Question

What is a major goal of the United Nations?

a. to manage foreign affairs for communist countries
b. to encourage isolationism
c. to promote the welfare of the people around the world
d. to discourage trade among countries

Answer 1

Answer: c. to promote the welfare of the people around the world.

Detail:

The UN Charter, signed in 1945, lists the purposes of the organization in Chapter I, Article 1. Here's the official wording as found in the Charter:

The Purposes of the United Nations are:

1. To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;
2. To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace;
3. To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; and
4. To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.

Answer 2

United Nations includes both communist and non-communist countries, and no distinction is generally made between the two so answer a) is not correct.

it also discourages isolationism and encourages trade - so answer b and d are wrong.

The correct answer is c. to promote the welfare of the people around the world