WAEC Government 2022 Question 29

Question 29

League of Nations and United Nations

One of the benefits which the West African states derive from the United Nations is

  1. A.equal opportunities of appointments to its highest office
  2. B.permanent membership of the Security Council
  3. C.greater access to all the organs of the United Nations
  4. D.total eradication of poverty from the African continent
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Answer: A (equal opportunities of appointments to its highest office)

Explanation

Any member's citizen can be appointed to top UN posts; e.g. Kofi Annan of Ghana became Secretary-General. No African state is a permanent Security Council member.