Envisaged role and actual record; specialized UN agencies-aims and functioning, need for UN reforms :
UNITED NATIONS 
1. What measures have been undertaken by the United Nations for its reforms? [150words, 10marks] [2021]
2. Discuss the significance and urgency of the UN Security Council reforms. Explain the relevance of the reform proposals made by the UN Secretary General António Guterres for the developing countries. [250words, 20marks] [2020]
3. In what way does the predominance of the USA in the UN funding affect its decision-making? [150words, 10marks] [2019]
4. Do you think that sustainable development goals are really attainable by 2030? [150words, 10marks] [2019]
5. Evaluate the role of the International Court of Justice in inter-State disputes. [200words, 15marks] [2019]
6. Discuss the relevance of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on the security of women in conflict zones. [250words, 20marks] [2018]
7. Do you agree with the view that despite the limitations in the functioning of the UN, it has distinguished and unique achievements to its credit? [200words, 15marks] [2017]
8. Do you endorse that the United Nations needs major changes in its structure and functioning? Suggest changes for efficient improvements. [200words, 15marks] [2016]
9. What are the real objectives of Millennium Development Goals (MDG)? Do you think that MDGs have been able to achieve the desired goals of poverty alleviation and sustainable development? [200words, 15marks] [2015]
10. Has the reform of the economic and social arrangements of the United Nations been effective? [250words, 20marks] [2015]
11. Do you agree that the UN has failed to contain transnational terrorism? Elaborate your answer with examples. [150words, 10marks] [2014]
12. Argue a case for UN reform in the context of changing global milieu. [250words, 20marks] [2014]
13. Bring out the objective of India seeking a permanent seat in the Security Council. [150words, 10marks] [2013]
14. How far have the UN reform efforts of 2004-5, transformed the concept of ‘Sovereignty’ as a fundamental principle of International Law ? Do you think that UN reform discourse represents a ‘biopolitical reprogramming’ of contemporary sovereignty and global governance ? [250words, 20marks] [2012]
15. How for the efforts to maintain international order in the post-Cold War period by the UN have been successful? [30marks] [2011]
16. What are the major impediments to UN Security Council reform? [30marks] [2011]
17. Analyse critically the major changes in the role of United Nations (UN) since the onset of new millennium. [60marks] [2007]
18. Write a short note on the International Court of Justice. [200words, 20marks] [2006]
19. Few agencies of International cooperation have been more successful in tending to the welfare of humanity than the ILO. Discuss the organization of activities of the International Labour Organization in the light of the above statement. [60marks] [2006]
20. Critically examine the protection and enforcement of Human Rights under the UN System [60marks] [2003]
21. Comment: IMF and India's development. [200words, 20marks] [2003]
22. Discuss the compulsory jurisdiction clause under the statute of the International Court of Justice. [200words, 20marks] [2001]
23. Comment: The UN General Assembly Millennium Summit (Sept. 2000). [200words, 20marks] [2000]
24. Analyse the challenges and prospects of the UNO in becoming a world state. [60marks] [1998]
25. Judged from the past, the UN does not hold much promise to free the Third World from the clutches of neo imperialism. Elucidate. [60marks] [1996]
26. From the start, the United Nations became a microcosm of world policies, with developments within the institution tending to mirror the atmosphere and happenings outside its walls. Comment. [60marks] [1995]
27. Discuss the role of International Law in international cooperation. [200words, 20marks] [1995]
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