U.N DAY 2013: United Nations Fact Game

In celebration of the United Nations day of 2013, I prepared an Interactive Game for you!

Instructions: Below are 10 statements, 8 of which show facts about the United Nations, 2 of which are just false and random. You guess which statements are false / wrong. Good luck!

Answers will be posted on Monday, 28 October.

1: The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations (currently) is from Sweden. His name is Jan Eliasson. 

2: The first session of the General Assembly of the United Nations was on 10 January 1947, held in New York City.

3: When the U.N was founded, there was 51 original member states. Examples of these original members were Australia, the Philippines and Mexico.

4: The U.N has six official languages, Arabic, French, English, Chinese, Russian and Spanish. 

5: The United Nations was founded in 1945, to replace the League of Nations, and to stop wars among countries.

6: The U.N has lots of specialized agencies, an example would be the Food and Agriculture Association (FAO), currently based in Rome. 

7: There have been eight secretary-generals currently (2013), since the founding of this organization. Only two of which from Asia. 

8: There are currently 195 member states of the United Nations, examples of which are Ghana, Thailand, Austria and Bolivia. 

9: The U.N headquarters is currently in New York City, with more main offices in Vienna, Geneva and Nairobi. 

10: The United Nations Security Council was established in 1946.

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Government Shutdowns are like Travelling Frustrations

So in the news, the United States is experiencing a government shutdown. Apparently, the shut down happened because of debts and stuff like that. I'm not quite updated with recent news, so I really don't know.

Everything in life can be treated as a challenge. Recently, we had problems with banking, thus lowering the chance of going to the Philippines on Christmas. The latter may be treated as a hindrance, a hurdle or an obstacle.

Whilst travelling, you're brain needs to "shut down" from all the hassle and stress from your day-to-day life. But sometimes, you can also "shut down" (literally and figuratively) from your travel, because of the actual stress you deal with travelling.

Travelling should be a leisurely past-time and not something that causes your brain to explode. Make the most out of your travelling and most importantly, plan ahead!

If you do come across some travelling frustrations and want to express your opinion against them, email me at euansuarezblog@gmail.com or click here to learn more.

Want to learn more about the United States' Debt Limit? Here's a video from one of my favorite YouTubers, C.G.P Grey. He does educational videos about all sorts of stuff.

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