International Organizations

The G-15 is a group of developing nations from the Non-Aligned Movement, established in 1989. It has no connection to the UN Security Council (which has 5 permanent + 10 non-permanent members, not 15). This makes the pairing incorrect.

IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union) is an international organization of parliaments, but it is not a UN agency. WMO, ILO, and IMF are all UN specialized agencies.

The United Nations declared 2014 as the International Year of all three: Small Island Developing States, Crystallography, and Family Farming. This was a unique year with multiple designations. 2014 was designated as the International Year of Small Island Developing States, the International Year of Crystallography, and the International Year of Family Farming.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a Eurasian political, economic, and security alliance founded in 2001. It includes China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and several Central Asian countries as members.

The Organization of American States (OAS) is a continental organization founded in 1948 to promote cooperation and solidarity among American nations. Its headquarters is in Washington, D.C.

UNESCO indeed stands for United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation. It's a specialized UN agency founded in 1945 to promote world peace through education, science, culture, and communication.

OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) is an independent intergovernmental organization, not part of the UN system. The UNDP, WTO, and UNHCR are all UN agencies or organizations. OPEC coordinates oil policies among its member countries but operates outside the UN framework.

WHO stands for World Health Organisation (spelled with British 's' in Organisation). It is a specialized agency of the UN responsible for international public health. 'Health Outpost', 'Human Office', and 'Human Organisation' are incorrect expansions.

UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) is the correct answer. It runs School Excellence Programmes (SEP) in various countries to improve the quality of municipal schools through infrastructure development, teacher training, and learning material support. IMF focuses on monetary cooperation, UNDP on sustainable development, and ADB on infrastructure financing.

The IMF and World Bank were established at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944 with multiple objectives: promoting international monetary cooperation, ensuring global economic development and poverty reduction, and strengthening international economic cooperation. Option D 'All of the above' correctly encompasses all these purposes.

The Security Council has five permanent members — the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France. The 10 non-permanent members serve two-year terms. The five newly elected members will replace Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Croatia, Libya and Vietnam on Jan. 1, 2010. The five countries elected last year — Austria, Mexico, Japan, Turkey and Uganda — will remain on the council until January 1, 2011.

Option (1) is incorrect: Economic and Social Council is one of the principal organs of the United Nations. Option (2) is incorrect: Trusteeship Council is one of the principal organs of the United Nations. Option (3) is correct: International Labour Organisation is not one of the principal organs of the United Nations. Option (4) is incorrect: International Court of Justice is one of the principal organs of the United Nations.

(4) The Security Council is one of the UN organs that can take enforcement action in case of a threat to peace or breach of peace.

(1) The Secretary General of the U.N. is appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council.

Municipal Corporation is the sub category of local bodies. The three major categories of health organization are (a) Local bodies (b) National organization  (c) International organization