4. B MY COUNTRY AND the WORLD COMMUNITY:
the UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION
I will know
- about the United Nations organization and its parts
- the UN’s functioning in our country
- about poster-making
I will be able to
- speak on the topic the UN and use your vocabulary
- determine key words and key elements for your poster
- make a poster presentation
- present the UN activities in our country at a poster
1. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
International cooperation is one of those activities we all assume to be of undoubtedly worth, always good, with important economic, scientific, and political benefits. What could be more appropriate in this age of growing integration of national economies, global issues, and tighter resource constraints than the idea that international cooperation is a valuable and welcome phenomenon? International Cooperation works to enhance multilateral responses to global problems, including: conflict, humanitarian crises, and recovery; international security challenges, weapons proliferation and the changing balance of power; resource scarcity and climate change.
Task 1: Let’s think what is international cooperation: where, with whom, how it can take place. Create a mind map of the topic “International cooperation of my country”, filling in the circles below, adding new ones, if necessary.
Task 1.a. Study the examples of international cooperation, add these positions to your mind maps, if necessary:
international cooperation takes place with international organizations
with different countries and groups of states
when a person or a company participates in an international program of cooperation
A) What international organizations do you know?
B) Match the organization with its acronym:
UN |
European Union |
OSCE |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
CoE |
United Nations |
WHO |
Council of Europe |
EU |
World Trade Organization |
WTO |
World Health Organisation |
UNESCO |
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
C) From the list of international organizations, tell, which are nongovernmental organizations and which are governmental ones?
International nongovernmental organizations |
International governmental organizations |
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International Olympic Committee, United Nations (UN), Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Council of Europe (CoE), European Union (EU), International Committee of the Red Cross, European Patent Organization, World Trade Organization (WTO),. World Organization of the Scout Movement.
2. Personal vocabulary building The main facts about the United Nations Organisation
Our country is a UN member and actively cooperates with it. In this unit you will learn about the origins, goals and structure of the United Nations (UN), UN activities in Belarus, its programs, and how all different parts of the UN work together to improve the lives of males, females and children all over the world.
Task 2: Study the text in the table and start building a vocabulary map about the UN.
THE MAIN AIMS OF THE UN ARE:
1. Secure international peace
2. Eliminate poverty
3. Promote human rights.
UN emblem
UN flag
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What is the United Nations (UN) and why was it created? The UN is an international organization that was created in 1945 as the world emerged from the Second World War. Its founders were shocked by the destruction of the war and the horrors of the Holocaust. They wanted to create an organization that they hoped would be able to prevent such catastrophes from happening in future and improve the lives of people.
What are the aims of the UN? The main aims of the UN are to secure international peace, eliminate poverty and promote human rights.
Who runs the UN and how does it work? The purpose of the UN is to bring all countries of the world together to work towards these aims. It is made up of 193 countries, known as ‘member states’. These countries finance the UN’s work and govern its activities. The UN Secretary-General is like company’s director - he looks after running the organization. |
Task 3: Write down words on the topic the UN, making your VOCABULARY MAP. Do it on A4 paper with the core of the sun in the middle, so that you could have spare place to finish this work by the end of the topic.
3. Finding keywords The un system
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The
Security
Council
is responsible for maintaining peace and tries to settle conflicts
that threaten international security. All UN member states must
respect and abide by its decisions. It can set up peacekeeping
operations in the countries, where there is a war going on. The
Security
Council
has 15 members, of which 5 are permanent: China, France, Russia, the
UK and the USA. The permanent members can veto (stop) any decision
in the Security
Council.
Aims, activities:____________________________
UNICEF
(UN Children’s Fund) works for children rights, their survival,
development and protection. UNICEF
works to ensure that all children, everywhere in the world, enjoy
the same human rights. UNICEF
tries to make sure that children have access to education and
healthcare, and that they are free from problems such as child
labour, abuse and neglect.
Aims, activities:__________________
UNESCO
is the UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Its
role is to promote international cooperation in education, science,
culture and communication and information. One of UNESCO’s
priorities is making sure all children in the world have the
opportunity to go to school. UNESCO also helps protect special
cultural and natural places around the world through the World
Heritage list.
Aims, activities:______________________
UNDP
(UN Development Program) works to eliminate poverty. One of its main
tasks is to coordinate global efforts targeted at eliminating
poverty and inequality throughout the world.
Aims, activities:___________________________
Aims, activities:______________________
WHO
(World Health Organisation) is the UN’s World Health Organisation.
It is the international authority on global health and helps people
to be free from preventable diseases like malaria and HIV/AIDS. WHO
works to strengthen healthcare systems in every country so that all
people can stay healthy and live longer, happier lives.
Aims, activities:____________________________
Task 5: Create sentences about the work of the UN bodies, using the words in bold from the boxes and the key words, written out by you below the boxes.
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