III. Agree or disagree with the statements:

1. The United Nations came into force on 24-th October 1945.

2. The United Nations was established by 51 nations in 1946.

3. There are six main organs of the UK.

4. The General Assembly is made up of all members of the United Nations.

5. The Security Council is made up of twenty members.

6. There are four permanent members of the Security Council.

7. The Economic and Social Council tries to improve human rights.

8. The International Court of Justice is elected by the General Assembly.

9. The International Court of Justice sits in Geneva.

10. The UN is headed by the General Secretary.

IV. Answer the questions:

1. When did the United Nations Organization come into force?

2. How many countries have joined the United Nations?

3. What are the main organs of the UN?

4. Where is the headquarters of the UN?

5. What is the main purpose of the International Court of Justice?

V. Match the first part of the sentence (1-5) with the second one (a-e).

1	The United Nations has its headquarters in New York City,	a	elected by the General Assembly and the Security Council.
2	The International Court of Justice consists of 15 judges	b	of fifteen members.
3	Since 1945 more than 100 countries	c	where most of its meetings are held.
4	The Security Council is made up	d	of all the members of the United Nations.
5	The General Assembly is made up	e	have joined the United Nations.

VI. Make up a plan of the text.

VII. Retell the text in a written form (in English or Ukrainian). Text 67. The international criminal court

I. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:

To prosecute – звинувачувати, genocide – геноцид, to sign – підписувати, an accused – обвинувачений, to complement – доповнювати, a warrant – ордер, to settle – вирішувати.

II. Listen to the text: The International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression, although it cannot currently exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression.

The Court came into being on July 1, 2002 — the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, entered into force — and it can only prosecute crimes committed on or after that date.

As of June 2008, 106 states are members of the Court. 40 countries have signed but not ratified the Rome Statute. However, a number of states, including China, India and the United States, are critical of the Court and have not joined.

The Court can generally exercise jurisdiction only in cases where the accused is a national of a state party, the alleged crime took place on the territory of a state party, or a situation is referred to the Court by the United Nations Security Council. The Court is designed to complement existing national judicial systems: it can exercise its jurisdiction only when national courts are unwilling or unable to investigate or prosecute such crimes. Primary responsibility to investigate and punish crimes is therefore reserved to individual states.

To date, the Court has opened investigations into four situations: Northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and Darfur. The Court has issued public arrest warrants for ten people; five of them remain free, two have died, and three are in custody, awaiting trial.

The official seat of the Court is in The Hague, Netherlands, but its proceedings may take place anywhere. The ICC is sometimes referred to as a “world court”; it should not be confused with the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, which is the United Nations organ that settles disputes between nations.