5. Find the words or phrases in the text which in context mean the same as the following:

1. the act of laying down arms, especially the reduction or abolition of a nation’s military forces and armaments

2. level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society

3. no longer valid; expired

4. People competent in several different fields or activities.

5. located

6. extremely thorough, careful and demanding

7. people (usually politicians) who participated successfully in election campaigns

8. assigned the responsibility for doing something to someone

9. a person appointed to administer or manage the financial assets and liabilities of a society, company, local authority, or other body

10. brings together for a meeting or activity; assemble

11. give official authorization for someone (typically a diplomat or journalist) to be in a particular place or to hold a particular post

12. to instruct or inform someone

13. priority in importance, order , or rank

14. makes an action or process easy

6. Fill in the blanks using the following words. Translate the sentences into Russian language:

Briefed, treasurer, facilitate, echelon’s, a lapse, disarmament, contributors, rigorous, convene, entrust

1. The political _____________ decision to enable the army to hit Hamas’s military wing -installations and military activists – is a default choice that can be effective if they persist with it.

2. The former ______________of Indonesia’s Democrat Party has been arrested in Colombo after weeks on the run following corruption allegations.

3. The President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy said Italy’s anti-crises measures were timely and________________.

4. In the UK, the exams watchdog claims that _______________in due process was “an issue in more than one of the errors” in this year’s public examinations.

5. It is quite obvious that the government should immediately ________________special session of parliament and hold a thorough debate on corruption.

6. Defense Secretary Liam Fox will be ______________on the wars in Afghanistan and Libya while on holiday by military assistant.

7. Although the UK was one of the largest financial _______________to the EU, it received a relatively small proportion of farm subsidies through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

8. It is unclear how far companies would be prepared to _______________their security to Afghanistan’s government forces, with their poor record of reliability.

9. Canada is withdrawing from a UN nuclear ___________________conference in protest of North Korea’s presidency of the body.

10. The British Foreign Office said it was very grateful to the government of Qatar “for helping ____________________the return of the refuges”.

7. With a partner ask and answer these questions:

1. What does the term “diplomatic corps’ mean?

2. Who are titled “extraordinary and plenipotentiary”?

3. What are the duties of charge d’ affaires?

4. What is the difference between counselors and consuls?

5. How is the papal envoy titled?

6. What are the functions of doyen?

7. Which classes of heads of missions does the Vienna convention specify?

8. Which diplomatic positions are specific for multilateral diplomacy?

9. How are foreign ministries organized?

10. How different is American foreign ministry?

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