Task3. Read the text with the proper pronunciation of the words and intonation. Remember that your reading time is not more than 3 minutes.

Task4. Answer the following questions:

1. Why did the delegations from 50 nations meet in San Francisco after the World War II? Name the date.

2. When was the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic admitted to the Conference?

3. Why was Poland unrepresented?

4. What building was chosen for the meeting?

5. How was the work of the delegates organized?

6. Why was the new world body called the «United Nations»?

7. Why was China the first nation to affix its signature to the Charter?

8. When is United Nations Day celebrated?

9. What kind of document is the Charter of the UNO?

10. What are the main principles of the Charter?

11. What are all nations signing the Charter obligated to?

12. How must the nations behave if the United Nations is taking preventive or enforcement action against some state?

13. Under what conditions can the United Nations intervene in matters of any State?

14. What are six principal organs of the UNO?

15. What do the principal organs of the UNO provide?

16. Where are the principal organs based?

17. Where is the International Court of Justice located?

18. How many states are represented in the General Assembly?

19. How are the seats in the Security Council divided?

20. What body does the Economic and Social Council report to?

21. What body does the Trusteeship Council report to?

22. How are the judges of the International Court of Justice elected?

23. Who appoints a Secretary-General of the General Assembly?

24. When does the General Assembly meet?

Task5. Pick out from the text all the word combinations with the following words and give their Ukrainian equivalents.

charter, provide, council, delegate, refrain

Task6. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate preposition from the list below: against, in, to, with, by, from.

1. The proposal of President Roosevelt to call the new world body the «United Nations» was accepted … acclamation.