CHAPTER 2 Part 2: Reading Exercises

Student Name: Rebecca A. Steffen

Unit B of this book contains the constitutive documents for the following
U.N. bodies:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (“UNCTAD”)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(“UNESCO”)
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Review these documents in Unit B, and then answer the following questions
regarding them:

REGARDING THE UNCTAD DOCUMENT:

1. Which of the following phrases most accurately describes the

nature of this Document? Is it a treaty, a court opinion, a
regulation, or some other kind of Document?

(a) An International Treaty

(b) A Court Opinion
(c) A Regulation
(d) A Resolution
(e) A Statute
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On which provision(s) of the Document is your response

based? Why does the text you cite support your answer?
__________________________________________________

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2. Upon reviewing this Document, under which of the following

categories would UNCTAD most appropriately be classified?

(a) Principal Organ of the U.N.

(b) U.N. Fund or Program
(c) U.N. Specialized Agency
(d) U.N. Related Organization
(e) An Agency of the United States Government

On which provision(s) of the Document is your response

based? Why does the text you cite support your answer?

I & II.1; The text talks about the UNCTAD as an organ, but made
up of specialized agencies.

3.
When was UNCTAD established? 1964

Which provision of this Document is your source for this

answer?

small print at top of document

4. This Document establishes a permanent organ of UNCTAD to
carry out the functions that fall within UNCTAD’s
competence. What is the name of this organ?

Trade and Development Board

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(a) What is the citation to the provision of the Document that

establishes this organ? 4

(b) Does the document prescribe a specific number of

members for this organ? Yes No

(c) On which provision(s) of the Document is your answer

based, and why?

5; leaves it open to all members of the conference

(d) How is the membership in this organ determined? On

which provision of the Document is your answer based?

Members notify the Secretary-General in writing; 5

5.
Does the Document require the permanent organ of UNCTAD
to establish any subsidiary organs? If so, how many, and what
are they? Which provision(s) of the Document most
specifically serve(s) as the basis for your answer?

Yes; 3—a committee on commodities, a committee on manufactures, a committee on invisibles

and financing related to trade; 23
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6. Does the Document prescribe voting requirements for

UNCTAD and for the permanent organ established by the
Document? If so, how do the voting requirements differ for
the two entities? On which provision of the Document do you
base your answer?

Yes; Each state represented at Conference has one vote; decisions of Conference made by 2/3
majority while decisions of Board made by simple majority; 24

7. The Document describes in some detail a particular kind of

negotiated resolution of differences as a precursor to voting
and as a basis for recommending actions to be taken by
particular countries. What is the term of art used by the
Document to describe this form of negotiated resolution? On
which provision(s) of the Document do you base your answer?

Conciliation; 25
8. The Document directs that UNCTAD establish an
administrative body for the “proper servicing” of UNCTAD
and its subsidiary bodies. After answering each of the
following questions, also supply the provision(s) of the
Document on which you base your answer.

(a) What is the name of this body?

Secretariat; 26
(b) What is the name of the office of the person who heads
this administrative body?

Secretary-General; 27

9. What entity or organization is responsible for the expenses of

UNCTAD and its subsidiary bodies? On which provision of
the Document do you base your answer?

United Nations; 29
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REGARDING THE UNESCO DOCUMENT:

10. Which of the following descriptions most accurately describes

the nature of this Document? Is it a treaty, a court opinion, a
regulation, or some other kind of Document?

(a) An International Treaty

(b) A Court Opinion
(c) A Regulation
(d) A Resolution
(e) A Statute

On which provision(s) of the Document is your response

based? Why does the text you cite support your answer?
__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________

11. Upon reviewing this document, under which of the following

categories would UNESCO most appropriately be classified?

(a) Principal Organ of the U.N.

(b) U.N. Fund or Program
(c) U.N. Specialized Agency
(d) U.N. Related Organization
(e) An Agency of the United States Government

On which provision(s) of the Document is your response

based? Why does the text you cite support your answer?

preamble; It is its own organization w/ own charter, but still bears

the name “United Nations”.