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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. A veteran diplomat from ____________ has been selected as the new head of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

China
Viet Nam
Republic of Korea
Cambodia
Japan
2. The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has reported that the current economic crisis has triggered a __________ drop in global tourism in the first quarter of 2009.

0.8 per cent
8 per cent
18 per cent
28 per cent
38 per cent
3. A court in _____________ has overturned a 150-year-old law and decrminalized homosexuality, in a move welcomed by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

Portugal
Sudan
Turkey
India
Mexico
4. Independent UN human rights experts have added their voices to the world body's condemnation of the recent coup in ____________.

El Salvador
Nicaragua
Honduras
Belize
Costa Rica
5. Egypt has made considerable progress in improving access to ________________, according to a UN expert.

drinking water
girls' education
basic health services
psychological support
food aid