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António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres:

Guterres became United Nations Secretary-General on 1 January 2017

On 1 January 2017, on his first day as secretary-general of the United Nations

the ninth person to hold this title

Guterres served as prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002.

ND30-4-2023

Explanation

The Security Council has primary responsibility, under the United Nations Charter, for the maintenance of international peace and security.

It is for the Security Council to determine when and where a UN peace operation should be deployed.

Explanation

Trygve Lie (Norway) served as the first Secretary-General from 1946-1953.

Trygve Lie the only secretary general of the UN who resigned from his post

Appointment: unnumbered resolution on 1 Feb. 1946

Re-appointment: 1 Nov. 1950

Resignation speech: 10 Nov. 1952

REASON FOR TRYGVE LIE: 

In his last speech to the UN General Assembly on April 7, 1953, Trygve Lie called his seven years as Secretary-General the hardest and most challenging of his life

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ND3-12-2022

Explanation

• UNESCO's 76th anniversary year is 2022
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• The Year is being organized by UNESCO, in collaboration with its global partners, from July 2022 to July 2023.
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• UNESCO has 195 Members
• and 8 Associate Members
• UNESCO is governed by the General Conference and the Executive Board. 
• Headquarters: Paris, France
• Founded: November 16, 1945, London, United Kingdom
• Abbreviation: UNESCO
• Head: Audrey Azoulay; (Director-General)
• Founders: India, United States, China, France, Brazil, Mexico, 

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The 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) began at the organization's headquarters in New York on 18 September 2018.

Explanation

• Breton Wood Conference was concluded in July 1944
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• The Breton Wood Conference is officially known as “The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference”.
• The members of 44 countries participated in this conference.
• The conference was held from  Jul 1, 1944 – Jul 22, 1944
  

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• United Nations military observer groups in India and Pakistan (Unmogip) were formed by UNO in 1949.
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• Rear Admiral Guillermo Pablo Rios of Argentina the newly appointed head of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan Unmogip
• Pakistan joined the UN on September 30, 1947.
  
• In 1993 Pakistan was elected to a two-year term on the UN Security Council.
• UNO Joining Purpose
• the organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations.
• UNO was established on 24 October 1945.
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Explanation

A state becomes an internationally recognized state when it is admitted into the community of nations, which is also known as the "family of nations".

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The Child Soldiers Prevention Act is a United States federal statute signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 23, 2008

as part of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008.

The law criminalizes leading a military force which recruits child soldiers.

Explanation

Pula is the currency of Botswana.

Manat is the currency of Azerbaijan.

Taka is the currency of Bangladesh.

Zion is a place name. 

AGM 08-01-2023