3. Translate the following questions into English and check your partner’s answers:

1. Кто придумал название ООН?

-- President Franklin D. Roosevelt

2. Когда это название было впервые применено?

-- In the declaration by United Nations of January 1, 1942

3. Сколько стран дали обещание бороться против стран «Оси»?

-- 26 nations

4. Какие страны составляли «Ось»?

-- Italy, Germany, Japan

5. Каковы учредительные документы ООН

-- the UN Charter; the universal declaration of human rights

5. Сколько стран приняли участие в разработке проекта Устава?

-- 50 countries

6. Где был разработан проект устава?

-- at the UN Conference on International Organization which met at San Francisco from April 25 to June 26,1945

7. Какие страны выработали предложения, которые легли в основу Устава?

-- China, the USSR, the UK, the USA

8. Когда и где были выработаны эти предложения?

-- at Dunmarton Oaks, in August – October, 1944

9. Когда был подписан Устав ООН?

-- June 26, 1945

10. Сколько государств считаются первоначальными членами ООН?

-- 51

11. Когда и какими странами был подписан Устав ООН?

-- October 24, 1945 by China, France, The USSR, the UK, the USA and by a majority of other signatories

12. Что определяет устав ООН?

-- the major components of the organization;

its lines of authority;

the responsibilities and rights of its members, i.e. basic principles of international relations

13. Каковы основные цели ООН , в соответствии с уставом?

-- to maintain international peace and security; to develop friendly relations among nations;

to cooperate in solving international problems and in promoting respect for human rights;

to be a centre for harmonising the actions of nations

12. Какой день празднуется во всем мире как день ООН?

October 24

When was the UN's Commission on Human Rights founded?

-- in 1946

What is unique about the Universal Declaration of Human rights?

-- it is unique both in its breadth and in its success as an international standard

Who was the UN's Commission on Human Rights led by?

-- by the former first Lady Eleanor Roosevelt

What does the Universal Declaration of Human rights set out?

-- the basis rights that every person should enjoy

What is the difference between the Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human rights?

-- Unlike the Charter the Universal Declaration is not a treaty and its provisions are therefore are not law

When did the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights come into effect?

-- in 1976