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QUESTIONS FOR THE UN QUIZ BEE
1. Who is the a former Algerian diplomat who became the new
United Nations international envoy in Syria after itsformer head
Kofi Annan quitted the post?
Answer: Lakhdar Brahimi
PS, Aug. 19 2012 p. A-23
2. Name of the US secretary of State who endorsed Lakhdar
Brahimi to be the next UN international envoy in Syriaafter Kofi
Annan.
Answer: Hillary Clinton
PS, Aug. 19 2012 p. A-23
3. The name of the United Nations humanitarian chief who said
that if the situation in Syria worsens, the numberof people that
will be affected in the civil war will be as high as 2.5
million?
Answer: Valerie Amos
PS, Aug. 17 2012 p. A-25
4. What is the name of the World Trade Organization head who
said that the growth in global trade remains belowfour percent in
2012 and urged governments in the world against protectionism?
Answer: Pascal Lamy
MB, Sept. 1 2012 p. B-1
5. The name of Turkeys foreign minister who said that the UN may
need to create a safe zone within Syria toaccommodate a growing
number of refugees in his country?
Answer: Ahmet Davutoglu
PS, Aug. 21 2012 p. A-15
6. Who is the World Bank Philippines country director who pay
homage to the late DILG secretary Jesse Robredofor his reform
agenda that focused on service to the people?
Answer: Chiyo Kanda
PS, Aug. 25 2012 p. 6
7. What is the title of the tribute in which World Bank
Philippines country director Chiyo Kanda did to pay homageto the
late DILG secretary Jesse Robredo?
Answer: Legacy of Good Governance
PS, Aug. 25 2012 p. 6
8. What is the name of the UN monitoring team being deployed
into Stria as part of UN-Arab league envoy KofiAnnams six-point
plan to end the bloodshed in that country?
Answer: United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNIMIS)
PS, Aug. 26 2012 p. A-23
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9. What is the name of an international funding mechanism that
established in 2010 under the United Nationsframework convention
for climate change , that will put pressure on each country to do
its part in cutting
greenhouse gas emissions?
Answer: Green Climate Fund
PS, Aug. 26 2012 p.B-4
10.What is the name of the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA)
country coordinator who said that thereproductive health bill is
important for the Philippines to achieve its health-related targets
in the mmillennium
development goals like maternal health, HIV/AIDS and infant
mortality?
Answer: Ugochi Florence Daniels
PS, Aug. 4 2012 p. 4
11.What is the name of the UNAIDS country coordinator who said
that the lack of an RH law in the Philippines willcontribute to the
rise of HIV/AIDS cases in the country?
Answer: Teresita BagasaoPS Aug. 4 2012 p.4
12.What is the name if the World health Organization country
representative who said that the issue ofreproductive health is the
same across all regions and should not be misused as a political
tool?
Answer: Dr. Soe Nyunt-U
PS Aug. 4 2012 p.4
13.What is the name of the celebration in which the
International Labor Organization (ILO) joined in order toencourage
the practice of breastfeeding and to improve the health of
babies?
Answer: World Breastfeeding Week
PS, Aug. 12 2012, p.C-3
14.What is the title of the United Nations-Habitat flagship
report that had been launched at the sixth session of theWorld
Urban Forum that recommend that those engaged in development work
need to explore a more inclusive
notion of prosperity and development?
Answer: State of World Cities 2012/2013
MB, Sept. 9 2012 p. 3
15.What is the new UN-Habitat indicator that will show aat a
glance how a city is fairing in terms of five key
areas:productivity, infrastructure, equity, quality of life, and
environmental sustainability?
Answer: City Prosperity Index
MB, Sept. 9 2012, p.3
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16.What is the new international Monetary Fund representative in
the Philippines?Answer: Shanaka Jayanath Peiris
PS, Sept. 10 2012 p.B-9
17.What is the name of the ILO convention which grants domestic
workers who care for families and householdsthe same basic labor
rights as other workers?
Answer: Convention on Domestic Workers
PS, Sept. 7 2012 p.2
18.What is the approximate number of people worldwide die by
suicide each year according to the WHO?Answer: one million
PS, Sept. 9 2012 p.14
19.What is the name of the UN human rights envoy who had been
accused by some groups in Myanmar for beingbiased in favour of the
Rohingya, a muslim minority group in the said country?
Answer: Tomas Ojea Quintana
MB, Sept. 4 2012 p. 9
20.What is the name of a muslim minority group within the
predominantly Buddhist nation of Myanmar, in whichthe UN called
their stateless condition as one of the worlds most persecuted
people?
Answer: Rohingya
MB, Sept. 4 2012 p.15
21.What is the name of the World Bank lead rural development
specialist who stressed that the agriculture sectorneeds to
integrate a value chain approach for the said sector to be more
inclusive and broad-based?
Answer: Carolina Geron
MB, Sept. 4 2012 p.15
22.What is the name of the initiator of the International
Childrens Peace Prize?Answer: KidsRights Foundation
MB, Sept. 21, 2012 p.12
23.What is the name of a 13-year old Filipino who get this years
International Childrens Peace Prize at a ceremonyin The Hague,
Netherlands?
Answer: Cris Kesz Valdez
MB, Sept. 21 2012 p.1
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24.What is the name of the charity in which International
Childrens Peace Prize winner Cris Valdez led to raisefunds to needy
children in Cavite City?
Answer: Championing Community Children
MB, Sept. 21 2012 p. 12
25.Who is the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize icon who handed over the
International Childrens Peace Prize award to CrisValdez?
Answer: Desmond Tutu
MB, Sept. 21 2012 p.12
26.What is the name of the sculpture given to the International
Childrens Peace Prize winner that symbolizes howa child can move
the world?
Answer: Nkosi
MB, Sept. 21 2012, p. 12
27.What are the countries in the UN security council that
abstained from a resolution on children and armedconflict?
Answer: China, Russia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan
PS, Sept. 21 2012 p. A-24
