- •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 4. Unesco's "Memory of the World" Programme - a Catalyst for International Cooperation
Protecting the world's heritage of books, artworks and monuments of history and science.
In his own time, a certain descendant of the Riurik dynasty and the Chernigovsky princes was a famous artist and politician. If he had created a single musical composition, his name would be remembered by generations to come. This composition is a solemn, grand polonaise entitled 'Farewell to the Motherland'. Today, UNESCO's efforts at preserving outstanding archive and library collections worldwide, especially through the Memory of the World Programme, are helping to immortalize its author, Michal Kleofas Oginsky. The Memory of the World Programme was launched in 1992. It aims at preserving valuable archive holdings and library collections worldwide, and widening access to them. This heritage reflects the diversity of languages, peoples and cultures and is a mirror of the world and its memory. To date, the Memory of the World Register includes 158 entries: archival and library collections and manuscripts from 67 countries.
One of the major projects undertaken by Russian and Belarusian archivists and supported by the UNESCO Moscow Office concerns the works of the composer, musician, and political figure, Michal Kleofas Oginsky (1765-1833).
The Russian State Archive of Ancient Documents produced an archival inventory of his collection, consisting of 5,930 pages of documents, letters, music manuscripts, drawings and literary works, and copied it onto microfilm. This was handed over to the Belarusian State Museum of Theatrical and Musical Culture for full digitalization.
The digitalization of Oginsky's collection has opened it up to archivists and scholars from all over the world. It has also strengthened cooperation between Russian and Belarusian archivists, and is a step towards the realization of UNESCO's policy of open access to archive and library collections.
Another example of international cooperation between archivists and librarians is the Virtual Reconstruction of the Archive and Library of the Radziwill family of Nesvizh and the preparation of the nomination dossier for this collection, for inclusion in the Memory of the World Register. The project has reinvigorated cooperation between archivists, librarians and museum specialists in Belarus, Poland, Lithuania, Finland, Ukraine and the Russian Federation, as well as contributing to the creation of a unified approach in preserving the collection.
& Text 5. Unesco and Belarus: 55 Years of Successful Cooperation
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945, to serve as a laboratory of ideas and a standard-setter for the creation of universal agreements on emerging ethical issues. As such, it functions as a clearing house for the dissemination and exchange of information and knowledge, helping Member States to build their human and institutional potential in diverse fields. UNESCO seeks to promote international cooperation among its Member States and Associate Members in the fields of education, science, culture and communication. Given the strategy and scope of its activities, UNESCO is strongly committed to the Millennium Development Goals, especially those focusing on reducing poverty, promoting universal primary education, gender equality in education, and sustainable development.
Belarus, which joined UNESCO in 1954, has a history of successful cooperation with UNESCO within all of the Organization's fields of competence.
Belarus has made significant efforts in applying UNESCO's policies in promoting cultural and natural heritage. There are four objects in Belarus which are inscribed in the World Heritage List. One represents the world's natural heritage - the Belovezhskaya Pushcha/Biatowieza Forest. The three other objects represent the world's cultural heritage: the Mir Castle Complex (included in 2000), the Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh (2005), and the Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) which crosses several countries: Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden and Ukraine.