Індивідуальне завдання № 13

TASK 1. Read and translate the following text.

“The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation”

The UNESCO has 193 member states and 6 associate members. The UNESCO headquarters are in Paris, France. Three bodies are responsible for policy-making, governance, and day-today administration at the UNESCO: The General Conference, The Executive Board and The Secretariat.

The General Conference is a gathering of the organisation’s member states and associate members, in which each state has one vote. Meeting every two years, it sets general policies and defines programme lines for the organisation.

The Executive Board’s 58 members are elected by the General Conference for four-year terms. The Executive Board prepares the sessions of the General Conference and ensures that its instructions are carried out. It also discharges other specific mandates assigned to it by the General Conference.

The Secretariat consists of the Director-General and his staff and is responsible for the day-to-day running of the organisation. The UNESCO implements its activities through the 5 programme areas: education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communication and information.

The UNESCO is providing international leadership in creating learning societies with educational opportunities for all; it supports research in comparative education and provides expertise and fosters partnerships to strengthen national educational leadership and the capacity of countries to offer quality education for all. This includes: the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) which is a centre for training and research to strengthen the capacity of countries to plan and manage their education systems, and Environmental Conservation organisation.

The UNESCO also issues public ‘statements’ to educate the public: ‘Seville Statement on Violence‘ is a statement adopted by the UNESCO in 1989 to refute the notion that humans are biologically predisposed to organised violence.The organisation is concerned with numerous diverse projects including: projects and places of cultural and scientific significance, such as: international network of geoparks; exploring biosphere reserves through the programme on ‘Man and the Biosphere‘ since 1971; ‘City of Literature‘ (in 2007, the first city to be given this title was Edinburgh, the site of Scotland’s first circulating library); endangered languages and linguistic diversity projects; masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity, and many others.

The UNESCO encourages the free flow of ideas by images and words, promotes freedom of expression, press freedom and access to information through the International Programme for the Development of Communication and the Communication and Information Programme. It promotes universal access to ICT through the Information for All Programme (IFAP), pluralism and cultural diversity in the media and such events as International Literacy Day.

TASK 2. Write down the Ukrainian equivalents for the words and expressions in bold type and memorize them.

TASK 3. Using information from the Internet sites (e.g.htt://europa.eu) make a presentation (under 150 words) on police and judicial co-operation.