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Vocabulary related to International organizations
Exercise1: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word in the box:
Headquarters / set up / celebrated / emblem / secretary-general / president / anthem / rejected / offices
1. The present ............................................. of the United Nations is Ban Ki-Moon. He’s from South Africa.
2. The ............................................. of the UNO symbolizes peace. It shows the world held between two olive branches.
3. “When was the UNO.............................................?” “After WW II, that is around 1945, I guess.”4. The UN Day is ............................................. every year on October, 24th. 5. Did I show you the photographs we took in front of the UN ............................................. in New
York? What a huge building it is!Exercise 2: Match the words in A with their definitions in B:
A B1. Veto 2. Debate3. Resolution 4. Delegate5. UNESCO
a. Person authorized to act as representative for a country.b. The vested power of the permanent to refuse approval of a Security
Council resolution. c. a UN agency concerned with the protection and preservation of cultural
and natural heritage around the world. d. Discuss or argue. e. Final results of a negotiation or discussion of a specific issue.
Exercise3: Fill in the blanks with words from the list:
Campaign for / stands for / appointed / fight / spread / donations / imprison / dismissed
1. “Do you know what the acronym ‘WHO’ .............................................?” “Yes. It’s “World Health Organisation.”
2. As soon as Ban Ki-moon took office he............................................. Asha-Rose Migiro, from Tanzania, as Deputy Secretary-general.
3. The humble mission of “Doctors without frontiers” is to ............................................. epidemics around the world.
4. Amnesty International is a non-governmental pressure group whose function is to ............................................. the release of political prisoners and dissidents all over the globe.
5. “Our association is non-governmental. We don’t get any financial support from the government. We survive thanks to ............................................. given by individuals or foundations, whether national or international.”
Unit X Vocabulary related toInternational organisations
Exercise1: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word in the box:
Headquarters / set up / celebrated / emblem / secretary-general / president / anthem / rejected / offices
1. The present ............................................. of the United Nations is Ban Ki-Moon. He’s from South Africa.
2. The ............................................. of the UNO symbolizes peace. It shows the world held between two olive branches.
3. “When was the UNO.............................................?” “After WW II, that is around 1945, I guess.”4. The UN Day is ............................................. every year on October, 24th. 5. Did I show you the photographs we took in front of the UN ............................................. in New
York? What a huge building it is!Exercise 2: Match the words in A with their definitions in B:
A B1. Veto 2. Debate3. Resolution 4. Delegate5. UNESCO
f. Person authorized to act as representative for a country.g. The vested power of the permanent to refuse approval of a Security
Council resolution. h. a UN agency concerned with the protection and preservation of cultural
and natural heritage around the world. i. Discuss or argue. j. Final results of a negotiation or discussion of a specific issue.
Exercise3: Fill in the blanks with words from the list:
Campaign for / stands for / appointed / fight / spread / donations / imprison / dismissed
1. “Do you know what the acronym ‘WHO’ .............................................?” “Yes. It’s “World Health Organisation.”
2. As soon as Ban Ki-moon took office he............................................. Asha-Rose Migiro, from Tanzania, as Deputy Secretary-general.
3. The humble mission of “Doctors without frontiers” is to ............................................. epidemics around the world.
4. Amnesty International is a non-governmental pressure group whose function is to ............................................. the release of political prisoners and dissidents all over the globe.
5. “Our association is non-governmental. We don’t get any financial support from the government. We survive thanks to ............................................. given by individuals or foundations, whether national or international.”