Human Rights Quiz
How much do you know about human rights? Answer the following questions and check your knowledge. 1. Do all people in the world have the same rights under the law? 2. Are Laws and Rights the same thing? 3. Is the Declaration of Human Rights an international document? 4. Do all countries in the world succeed in protecting the rights of all their citizens?
_______________________________________________________________ Answer the questions choosing only one variant. 1 How many articles are there in the Declaration of Human Rights? three eighteen five 2 What is the best way to end child poverty? give them money change the government give them education 3 What year was the Declaration of Human Rights adopted? 4 Who was Ghandi? a god the first president of the USA a Human Rights fighter who helped India becoming and an independent country famous scientist 5 Who is Nelson Mandela? the president of South Africa who spent more than 27 years in prison the president of Mexico a religious leader a famous singer
I. WARMING UP 1. Who speaks what and where? Match the words in the columns, mark the main stress in the words and practice saying them: Country Language Capital Belgium Lithuanian Brussels Malta Hungarian Berlin Germany Greek Rome Holland French, Flemish Amsterdam Hungary German Vilnius France Maltese, English Paris Italy Italian Budapest Greece Polish Athens Lithuania Dutch Warsaw Poland French Valetta
2. Match the following English words and expressions with their Ukrainian equivalents:
3. Fill in the gaps and practice saying the words:
4. Prediction. Answer the following questions: 1) What kind of political entity the European Union is: a) a unitary state; b) an international organization; c) a federation. 2) Do you think the European integration cuts down each state’s sovereignty? 3) Can we say that absolute national sovereignty is being gone? Read the text and check your prediction. TEXT 1 THE EUROPEAN UNION: A NEW TYPE OF INTEGRATION
The European Union is a family of democratic European countries committed to working together for peace and prosperity. Its population amounted to 487.297.627 people in 2007 when 27 countries became the EU Member States. The territory comes to 4.328.903 km2. The European Union is now regarded as a supranational legal and political entity, that is, in fact, unique. It is not a State intended to replace the existing states, but it is more than any international organization, it also contains some features of federation. The Community method involves a constant balancing of national and common interests, respect for the diversity of national traditions and the forging of a separate identity. It is an advanced form of integration. Its competence extends to the economy, industry, politics, citizen’s rights and foreign policy. The Member States have set up common institutions to which they delegate some of their sovereignty so that decisions on specific matters of joint interest can be made democratically at European level. This pooling of sovereigntyis also called “European integration”. The historical roots of the European Union lie in the Second World War. The idea of European integration was conceived to prevent such killing and destruction from ever happening again. It was first proposed by the French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman in his speech on May, 9, 1950. This date, the “birthday” of what is now the European Union, is celebrated annually as the Europe Day. The EU was first and foremost created as an economic union. It was founded as European Economic Community. Creation and maintaining the EU’s single market has been a prominent goal of the Community, ensuring the “four freedoms”: free movements of people, goods, services and capital. Considered as a single economy the European Union is the largest in the world with a nominal gross domestic product (GDP)amounting to 31% of world economic output. Politically the European Union is built around a common foreign and security policy. The objectives are as follows: 1) to safeguard the commonvalues, fundamental interests and independence of the Union; 2) to strengthen the security of the Union and its Member States in all the ways; 3) to preserve peaceand strengthen international security; 4) to promote international cooperation; 5) to develop and consolidate democracy and the rule of law, and the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. These objectives can be successfully achieved in two ways: by cooperation between the Member States in conducting their policy defining common positions and by gradually implementing common measures in the areas where the Member States share common interests. Peace and reconciliation are central to the process of European integration. Not once since the end of the Second World War has Europe sought to impose its ideas on the rest of the world, other than by setting an example of how to solve problems by negotiation. The European Union is increasingly called upon to act as a mediator and a stabilizing force in world affairs. Almost a half century of European integration has had a profound effect on the development of the continent and the attitudes of its inhabitants. It also has changed the balance of power. All governments, regardless of political complexion, now recognize that the era of absolute national sovereignty has gone. Only by joining forces and working towards a “destiny henceforward shared” can Europe’s old nations continue to enjoy economic and social progress and maintain their influence in the world.
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