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46 The world we live in 04 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE EXTRAS After World War II and under the impression of the atrocities of war, several international organisations were founded in order to make the world a better place. Read part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from the Preamble of the UN Charter and complete the extract with appropriate words from the box: establish conditions  human person  human rights  mankind nations  rights  social progress  standards of life  treaties  war SPEAKINg 6 Human rights Work in small groups. Find the official website of the United Nations and research one of the following areas.   history   main bodies   members, official languages, headquarters   decision-making powers   current issues Each group presents their topic in class and prepares a handout for their classmates. There are a great number of specialised agencies and sub-organisations of the UN that have a positive effect on people’s lives. Their names together with those of other multilateral organisations make up a jungle of acronyms, which is sometimes difficult to decipher. Explain or try to guess what these organisations do. 1 Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) 2 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 3 International Labour Organisation (ILO) 4 International Monetary Fund (IMF) 5 United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) 6 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 7 United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 8 United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) 9 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 10 World Health Organisation (WHO) a 7 b a READINg 8 WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED to save succeeding generations from the scourge of (1) , which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to (2) , and to reaffirm faith in fundamental (3) , in the dignity and worth of the (4) , in the equal (5) of men and women and of (6) large and small, and to (7) under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from (8) and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote (9) and better (10) in larger freedom (…) Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv