Ex. 8. Answer the following questions.

1. What kind of state is the USA? What is the capital of the USA?

2. What are the branches of the US government?

3. Who is the head of the country? What are his duties?

4. What term is he elected for?

5. What is the legislative body of the USA? What is its structure?

6. What does the Constitution of the USA guarantee? What is the structure of the Constitution?

7. What are the main parties of the USA?

Ex. 9. Speak on the following topics.

1. Political system of the USA.

2. The president and his functions.

3. The Congress and its structure.

Module 3 unit 1

	Topic: Militia of Ukraine.
	Grammar: Imperative Mood. Subjunctive Mood.

MILITIA OF UKRAINE

The Law of Ukraine “On Militia” was approved on the 20^th of December, 1990. In accordance with the Ukrainian legislation the militia is the state armed agency of the executive power.

Militia is aimed to protect a person, his life, dignity, honour, property, rights and freedoms, interests and environment.

The most important among the forms and methods of the Ukrainian militia are:

• securing human right;

• preventing violent crimes;

• combating organized crime and banditry;

• counteracting criminal clements;

• guarding property against criminal and administrative encroachments;

• protecting business activities and creating favorable conditions to attract foreign investments into the state economy.

Dealers of the criminal world consider the territory of Ukraine to be a profitable ground for distribution of drugs and firearms, criminal money laundering. In order to counteract these phenomena Ukraine has integrated into the Interpol structures, joined a number of European Conventions on criminal court proceedings. All the above contributes to prestige of the State and gives the Ukrainian militia other opportunities to combat international criminal gangs.

The militia of Ukraine structurally is a part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Militia is composed of the following subdivisions:

• Criminal Militia;

• Militia of Public Safety;

• Transport Militia;

• State Traffic Inspection;

• State Guard Service;

• Specialized Militia Service.

The characteristic feature of militia in Ukraine is the centralized structural organization of its departments which corresponds to three levels of management in the Internal Affairs agencies, namely:

• general state level – the corresponding departments in the MIA;

• regional level – Militia Departments of the Crimean Autonomous Republic within the MIA of Ukraine, Regional Departments of Internal Affairs and in such cities as Kyiv and Sevastopol; and on transport;

• local level – militia subdivisions in districts, city departments of Internal Affairs and transport militia units.

The staff of militia is composed of personnel serving in militia who has special militia ranks. Recruitment to militia is done on a voluntary basis. It enrolls persons over 18 years of age who by their qualities, education and state of health are able to perform the duties vested in them.