VIII. Insert the articles where necessary.

… High Level Working Group (HLWG) on Tuberculosis, which was established by … WHO and … Ministry of Health and Social Development of … Russian Federation, has been working in … Russian Federation since 1999.

This joint international body gathers twice … year to discuss … emerging problems in … fighting against TB in the Russian Federation and it serves in implementing … effective National strategies against tuberculosis. Different Thematic Groups, which are represented by … Russian and International experts, were created under … auspices of … HLWG for … collaborative development of guidelines in … providing anti-Tubercular treatment to … population.

IX. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.

The major work … the Thematic Groups is devoted … problems like "Laboratory diagnosis … Tuberculosis", "Epidemic surveillance and monitoring … Tuberculosis", "Organizing meetings to STOP TB … penal jurisdiction", " Professional training … medical workers and sanitary education … the population".

In 2003 the International Interagency Coordinating Committee was created … the aegis of HLWG … the aim to achieve more effective coordination of activities between the international and Russian partners … TB control … Russia. It is a voluntary forum which gathers once a year to discuss the priorities … international collaboration, coordinates an activity plan … the Anti-Tuberculosis field.

X. Make the summary of the text “tb Control and hiv programmes in Russia”.

XI. Imagine you are a member of the High Level Working Group on Tuberculosis. Set up goals for preventing communicable diseases.

1.2.7. The un Information Centre In Moscow

Read the text to fulfil the tasks

Established in 1948, the UN Information Centre in Moscow is the oldest UN office in the country. It is in a way a compact UN "information agency". It is also a repository of knowledge, global best practices and standards in a wide range of areas – from environmental protection to outer space – being at the same time a sort of a local UN public relations service.

Another important function of the Centre is to keep the UN Headquarters informed of the perception in Russia of UN’s activity, the local assessment of the efficiency of the organization’s programs. The UNIC’s strategic mission is to cultivate an informed understanding among the Russian public of the UN’s achievements and priorities.

The UN Information Centre is accredited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, working in close cooperation and hosting joint events with the Ministry on a regular basis. It works in contact with both chambers of the Russian Parliament, federal and regional authorities.

The Russian media is the key partner of the UNIC. It assists the media in preparing news and analytical materials on a wide range of issues, encouraging the creation of regular columns and programs.

UNIC hosts annual presentations of leading UN publications, such as the World Investment Report, Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, Human Development Report, Trade and Development Report.

The Centre is reinforcing its contacts with the academia, with scholars participating more and more frequently in serious discussions on topics covering global challenges and problems such as the fight against terrorism, security in a changing world, sustainable development, climate change.

UNIC supplies UN Headquarters with information and recommendations for establishing association between Russian non-governmental organizations and the Department of Public Information.

A key asset of UNIC is its reference library.

The library keeps official UN documents and other information materials, including maps, photographs, posters, statistical reports and audio- and video materials, totaling hundreds of thousands of storage units.

Using electronic materials provided by the UN Secretariat, UNIC publishes its daily bulletin for the press – a Russian language summary of current UN and world developments.

The UN is an open organization. It does not merely seek to be well-known among the public. The global organization has, in fact, direct relevance to governments, professional circles (political leaders, lawyers, ecologists, businessmen etc.), the media, and more broadly, to the people of our planet. It is of paramount importance that as many people as possible have a comprehensive and proper vision of the UN, its mission, objectives, as well as problems – so that the people use the Organization’s strengths for to improve their lives.