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Consider the following pairs : International agreement / set-up Subject 1. Alma-Ata Declaration Healthcare of the people 2. Hague Convention Biological and chemical weapons 3. Talanoa Dialogue Global climate change 4. Under2 Coalition - Child rights Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched ?
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 (1 and 3 only) based on the following analysis of international agreements:
- Pair 1 is correctly matched: The Alma-Ata Declaration (1978) was a landmark intergovernmental statement that identified primary healthcare as the key to attaining the goal of "Health for All" around the globe.
- Pair 3 is correctly matched: The Talanoa Dialogue was launched at COP23 (2017) under the UN Climate Change process. It is a facilitative dialogue designed to help countries implement and enhance their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by 2020 to combat global climate change.
- Pair 2 is incorrectly matched: The Hague Convention primarily deals with the protection of cultural property during armed conflict or international legal aspects like inter-country adoption and child abduction, not biological and chemical weapons (which are covered by the BWC and CWC).
- Pair 4 is incorrectly matched: The Under2 Coalition is a memorandum of understanding between subnational governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, not child rights.
Thus, only pairs 1 and 3 are accurate.
PROVENANCE & STUDY PATTERN
Guest previewThis question is a classic 'Theme Swap' trap. UPSC takes static GK (Alma-Ata), standard environment book content (Talanoa), and current news (Under2), then swaps their objectives. The key was recognizing that 'Under2' refers to the 2°C climate goal, not children, and that Hague is primarily about Civil Law/War, not WMDs.
This question can be broken into the following sub-statements. Tap a statement sentence to jump into its detailed analysis.
- Statement 1: International agreement/set-up Alma-Ata Declaration: Is this declaration concerned with primary healthcare and the healthcare of the people ("Health for All")?
- Statement 2: International agreement/set-up Hague Convention: Is the Hague Convention an international agreement dealing with biological and chemical weapons?
- Statement 3: International agreement/set-up Talanoa Dialogue: Is the Talanoa Dialogue an international UNFCCC process addressing global climate change?
- Statement 4: International agreement/set-up Under2 Coalition: Is the Under2 Coalition an international coalition concerned with child rights?
- Explicitly states a country signed the Alma-Ata Declaration in 1978.
- Directly links the Declaration to a pledge to ensure "Health for All" by 2000.
- Specifies that this pledge was to be achieved through Primary Health Care.
- Identifies the Alma-Ata Declaration as the Report of the International Conference on Primary Health Care.
- Connects the Declaration to the WHO "Health for All" series, tying it to the Health for All goal.
- Explicitly references 'Health for All in Alma-Ata in 1978', linking the conference to the Health for All concept.
- Situates Alma-Ata among major international conferences emphasizing health as a universal goal.
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A student could infer that similar international declarations (like AlmaâAta) may likewise focus on health and so check the AlmaâAta text for explicit 'health for all' language.
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Given that 'Health for All' involves accessibility and primary services, a student could check whether AlmaâAta prescribes similar accessibility and primary care measures to judge the statement.
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