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Are you up to speed on what's happening at the UN?

Take a minute to test your knowledge of the events, issues
and people making the headlines over the past week.

1. The number of researchers in developing countries has risen by 50 per cent over the past five years, but women only occupy a small percentage of these positions in some regions, said the ________.

UN Development Programme
UN Industrial Development Organization
World Health Organization
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UN Development Fund for Women
2. The energy needs of developing countries are central to any new climate change agreement, the UN Development Programme said in a new report which found that almost a quarter of the world’s 6 billion people live without ________.

cooking fuel
solar power
wind energy
hydropower
electricity
3. A UN report confirmed that _______ are crucial to keeping children in many poor communities in school.

free uniforms
free meals
free textbooks
free transportation
free enrolment
4. A hospital for UN peacekeepers in ________ is also providing treatment and screening to hundreds of local people who might otherwise lack crucial medical services.

Sudan
Chad
Democratic Republic of Congo
Ethiopia
Côte d’Ivoire
5. UN humanitarian agencies appealed for $6 million to help people in Madagascar prepare for the upcoming _______ season.

cyclone
planting
influenza
hurricane
tourist