The United Nations Organisation and the Non-Aligned Movement emerged after the Second World War. With reference to these, answer the following questions:

ICSE Class 10 History & Civics PYQ · 2026 Paper · Part II B

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The United Nations Organisation and the Non-Aligned Movement emerged after the Second World War. With reference to these, answer the following questions:

(i) Mention any three objectives of the United Nations Organisation.

(ii) The General Assembly is the deliberative organ of the United Nations. Mention any three functions of the General Assembly to analyse this statement.

(iii) With reference to the Non-Aligned Movement, mention:

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(i) Three objectives of the United Nations Organisation are:

  1. To maintain international peace and security, and to take collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to peace and for the suppression of acts of aggression.
  2. To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of people.
  3. To achieve international cooperation in solving international economic, social, cultural or humanitarian problems, and to encourage respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

(ii) The General Assembly is the main deliberative organ of the United Nations, as is shown by the following functions:

  1. It discusses any question relating to international peace and security and, except where the dispute is currently being discussed by the Security Council, makes recommendations on it.
  2. It discusses and makes recommendations on any question within the scope of the Charter or affecting the powers and functions of any organ of the United Nations.
  3. It considers and makes recommendations on the principles of cooperation in the maintenance of international peace and security, and initiates studies to promote international political, social and economic cooperation.

(iii)
(a) Two architects of the Non-Aligned Movement were Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru of India and President Joseph Broz Tito of Yugoslavia. (President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt was the third founding father.)

(b) Two objectives of the Non-Aligned Movement were:

  1. To oppose colonialism, imperialism and racial discrimination, and to protect the newly won freedom of the independent countries of Asia and Africa from colonial domination.
  2. To advocate the peaceful settlement of international disputes and to oppose the use of force and of nuclear weapons.
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