News Quiz: 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 United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) voiced its concern about renewed clashes between members of _____ and the national armed forces in the eastern city of Goma.

2. Indigenous peoples in _____ have undergone an unprecedented mobilization in the past 20 years, but political participation, particularly among women, is still low, the United Nations said in a new report.

3. _____ will host the world conference slated to be held in 2015 at which countries will adopt the successor to the current global blueprint for disaster risk reduction efforts, it was announced at a United Nation forum on the issue that wrapped up in Geneva.

4. The teachings of _____ can offer significant insights on how to face today's most pressing challenges, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a message marking Vesak Day.

5. The UN environment agency hilighted traditional methods to reduce food waste. In which country did troops condense the equivalent of the beef of an entire cow into the size of a human fist to make hot soup on the road?




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