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ITU's World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum is a multi-stakeholder platform that reviews progress on using ICTs to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Answer: True
The WSIS Forum, co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, and UNCTAD, brings together governments, private sector, civil society, and UN agencies. It assesses implementation of WSIS action lines and explores how digital technologies can accelerate progress across all SDGs.
UNIDO's Circular Economy approach promotes designing out waste, keeping products and materials in use, and regenerating natural systems to achieve sustainable industrial development.
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Answer: True
UNIDO actively promotes circular economy principles as integral to ISID. This includes resource efficiency, industrial symbiosis, eco-design, and sustainable consumption and production patterns to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation and resource depletion.
The WCO's SAFE Framework of Standards aims to secure and facilitate global trade through a balanced approach of customs controls, supply chain security, and inter-agency cooperation.
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Answer: True
Adopted in 2005 and updated regularly, the SAFE Framework provides standards for customs-to-customs, customs-to-business, and customs-to-other-government-agency cooperation. It promotes Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programs and advance electronic cargo information to enhance security without hindering trade.
IHO's S-100 Universal Hydrographic Data Model is designed to replace the older S-57 standard, enabling more flexible, modular, and future-proof digital hydrographic products and services.
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Answer: True
S-100, based on ISO 19100 series geographic information standards, provides a flexible framework for developing new hydrographic data products (e.g., dynamic tides, marine protected areas). It supports the transition to next-generation e-Navigation services under IMO.
The OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) evaluates education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students in reading, mathematics, and science.
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Answer: True
PISA, conducted every three years since 2000, assesses how well students can apply knowledge to real-life situations. Its results inform education policy debates globally, highlighting strengths, weaknesses, and equity issues in member and partner countries' systems.
IMO's International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) sets minimum qualification standards for masters, officers, and watch personnel on seagoing merchant ships.
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Answer: True
Adopted in 1978 and significantly amended in 1995 (STCW Code), this IMO convention establishes global standards for seafarer training, certification, and watchkeeping. It ensures crews are competent, enhancing safety of life at sea and marine environmental protection.
WFP's school feeding programs not only address immediate hunger but also incentivize school attendance, particularly for girls, contributing to long-term human capital development.
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Answer: True
WFP's school meals provide critical nutrition while encouraging enrollment and attendance, especially for girls and vulnerable children. This dual benefit supports education outcomes, gender equality, and breaks intergenerational cycles of poverty and malnutrition.
ICAO's Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) is the first global market-based measure adopted by a UN agency to address CO2 emissions from a specific sector.
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Answer: True
Adopted in 2016, CORSIA aims to stabilize net CO2 emissions from international aviation at 2020 levels by requiring airlines to offset emissions growth through eligible carbon credits. It represents a landmark sectoral approach to climate mitigation under ICAO.
ILO Conventions, once ratified by a member state, become legally binding international treaties requiring national implementation and regular reporting on compliance.
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Answer: True
Ratified ILO Conventions create binding legal obligations. Member states must implement their provisions in national law and submit regular reports to ILO supervisory bodies (Committee of Experts, Conference Committee) on measures taken to apply them.
The IPPC's Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) is the governing body that adopts International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs).
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Answer: True
The CPM, comprising representatives from all IPPC contracting parties, is the standard-setting body that reviews and adopts ISPMs. These standards provide the framework for harmonized phytosanitary measures to protect plant health while facilitating safe trade.
The IOC Session, the general assembly of IOC members, has the exclusive power to select the host cities for the Olympic Games.
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Answer: True
The IOC Session, comprising all IOC members, holds supreme authority over the Olympic Movement. One of its exclusive powers, per the Olympic Charter, is to elect the host cities for both Summer and Winter Olympic Games through a secret ballot.
The IEA's mandate has expanded beyond energy security to include climate change mitigation, clean energy transitions, and engagement with emerging economies.
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Answer: True
While founded for energy security post-1973 oil crisis, the IEA's mandate has evolved to address 21st-century challenges: clean energy transitions, climate change mitigation, digitalization, and inclusive engagement with non-member countries, especially emerging economies.
The UPU establishes terminal dues, which are payments between postal operators for the delivery of international cross-border mail.
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Answer: True
Terminal dues are a key UPU mechanism ensuring fair compensation between postal operators for handling and delivering each other's international mail. They are periodically revised to reflect actual costs and development levels of member countries.
UNEP's Governing Council was replaced by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in 2012 to enhance universal membership and decision-making on environmental issues.
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Answer: True
Following the Rio+20 Conference, UNEP's governance was strengthened in 2012. The Governing Council (with 58 members) was replaced by the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) with universal membership of all 193 UN member states, giving it greater legitimacy and authority.
Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty states that an armed attack against one member is considered an attack against them all, triggering collective defense.
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Answer: True
Article 5 is NATO's collective defense clause. It has been invoked only once: after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, demonstrating Alliance solidarity and mutual defense commitment.
The African Union's Agenda 2063 is a strategic framework for the socio-economic transformation of the African continent over a 50-year period.
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Answer: True
Agenda 2063, adopted in 2015, is Africa's blueprint for inclusive and sustainable development. It outlines seven aspirations and flagship projects to achieve a prosperous, integrated, and peaceful Africa by 2063.
The ICC can exercise jurisdiction over crimes committed on the territory of a State Party or by a national of a State Party, even if the crime occurred before the state joined the Court.
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Answer: False
The ICC's jurisdiction is not retroactive. It can only exercise jurisdiction over crimes committed after the Rome Statute entered into force for that state (July 1, 2002, or later date of ratification/accession), unless the UN Security Council refers a situation.
UNICEF is present in over 190 countries and territories, focusing on child survival, development, education, protection, and emergency response.
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Answer: True
UNICEF operates in more than 190 countries and territories, working with governments and partners to ensure every child has access to essential services, protection from violence and exploitation, and opportunities to reach their full potential.
The WTO's principle of 'Most-Favoured-Nation' (MFN) treatment requires members to extend the same favorable trading terms granted to one member to all other WTO members.
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Answer: True
MFN is a cornerstone of WTO rules (Article I of GATT). It means that any advantage, favor, privilege, or immunity granted by a member to any product originating in or destined for any other country must be extended immediately and unconditionally to like products from all WTO members.
FAO's Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) monitors food supply and demand and provides early warnings of impending food crises.
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Answer: True
GIEWS, established by FAO in 1975, continuously monitors global food supply and demand, analyzes food security conditions, and issues early warnings of potential food crises to enable timely humanitarian response.