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UPSC Prelims 2010 · General Studies

Question 46: International Relations and Current Affairs

Stiglitz Commission established by the President of the United Nations General Assembly was in the international news. The commission was supposed to deal with

aThe challenges posed by the impending global climate change and prepare a road map
bThe workings of the global financial systems and to explore ways and means to secure a more sustainable global order
cGlobal terrorism and prepare a global action plan for the mitigation of terrorism
dExpansion of the United Nations Security Council in the present global scenario

AnswerThe answer is (b).

The Stiglitz Commission was the Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System, set up by the President of the UN General Assembly in 2008-09 after the global financial crisis and chaired by Joseph Stiglitz. It examined how the global financial system works and proposed reforms for a more stable, sustainable global order. It had nothing to do with climate, terrorism or the Security Council. Remember: Stiglitz Commission = reform of the global financial system.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Climate change was handled in other forums, not by this commission.
  • (b) Right: it studied the global financial system and reforms for a sustainable order.
  • (c) Global terrorism was not its subject.
  • (d) Security Council expansion was not its subject.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2010, General Studies, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.