United Nations Information Worksheet

The United Nations logo shows the world held in the “ olive branches of peace”.

1. What are the aims of the UN?
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2. What are the principles of the UN?
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3. Why was the League of Nations created?
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. What are the two reasons that the League of Nations failed?
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. What are the nations on the Security Council and why were they chosen as members?
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. What summit met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992 and what was the result of that summit?
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. What are NGO’s and how are specific concerns of an NGO addressed by the UN?

Short constructed response: minimum of four paragraphs. Paragraph one should be your introduction, paragraphs two and three support your two issues and paragraph four will be your conclusion.

Give supportive data on two issues the UN should address.