The organ of the United Nations responsible for the approval of its annual budget is the
Secretariat
Security Council
General Assembly
Economic and Social Council
Correct answer is C
The organ of the United Nations responsible for the approval of its annual budget is the General Assembly. General Assembly is composed of Representatives of all the members of nations of the organization. It normally meets once a year for about three months between September and December.
Some of the functions are as follows:
1. It is the principal organ of the organization
2. It discusses matters concerning the world peace and security, then passes resolutions which are recommended to the Security Council.
3. It discusses and approves annual budget of the organization prepared by the Secretariat.
4. It approves the appointment of the Secretary General of the United Nations
5. It admits new members into the organization, etc.
Which of the following international organizations were in existence before the Second World War?
The UNO
The OAU
The League of Nations
The ECOWAS
Correct answer is C
The League of Nations was the international organization which was in existence before the second world war.
After the First World War which took place from 1914 - 1918, the League of Nations was formed to prevent the occurrence of further wars in the world. The League of Nations was weak and could not prevent the second world war 1939-1945.
Which of the following countries pioneered the idea of ECOWAS alongside Nigeria?
Liberia
Togo
Cote d'Ivoire
Mali
Correct answer is B
Togo was the country which pioneered the idea of ECOWAS alongside Nigeria.
The origin of ECOWAS can be traced to the 1972 when Nigeria's Head of State by then, General Yakubu Gowon and the President of Togo, Gnassingbe Eyadema, had so many meetings about the importance of forming an economic organization for West African States. At last they succeeded to convince other West African leaders about the need to have an economic union. The efforts of these two West African heads of states respectively were rewarded with success when 15 heads of state and government in West Africa came together in Lagos, the capital of Nigeria on 28th May, 1975 and signed the 65-article ECOWAS Treaty.
Which of the following was the secretary general of OPEC?
Jibril Aminu
Aret Adams
Dalhatu Bayero
Rilwan Lukwan
Correct answer is D
Rilwan Lukman was a Secretary General of OPEC.
He assumed the office as Nigerian and served from January 1,1995-31st December 2000
In 1979, the non-aligned member states were
21
27
37
19
none of the above
Correct answer is E
From all indication, none of the above option is the correct answer.
The movement was founded in April 1955. The purpose of the organization as stated in the Havana Declaration of 1979 is to ensure the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries'' in their struggle against imperialism, colonialism, non-colonialism and all forms of foreign egression, etc. between 1955 and 1979, the members grew from 25 to 120 Member countries.