UNAI Quiz: International Mother Earth Day
Mother Earth is a common expression to refer to our living planet. The phrase also reflects the interdependence that exists among human beings, other living species and the planet we all inhabit. Through rapid human development worldwide, we are increasingly aware of the damage our species has wrought on the planet 鈥 pollution, dwindling resources, and the disappearance of flora and fauna. The UN designated 22 April as International Mother Earth Day through a resolution adopted in 2009.
Despite ongoing efforts, biodiversity is deteriorating worldwide at rates unprecedented in human history. It is estimated that around one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. In order to achieve a just balance among the economic, social, and environmental needs of present and future generations, we need a shift to a more sustainable economy that works for people, other living species, and the planet.
UNAI Quiz: SDG 3 Good Health and Wellbeing Quiz
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development. The world is now facing a global health crisis unlike any other 鈥 COVID-19 has spread human suffering, destabilized the global economy and upended the lives of billions of people around the globe.
Most countries, especially poorer countries, have insufficient health facilities, medical supplies and health care workers and are unable to meet the surge in demand. Concerted efforts are required to achieve universal health coverage and sustainable financing for health.
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UNAI Quiz: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March. The United Nations emphasizes that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and have the potential to contribute constructively to the development and well-being of their societies.
Racist laws and practices have been abolished in many countries, yet all regions too many individuals, communities and societies still suffer from the injustice and stigma that racism brings.
Test your knowledge on the history of racial discrimination with our quiz!
UNAI Quiz: SDG 5 鈥 Gender Equality
While the world has achieved progress towards gender equality and women鈥檚 empowerment, they continue to suffer from discrimination and violence. The COVID-19 pandemic has only increased inequality, as women and girls have suffered a disproportionate impact from the pandemic in schooling, employment, caregiving responsibilities and other areas.
Providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent work, and representation in political and economic decision-making processes will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity at large.
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UNAI Quiz: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals included in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Over the past 15 years, the global community has made significant effort in including and engaging women and girls in science, yet women and girls continue to be excluded from participating fully in this field. Despite the challenges of gender and racial discrimination within the scientific community, countless inspiring women have made historic contributions to science and have helped advance research that helps us better understand our world. Many were not recognized in their own lifetime, but their achievements have motivated generations of female scientists.
UNAI Quiz for SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
The COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated economic and social disparities around the world. Although the pandemic has affected all segments of the population, the impact is particularly detrimental to members of the most vulnerable social groups including older persons, persons with disabilities, youth and Indigenous people.
The pandemic is threatening to derail progress towards all Sustainable Development Goals, including SDG 10 on Reduced Inequalities. However, Governments and the global community have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to 鈥榖uild back better鈥, to transform economies and create more equitable societies that allow everyone to enjoy the full range of their human rights, without discrimination.
Test your knowledge of COVID-19 and SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities!
UNAI Quiz: International Day of Education
Education offers children a ladder out of poverty and a path to a promising future. But about 265 million children and adolescents around the world do not have the opportunity to enter or complete school. In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, a majority of countries announced the temporary closure of schools, impacting more than 91 per cent of students worldwide. By April 2020, close to . And nearly 369 million children who rely on school meals needed to look to other sources for daily nutrition.听
UNAI Quiz: Decade of Action to Deliver the Global Goals
2020 marked the beginning of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.听 The 17 goals, adopted by all countries in 2015, are our shared vision to end poverty, safeguard the environment and build a peaceful world. With less than 10 years left to achieve the Goals, there is an urgent need to step up action.听
UNAI Quiz: International Volunteer Day
International Volunteer Day (5 December) presents a unique opportunity for us all to promote volunteerism and recognize the valuable contributions of volunteers to peace and development. During the COVID-19 pandemic volunteers have been at the forefront of medical, community and societal responses.
On International Volunteer Day, join us to say thank you to all the volunteers worldwide and celebrate their efforts despite all the challenges at hand.
UNAI Quiz: SDG 13 - Climate Action
Climate Change is the defining issue of our time and we are at a defining moment. From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale. Without drastic action today, adapting to these impacts in the future will be more difficult and costly.
Although greenhouse gas emissions are projected to drop about 6 percent in 2020 due to travel bans and economic slowdowns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, this improvement is only temporary. Climate change is not on pause. Once the global economy begins to recover from the pandemic, emissions are expected to return to higher levels.
UNAI Quiz: SDG 2 鈥 Zero Hunger
Sustainable Development Goal 2 focuses on achieving zero hunger on a global scale. After decades of steady decline, the number of people who suffer from hunger, as measured by the prevalence of undernourishment, began to slowly increase again in 2015. Current estimates show that , up by 10 million people in one year and by nearly 60 million in five years.
Unfortunately, with increased challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is not on track to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030. If recent trends continue, the number of people affected by hunger would surpass 840 million by 2030.
How much do you know about SDG 2? Test your knowledge now!
UNAI Quiz: International Day for Tolerance
The United Nations is committed to strengthening tolerance by fostering mutual understanding among cultures and peoples. This imperative lies at the core of the United Nations Charter as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and is more important than ever with the COVID-19 pandemic leading to increased instances of hatred, xenophobia and discrimination online and offline, and people marching to demand an end to racism in cities around the world.
Tolerance is harmony in difference. It is not only a cherished virtue that makes peace possible, but also a necessity for the economic and social advancement of all people.
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UNAI Quiz: COP24 and Climate Change
The (COP24) is underway! From 2-14 December 2018, countries are gathering in Katowice, Poland to finalize the Paris Agreement Work Programme, a plan to unlock concrete and ambitious climate action.
Test your knowledge about听COP24 - the United Nations Climate Change Conference听with the UNAI Quiz!听
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1. Which treaty acts as a听framework for international cooperation to combat climate change by limiting average global temperature increases and the resulting climate change, and coping with impacts?
A. ICERD
B. ICCPR
C. UNFCCC
2. What is the supreme decision-making body of the听United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)?
UNAI Quiz: Non-intervention
The United Nations Academic Impact is informed by a commitment to support and advance ten basic principles, out of which the tenth is听A commitment to the principles inherent in the United Nations Charter.
Principle number 7 in the United Nations Charter reads:听Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any State or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter; but this principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Chapter Vll.
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1. What matters are considered domestic in international law?听
UNAI Quiz: UN Principles and Non-Member States
The United Nations Academic Impact is informed by a commitment to support and advance ten basic principles, out of which the tenth is听A commitment to the principles inherent in the United Nations Charter.
Principle number 6 in the United Nations Charter reads:听The Organization shall ensure that States which are not Members of the United Nations act in accordance with these Principles so far as may be necessary for the maintenance of international peace and security
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1. Is it possible to make recommendations extensive to all States, even those not Members?
a) Yes.
b) No.
c) It might in the near future.
2. Does this principle imply an obligation solely to Member States?