1. What countries composed the first ever security council in 1946? Brazil, Mexico, Australia, Poland, Egypt and the Netherlands Panama, Canada, Italy, Yugoslavia, Iraq and South Africa Argentina, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, Ukraine and Nigeria India, Lebanon, Colombia, Spain, Ireland and Tanzania

2. What year were the number of seats in the security council increased from 6 to 10? 1949 1963 1966 1957

3. Which Soviet states served in the security council even though it was not fully independent? Lithuanian S.S.R and Latvian S.S.R Estonian S.S.R and Kazakh S.S.R. Moldavian S.S.R and Georgian S.S.R Ukrainian S.S.R and Byelorussian S.S.R

4. Normally, the elected members of the Security Council serve two-year terms, Which country is the exception to the rule? Burkina Faso Liberia Comoros Morocco

5. 2007 saw one seat on the council being contested by Guatemala and Venezuela. They were forced to withdraw and endorse a new country. What country was it? Costa Rica Nicaragua Paraguay Panama

6. What were the countries that served as the non-permanent members in the Security Council in 1965 before the number of seats was expanded to 10? Australia, Peru, Iceland, Ecuador, Sierra Leone and Canada Brazil, Venezuela, Ghana, Philippines, Morocco, Norway Bolivia, Uruguay, Cote D'Ivoire, Malaysia, Jordan and the Netherlands Egypt, Syria, Japan, Italy, Argentina and Angola

7. Which countries will be serving on the Council for the first time in 2008? Switzerland and Montenegro Croatia and Vietnam East Timor and Liechtenstein Puerto Rico and Latvia

8. Which countries hold the 5 permanent seats in the Security Council? Japan, Brazil, India, Nigeria and Italy Ukraine, Philippines, Angola, Egypt and Japan Ecuador, Argentina, Germany, South Korea and Canada Russia, USA, France, People's Republic of China and UK

9. Which countries composed the Security Council for 2008? Denmark, Argentina, Greece, Japan, Tanzania, Ghana, Congo R, Slovakia, Qatar, Peru Philippines, Romania, Benin, Brazil, Spain, Algeria, Pakistan, Angola, Chile, Germany Burkina Faso, Croatia, Costa Rica, Vietnam, Libya, S.Africa, Indonesia, Panama, Belgium, Italy Namibia, Tunisia, Mali, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Argentina, Jamaica, Netherlands, Canada, Ukraine

10. The Security Council makes the decision on who should be the United Nations Secretary General. True False