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1. Which action most clearly reflects Nigeria's Afrocentric foreign policy?
  1. Withdrawing from all international organizations
  2. Limiting diplomatic relations to European countries
  3. Supporting African liberation and regional cooperation
  4. Giving priority only to trade with Asian states

Answer: C. Supporting African liberation and regional cooperation

Nigeria's Afrocentric policy gives special attention to African liberation, unity and development.

2. What is a central purpose of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)?
  1. Promoting economic cooperation and integration among West African states
  2. Replacing the national governments of its member states
  3. Establishing a single army under the United Nations
  4. Regulating the production of petroleum worldwide

Answer: A. Promoting economic cooperation and integration among West African states

ECOWAS was established to encourage economic cooperation and integration in West Africa.

3. When a receiving state declares a diplomat persona non grata, what may it require the sending state to do?
  1. Grant the diplomat citizenship of the receiving state
  2. Transfer the diplomat to the United Nations Secretariat
  3. Allow the diplomat to decide the receiving state's foreign policy
  4. Recall the diplomat or terminate the diplomat's functions there

Answer: D. Recall the diplomat or terminate the diplomat's functions there

A receiving state may declare a diplomat unacceptable and require the sending state to recall or replace the person.

4. In the United Nations Security Council, what is the effect of a permanent member voting against a substantive draft resolution?
  1. The resolution is automatically referred to the International Court of Justice
  2. The vote can veto and block the draft resolution
  3. The member is suspended from the United Nations
  4. The draft becomes binding on all member states

Answer: B. The vote can veto and block the draft resolution

A negative vote by any permanent Security Council member can veto a substantive resolution.

5. In which year did the African Union formally replace the Organization of African Unity?
  1. 1963
  2. 1991
  3. 2002
  4. 2010

Answer: C. 2002

The African Union was formally launched in 2002 as successor to the Organization of African Unity.

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