3 Write out other unknown words and word expressions and learn them.

4 Find Russian equivalents.

Millennium Development Goals; World Summit; enjoy; affordable prices; realities; postal service; cooperates.

5 Find English equivalents.

Сотрудничать; Организация Объединенных Наций; объединенная развивающая программа; роль; заниматься (делом, вопросом); основной, коренной; искать, разыскивать.

6 Answer the questions.

1 Does the UPU actively cooperate with other UN organizations?

2 Is the UPU a member of the UN family?

3 What is fundamental to the UPU?

4 What idea the UPU is to promote among its member countries?

5 Is universal service contained in the UPU Acts?

7 Give a summary of the text.

Lesson 5

1 Study the following words.

benefit	выгода, польза, прибыль
poverty	бедность, нищета, скудность
sturdy	крепкий, сильный, здоровый
vehicle	транспортное средство
cohesion	связь, сплоченность, сцепление
contributor	жертвователь, помощник
affordable	допустимый, по средствам
divide	делить, разделять, разъединять
linked	связанный, соединенный, сопряженный
sustain	выдержать, подпирать
admirable	замечательный, превосходный

2 Read and translate the text.

Promoting postal development and technical cooperation

In keeping with the spirit of the United Nations, the UPU and its members promote cooperation so that Posts may benefit from the know-how and expertise of others. Multi-year integrated projects - the current four-year cycle includes 80 or so - enable developing coun­tries, particularly those least developed, to acquire, through joint financing by the UPU and the beneficiary country, much needed operational equipment and to improve postal operations, which can have an impact on quality of service worldwide. They also provide assistance in the event of disaster or calamity. The as­sistance of the seven Regional Advisers is essential in such circumstances. Today, postal development also involves the training of managers and in­structors under the TRAIN-POST training programme and efforts to reduce the digi­tal divide between industrialized countries and devel­oping countries. Thus we see French telekiosks being installed in Burkina Faso and Indian satellite technol­ogy appearing in Bhutan. Since 2002, some 125 devel­oping countries have benefited from the financial re­sources available to them under the Quality of Service Fund (QSF). The delegates in Bucharest will consider how to distribute the more than 40 million CHF now in the Fund so that least developed countries and de­veloping countries can fully benefit from such re­sources to extend the universal postal service and im­prove quality of service.

" The UPU must help in the fight against poverty by pro­moting the universal postal service and help to develop ef­fective international technical cooperation and strengthen solidarity among member countries, as can already be seen with the QSF."

Koutou Sommanogo, Director of Development, Plan­ning and Cooperation, Sonapost (Burkina Faso).

How the UN Secretary General sees the UPU

"In the fabric of global society, the postal service remains a sturdy and colourful thread that touches everyone, even in the most remote corners of the world. Postal services are powerful vehicles of commu­nication, important agents of social cohesion, and concrete contributors to economic and social development.

"For more than 2,000 years, postal networks have helped people to exchange messages and goods. Today, the physical and electronic postal network has become a key partner in building an open and inclusive infor­mation society. Indeed, as an affordable and reliable bridge between people and businesses, it is helping to narrow the digital divide between the developed and developing worlds.

"Since the creation of the Universal Postal Union 130 years ago, a single postal territory has linked the world in webs of communication, commerce and trade. In doing so, the UPU has become one of our most valuable, yet largely unheralded, forums of in­ternational cooperation and exchange. I hope the UPU will sustain its admirable spirit of service and innovation, from which all citizens of the world can benefit."