Give the correct names of the un principal organs and specialized agencies to complete the following sentences:
…is considering more than 170 different topics, including globalization, nuclear disarmament, development, protection of the environment and consolidation of new democracies.
…is the organ to which the Charter gives primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security.
…is the main judicial organ of the UN.
…coordinates the economic and social work of the United Nations and the UN family.
… promotes international cooperation in education, science, culture and communication.
Read the statements and tell, if they are True (t) or False (f).
Each of the 15 Security Council members can veto the resolution.
The UN Secretary General is elected by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council.
The main objective of the ECOSOC is to consult with non-governmental organizations, thereby maintaining a link between the UN and civil society.
The work of the Trusteeship Council is organized on the permanent basis.
The International Court of Justice consists of 15 members appointed by the Security Council.
The Secretariat with the Secretary General at its head carries out the administrative work of the UN.
The international organizations comprising the UN system are responsible to the UN in their governing bodies, budgets and secretariats.
F
Membership changing scientific
Cultural member educational
Approval announced to admit
Funding recognition policies agency
ill in the gaps with the words from the box, changing them, if necessary.
UNESCO voted on Monday (1)… Palestine into the organization as its newest (2)… and the United States promptly responded by cutting off funding for the (3)… . Acting under a legal requirement to cut U.S. funds to any U.N. agency that recognizes a Palestinian state, the State Department on Monday (4)… that the United States has stopped funding the U.N. (5)…, (6)… and (7)… Organization because of the vote.
Yasser Abed Rabbo expressed disappointment with the U.S. intention to cut (8)… to the agency. “We hope that the United States will not take such a step,” he said. “The world is (9)… , so it is better to move toward (10)… of the rights of the Palestinian people, rather than adopting the same old (11)… which have proven to be fruitless.” The UNESCO (12)… bid, which required (13)… by two-thirds of the agency’s General Conference, passed by a vote of 107 to 14, with 52 abstentions.
from The Washington Post, 31/X/2011
