- •International Cooperation of my Country With whom? Where?
- •In What way? how?
- •2. What international organizations do you know?
- •Match the organization with its acronym:
- •The Republic of Belarus is a member of a number of international organizations, what are they? Tick the right variants.
- •Fill in the gaps, calling the organisations mentioned in b).
- •Study the text in the table and start building your vocabulary map about the United Nations Organization. The United Nations Organisation Factsheet
- •Study some more words that can become your active vocabulary. Practice reading and pronouncing them. Can you expand the sentences you have created in the previous task, using these words?
- •Continue vocabulary building. Match the synonymous pairs.
- •To complete the word building chart below you will have to work with a dictionary. While doing it, mind that there can be several verb, noun and adjectives derivatives of one word.
- •Use your Mind Map, Vocabulary Map and Key Phrases from the exercises above and organise a round table: un’s aims and actions: are they relevant for our country?
- •Enjoy the opportunity to express your ideas!
- •1. Sum up the information on the United Nations from Tasks 2-3 and present it as:
- •Reading for poster-presentation:
- •If you have difficulties with understanding the text group “The United Nations Organisation. Basic Facts”, you can try the exercises below.
- •Reading for poster presentation:
- •Un activities in belarus & Text 1. New Joint Project on Preventing Human Trafficking Launched
- •& Text 2. Radziwill Archives and Nesvizh Library Collection Enter unesco's Memory of the World Register
- •& Text 3. Maria Sharapova Supports Talented Youth from Chernobyl-affected Regions
- •& Text 4. Unesco's "Memory of the World" Programme - a Catalyst for International Cooperation
- •& Text 5. Unesco and Belarus: 55 Years of Successful Cooperation
- •& Text 6. Polesie Reveals its Secrets
- •Internet: www.Un.By & Text 7. История сотрудничества беларуси и оон
- •Read the following text and choose the best translation for the words in italics.
- •Practice translating the following texts into your native language. Try to keep to the original style and genre of the texts. Text 1 peacekeeping and security
- •Text 2 human rights and humanitarian assistance
- •Translate from English into your native language:
- •Write the full names of the following abbreviated organisations:
- •Give the correct names of the un principal organs and specialized agencies to complete the following sentences:
- •Read the statements and tell, if they are True (t) or False (f).
- •Membership changing scientific
- •Cultural member educational
- •Approval announced to admit
- •Funding recognition policies agency
Text 2 human rights and humanitarian assistance
THE PURSUIT OF HUMAN RIGHTS WAS A CENTRAL REASON FOR CREATING THE UN. World War II atrocities and genocide led to a ready consensus that the new organization must work to prevent any similar tragedies in the future. An early objective was creating a legal framework for considering and acting on complaints about human rights violations. The UN Charter obliges all member nations to promote “universal respect for, and observance of, human rights” and to take “joint and separate action” to that end. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, though not legally binding, was adopted by the General Assembly in 1948 as a common standard of achievement for all. The Assembly regular takes up human rights issues.
The UN and its agencies are central in upholding and implementing the principles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A case in point is support by the UN for countries in transition to democracy. Technical assistance in providing free and fair elections, improving judicial structures, drafting constitutions, training human rights officials, and transforming armed movements into political parties have contributed significantly to democratization worldwide. The UN has helped run elections in countries with little or no democratic history, including recently in Afghanistan and East Timor. The UN is also a forum to support the right of women to participate fully in the political, economic, and social life of their countries. The UN contributes to raising consciousness of the concept of human rights through its covenants and its attention to specific abuses through its General Assembly, Security Council resolutions, or International Court of Justice ruling. The purpose of the United Nations Human Rights Council, established in 2006, is to address human rights violations.
In conjunction with other organizations such as the Red Cross, the UN provides food, drinking water, shelter and other humanitarian services to the populations suffering from famine, displaced by war, or afflicted by other disasters. Major humanitarian branches of the UN are the World Food Program (which helps feed more than 100 million people a year in 80 countries), the office of the High Commissioner of Refugees with projects in over 116 countries, as well as peacekeeping projects in over 24 countries.
Discuss the translations with your group-mates to choose the most appropriate variant.
Check yourself!
Translate from English into your native language:
to maintain international peace and security
to settle conflicts
to promote respect for human rights
joint and separate actions
the Blue Helmets
nuclear disarmament
unanimity of the council
armed UN enforcement actions
arms limitation
to promote international cooperation in education and culture
Write the full names of the following abbreviated organisations:
UN
UNESCO
WHO
UNDP
UNICEF