World Refugee day on 

Ans : June 20

*UNHCR declared World Refugee Year during

Ans : 1959 - 1960

*UNHCR got Nobel prizes for Peace in 

Ans : 1954 and 1981

WORLD BANK

*Headquarters

Ans : Washington DC

*World Bank was formed on

Ans : December 27,1945

*Motto of World Bank

Ans : Working for a world free of poverty

*World's largest Bank

Ans : World Bank

*To provide financial assistance to poor and developed countries is the main objective of

Ans : World Bank

WORLD BANK CONSIST OF FIVE INSTITUTIONS

*The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

*The International Development Association (IDA)

* International Financial Corporation (IFC)

* Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

*International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)

*It has 189 members in IBRD and 173 members in 

Ans : IDA

*First president of World Bank

Ans : Eugene Meyer

*World Bank President is nominated by 

Ans : American President 

*First country to avail loan from the World bank

Ans : France

* The Bank which is associated with the term Third Window'

Ans : World Bank

* World Development Report (WDR) is published by

Ans : World bank

*World Development Report is published since 

Ans : 1978

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)

* Headquarters

Ans : Washington DC  

*Formed on

Ans : December 27,1945  

*Became operational on 

Ans : March 1,1947 

*Member Countries 

Ans : 189

* IMF Director will be from the continent of 

Ans : Europe

*Special Drawing Rights (SDR) is issued by

Ans : IMF

*Indians who attended, in the Bretton woods Conference

Ans : R.K.Shanmugham Chetty and C.D.Deshmukh

*First woman to become the Managing Director of IMF

Ans : Christine Lagarde

*The world famous Economist who participated in the meeting for the formation of IMF

Ans : Irving Fisher

*To secure financial stability, facilitate, International trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty around the world are the main objectives of 

Ans : IMF

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO)

*Headquarters 

Ans : Geneva 

*WMO was formed in 

Ans : 1950 

*Number of member countries 

Ans : 191 

*The UN Agency which studies the world climate and other atmospheric phenomena 

Ans : WMO

*The predecessor of WMO

Ans : International Meteorological Organization (IMO)

*International Meteorological Organization was founded in

Ans : 1873

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU)

*Headquarters

Ans : Geneva

*ITU was formed on

Ans : May 17/1865

*A specialized agency of the United Nations that is responsible for issues that concern information and communication technologies

Ans : ITU

*May 17

Ans : World Telecommunication Day  

*November 21

Ans : World Television Day

UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (UNCHR)

* Headquarters 

* Geneva 

 * UNCHR was formed in 

* 1946 

*UNCHR became the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in 

Ans : 2006

*UN General Assembly passed the Human Rights Resolution on

Ans : December 10,1948  

*International Human Rights Day is observed on

Ans : December 10

*The architect of UN Human Rights Proclamation

Ans : John Peters Humphrey 

*The American President who described the Human Rights proclamation as the International Magna Carta of all mankind 

Ans : Franklin.D.Roosevelt 

*UN started to observe Human Rights Day since 

Ans : 1950

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD)

*Headquarters 

Ans : Geneva

*UNCTAD was formed in

Ans : 1964

*Member Countries

Ans : 194

*First meeting of UNCTAD was held in 

Ans : 1964 (Geneva)

*Second meeting of UNCTAD was held in 

Ans : 1968 (New Delhi)

WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION(WIPO)

*Headquarters

Ans : Geneva

*WIPO was formed in

Ans : 1967

*Member Countries

Ans : 189

*WIPO became the special agency of UNO in 

Ans : 1974

*Intellectual Property Day is observed on 

Ans : April 26

*Second meeting of UNCTAD was held in 

Ans : 1968 (New Delhi)

*To encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world is the main objective of

Ans : WIPO

WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION (WTO)

*Headquarters 

Ans : Geneva

*WTO was formed on 

Ans : January 1,1995

*Member Countries 

Ans : 164

*Official languages

Ans : English, French, Spanish

*The predecessor of WTO 

Ans : GATT

(General Agreement on-Tariffs and Trade)

*The agreement signed by 123 nations on 15 April 1994 for replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 

Ans : Marrakesh Agreement 

*GATT came into effect on 

Ans : January 1,1948

*India became the member of WTO on 

Ans : January 1,1995

*161st Member country of WTO

Ans : Seychelles

*162nd Member country of WTO

Ans : Kazakhstan

*163rd Member country of WTO

Ans : Liberia

*164th Member country of WTO

Ans : Afghanistan

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME (UNEP)

*Headquarters 

Ans : Nairobi 

*Formed on

Ans : June 5,1972

*Slogan

Ans : Environment for Development

*The UN Agency to coordinate its environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices

Ans : UNEP

*The message of 2016 World Environment Day

Ans : 'Go Wild For Life'