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1.How many times in its history has the U.N. now made staff cuts?
a) four
b) three
c) two
d) one
2.How many jobs will go?
a) 209
b) 219
c) 299
d) 2,019
3.For how long will benefits be frozen?
a) forever
b) indefinitely
c) three years
d) two years
4.What did member states pressure the U.N. to do?
a) reduce services
b) cut jobs
c) cut spending
d) become smaller
5.What did many countries introduce after the global financial crisis?
a) issue lots of money
b) invest overseas
c) spend on social infrastructure
d) introduce austerity measures
6.Who is Joe Torsella?
a) a reporter
b) the UN deputy Secretary-General
c) the US ambassador to the UN
d) The UN's ambassador to the USA
7.Who did Joe Torsella talk to?
a) the General Assembly
b) the White House
c) the Security Council
d) U.N. staff who lost their jobs
8.What has happened to budgets and services of many organisations?
a) they've disappeared
b) they've quadrupled in size
c) they've been squeezed
d) they've been inflated
9.What does the U.N. have to do with the results it delivers?
a) immortalise them
b) maximise them
c) amortise them
d) minimise them
10.What financial contribution does the USA make to the UN?
a) 22%
b) 20%
c) 18%
d) 15%
