- •Vocabulary
- •Political System of Belarus
- •2. Pay attention to the following words and memorize them. Make your own sentences with them.
- •3. Match these word expressions with their Russian equivalents
- •4. Read the text and get ready to speak about the political system of Belarus: State system
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •8. Put the right prepositions where necessary:
- •International organizations
- •The United Nations Organization
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •2. Match the columns
- •3. Decipher the abbreviations.
- •4. Insert the prepositions where necessary.
- •5. Translate into English
- •1. Make the statements more factually correct
- •On the international arena
- •Show the activities of the Belarusian Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations with foreign countries.
- •Say what you know about the activities of our country on the international arena. Belarus On the International Arena
- •Unit: wars and conflicts.
- •2. Match the words in Column a with their own definitions in Column b. Make up your sentences with these words.
- •3. Match the words in Column a with the words in Column b to make up possible word combinations.
- •4. Translate into English.
- •3. Match the words in Column a with the words in Column b to make up possible word combinations.
- •4. Translate into English.
- •1. Answer the questions.
- •International Cooperation and Trade
- •2. Focus on Vocabulary
- •Scouting
Focus on vocabulary
l. Make sure that you know the following words and expressions:
peace-keeping force, be involved, to devote, to be responsible for, common foreign policy, citizenship, a minister, a guarantee, to sign a treaty, to enlarge, former members, the chairman, current.
2. Match the columns
1. refugee |
a) the main offices of the organization |
2. to promote |
b) to start smth |
3. security |
c) a group of soldiers |
4. mutual commitments |
d) people who have been forced to leave their homes or their country (e.g. because of a war) |
5. headquarters |
e) to watch smth carefully |
6.integration |
f) to help, to encourage |
7. to observe |
g) responsibilities of the sides of an agreement towards each other |
8. troops |
h) the process in which one becomes a part of a group |
9. to launch |
i) all measures taken to protect a place |
3. Decipher the abbreviations.
Clinton-Yeltsin Summit 6
United Nations Headquarters 6
IMF UNESCO
4. Insert the prepositions where necessary.
The Treaty was signed May 15,1992.
Many countries were involved the conflict.
Their activity is devoted the problem of developing countries.
UNICEF is responsible children affairs.
Its purpose is to promote world peace.
Headquartered Brussels, NATO is an intergovernmental organization.
All decisions are taken consensus.
5. Translate into English
Многие международные организации вовлечены в миротворческие миссии.
Это собрание было посвящено проблеме беженцев.
Члены-государства СНГ подписали договоры, касающиеся процессов интеграции и сотрудничества.
Эта организация основана на гарантиях безопасности и взаимных обязательствах.
Программа по предотвращению потенциальных конфликтов была начата в прошлом году.
FOCUS ON TEXTS
1. Make the statements more factually correct
On 25th June 1945, 51 countries met in San Francisco to sign the North Atlantic Treaty.
About 80% of UN effort is devoted to peace keeping missions.
The EU promotes social and economic progress among developing countries.
The Commonwealth is an economic association of independent states, which were once British or American territories.
NATO is a collective security organization based on security guarantees and mutual commitments between the nations of the world.
Based in Brussels the OSCE provides advice on human rights, democracy and law.
The chairman of the CIS is known as the Secretary General.
On the international arena
As a sovereign country, Belarus enjoys full rights and is active on the foreign arena. From the moment of setting up the United Nations Organization (UNO) Belarus as one of its constituent member states takes an active part in the work of this association, its organs and institutions. Belarus regularly sends its delegations to the sessions of the UNO General Assembly, has its permanent delegation and its own staff in it. Belarus is a member of some international specialized organizations, commissions, bureaus, funds and other organ.
On the initiative of Belarus the international organizations have adopted a number of important decisions, particularly on the punishment of war criminals, on education of youth in the spirit of ideas of peace and friendship among nations, Belarus has signed many treaties, agreements, protocols and conventions on co-operation with other countries in various fields, Belarus has many a time been the seat of convening international meetings, such as UNO seminars on social aspects of industrialization and on distribution of industry, seminars on the International organization of labour on inspection of labour, etc. Together with representatives of other peace-loving countries the envoys of Belarus are struggling for implementing a policy that answers the basic interests of all nations of the world, for their peace and security, co-operation and friendship.
The Belarusian people indefatigably strengthens and broadens its ties with the peoples of other countries. Its public organizations have established direct contacts and exchange delegations with their trade unions, youth, women's and sports organizations. Fruitful are the activities of the Belarusian Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations with foreign countries. It maintains contacts with many organizations of many countries.
punishment of war criminals — кара ваенных злачынцау;
the seat of convening international meetings — месца мỉжнародных сустрэч.
Answer the questions.
1. Belarus is active on the foreign arena, isn't it?
2. Is Belarus a member of the UNQ?
3. Where does Belarus sent its delegations?
4. What have been done by the initiative of Belarus?
5. What treaties, agreements, protocols on co-operation with other countries were signed Belarus?
6. Does Belarus take part in different seminars?
7. How do the Belarusian people indefatigably strengthens and broadens its ties with the peoples of other countries? 8. Whom have the public organizations of Belarus established direct contact with?
Find facts in the text to prove the following statements.
1. Belarus enjoys full rights and is active on the foreign arena.
2. The envoys of Belarus in the UNO are struggling for peace and security, co-operation and friendship all over the world.
3. The Belarusian people want peace and friendship with all nations of the world.