INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

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

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:

C) From the list of international organizations, tell, which are nongovernmental organizations and which are governmental ones?

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.

Date: 2016-06-13; view: 166