Examples of Posters

Sources: http://www.aso.zsi.at/aktuelles/2990.html and

http://geodata.grid.unep.ch/extras/posters.php ? access date: August 29, 2011

Task 9 (b): You can watch a video ?Making an Academi? Research Poster using Power Point? at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqgjgwIXadA

1Task 10: Sum up the information on the United Nations and present it as:

(a) a poster about the whole UN system;

(b) a poster about the UNO activities in Belarus(in the group each student can be responsible for a part of the structure and the group-members will present the whole poster made of pieces in class),

(c) a poster about any international organization that Belarus is a member of.

Your Poster (a) could have the following structure

1. Title and authors.

2. Logos.

3. Foundation facts.

4. Main purposes as defined by the Charter.

5. Spheres of interest.

6. Structure of the UN system: main bodies, their organization and responsibilities.

7. Acknowledgements

You can read about the UN below in the part Reading (a) for poster making

A video ?UN History? might be helpful for your UNO poster.

Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNnGirxI3zM&feature=related

Your Poster (b) could have the following structure

1. Programme title and poster authors.

2. Logos

3. UN body ? running this program in Belarus.

4. Purposes

5. Implementation

6. Results

7. Acknowledgements.

The UN programs in Belarus are below in the part Reading (b) for poster making.

Task 10 (a): Reading (a) for poster-making:

While reading, fill in the missing information in the charts for each part of the text, these will be parts of your POSTER about the UNO.

THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION

BASIC FACTS

The United Nations Organization is central to global efforts to solve problems which challenge humanity. Cooperating in this effort are more than 30 affiliated organizations, known together as the UN system. Day in and day out the UN and its family of organizations work to promote respect for human rights, protect the environment, fight disease, foster development and reduce poverty. UN agencies define the standards for sale and efficient transport by air and sea, help improve telecommunications and enhance consumer protection, work to ensure respect for intellectual property rights and coordinate allocation of radio frequencies. The United Nations leads the international campaigns against drug trafficking and terrorism. Throughout the world, the UN and its agencies assist refugees and set up programs to clear landmines, help improve the quality of drinking water and expand food production, make loans to developing countries and help stabilize financial markets.

The United Nations was established on 24 October 1945 by 51 countries committed to preserving peace through international cooperation and collective security. Today, nearly every nation in the world belongs to the UN: membership now totals 191 countries. The headquarters of the UNO are located in New York. All the documents are worked out and submitted for discussion and resolution in 5 languages: English, Russian, Spanish, French and Chinese.

When states become Members of the United Nations, they agree to accept the obligations of the UN Charter, an international treaty which sets out basic principles of international relations. According to the Charter, the UN has four main purposes:

- to maintain international peace and security,

- to develop friendly relations among nations,

- to cooperate in solving international problems and in promoting respect for human rights,

- to be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations.

UN Members are sovereign countries. The United Nations is not a world government, and it does not make laws. It does, however, provide the means to help resolve international conflict and formulate policies on matters affecting all of us. At the UN, all the Member States ? large and small, rich and poor, with differing political views and social systems ? have a voice and vote in this process.

THE MAIN ORGANS

The United Nations has six main organs. Five of them ? the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council and the Secretariat ? are based at UN Headquarters in New York. The sixth, the International Court of Justice, is located in the Hague, the Netherlands.

The General Assembly

All UN Member States are represented in the General Assembly ? a kind of parliament of nations which meets to consider the world?s most pressing problems. Each Member State has one vote. Decisions on ?important matters?, such as international peace and security, admitting new members, the UN budget and the budget of peacekeeping, are decided by two-thirds majority. Other matters are decided by simple majority. In recent years, a special effort has been made to reach decisions through consensus, rather than by taking a formal vote.

At its session, the Assembly usually considers more than 170 different topics, including globalization, nuclear disarmament, development, protection of the environment and consolidation of new democracies. The Assembly cannot force action by any state, but its recommendations are an important indication of world opinion and represent the moral authority of the community of nations.

The Assembly holds an annual regular session from September to December.

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