Each of the 6 main bodies of the un performs its own mission. The General Assembly is a sort of world parliament but it isn’t a (1) ... As it doesn’t make laws.
But its recommendations and advice are important indications of world opinion.
The Security Council is primarily responsible for (2) ... international peace and security. It tries to undertake some (3)... measures to avoid war conflicts and to (4)... peace and stability. Sometimes it may send observers’ missions to (5)... the process of disarmament or ceasing the fire.
The Economic and Social Council (6)... the economic and social work of the UN. Its five regional commissions promote economic development and ... economic relations in the regions.
The International Court of Justice settles disputes between countries. The Court also provides advisory opinion to the General Assembly and the Security Council.
ROUND TABLE
Task 8: Use your Mind Map, Vocabulary Map and Key Words from the exercises above and organise a Round Table:
“UN’s aims and actions: are they relevant for our country?”
When speaking about the UN you will have to cover different aspects of its work, they can be a part of your PERSONAL vocabulary.
Enjoy using an opportunity to express your ideas !
5. Poster making and speaking
In this unit you are studying a new format of a poster
- it is used at presentations and conferences.
Task 9. Read the text about Posters below.
Posters are a special type of presentation. When well designed, they are not simply journal papers pasted onto boards. Rather, posters, when effectively designed, are something in between.
An effective poster is a visual communications tool
George Hess :: Kathryn Tosney :: Leon Liegel
An effective poster will help you ...
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engage colleagues in conversation.
...
get your main point(s) across to as many people as possible.
An effective poster is ...
Focused |
Focused on a single message. |
Graphic |
Lets graphs and images tell the story; uses text sparingly |
Ordered |
Keeps the sequence well-ordered and obvious. |
An effective poster operates on multiple levels ...
- source of information
- conversation starter
- advertisement of your work
- summary of your work
An effective poster is not just a standard research paper stuck to a board. A poster uses a different, visual grammar. It shows, not tells.
Many ineffective posters suffer from easy-to-fix problems, including ...
objective(s) and main point(s) hard to find
text too small
poor graphics
poor organization
© Hess, G.R., K. Tosney, and L. Liegel. 2010. Creating Effective Poster Presentations. http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/NewSite/index.html, visited <August 12, 2011>.
! Task 9 (a): Would you read more about Poster design in the Appendix “Poster-making” and watch “Effective Poster Presentations” by George H. Hess. Source:http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/NewSite/Resources.html, accessed August, 12, 2011.
Examples of Posters
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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 Academiс Research Poster using Power Point” at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqgjgwIXadA
Task 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
Title and authors.
Logos.
Foundation facts.
Main purposes as defined by the Charter.
Spheres of interest.
Structure of the UN system: main bodies, their organization and responsibilities.
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.
T he 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.