Материал: Гольцева О.Ю. Международное право в официальных документах. Под ред. И.А. Горшеневой

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Exercise 20. Study these word combinations. Make up sentences of your own.

intention (of) interest (in) desire (for) confidence (in)

To express their determination(to) satisfaction (at/with) appreciation (of) concern (about/over) regret (about)

Exercise 21. Fill in the appropriate words from Exercise 20.

1.Both Sides express ______at the cooperation which has been established between them in the field of nuclear technology.

2.Ministers expressed their ______to Canada for hosting the inauguration of the Arctic Council.

3.The Leaders of the Group of Twenty expressed their deep _____ risks building up in financial markets.

4.They expressed ________ that international financial institutions can provide critical support for the global economy.

5.The Participants expressed their ______ to continue their vigorous efforts to address long-term challenges.

Exercise 22. Translate these sentences.

1.The Security Council today expressed its intention to establish a United Nations peacekeeping operation in wartorn Somalia and called on Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to develop, by 15 April.

2.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed regret over the incident at a joint press conference attended by the visiting presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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3.The Sides express satisfaction at the successful holding of the Days of Indian Culture in Russia in 2005 and welcome the initiative to hold the Days of Delhi in Moscow in 2006.

4.The Russian government has expressed a desire to renovate the former Russian Cultural Center as part of its plan to restore up to 150 industrial, commercial and cultural sites that Moscow had sponsored during its 10-year occupation of Afghanistan.

5.The Slovak embassy in Minsk, which represents Portugal's European Union presidency in Belarus, on Wednesday, issued a statement to express its deep concern about political prisoners in the country.

Exercise 23. Complete the text of a declaration below.

DECLARATION

on friendship and cooperation

between the Republic of (name of country) and the

Expressing their determination to__________________, Guided by unanimity of views on__________________, Expressing their concern over_____________________, Coming out for still greater unity and solidarity of_____,

Reaffirming their adherence to the purposes and principles of________________, … Declare that the Republic of

... and the Republic of ... shall guide themselves in their relations by the following:

1.The Sides shall closely cooperate in _____________.

2.The Sides shall continue expanding and developing __.

3.The Sides shall give all possible assistance to______.

4.The Republic of... and the Republic of... shall exert every effort aimed at ________________.

5.The provisions of this Declaration shall not affect the obligations earlier assumed by either Side in regard to

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third countries and international organizations. The Sides shall not enter into any agreements or take anу action incompatible with the aims of this Declaration.

DONE AT (city) this _______ day of_______ 20_ in duplicate, in the ... and ... languages, both texts equally authentic.

Exercise 24. Read and translate the text of this declaration. Speak on the style and composition of this declaration.

DECLARATIONS AND RESERVATIONS MADE UPON SIGNATURE

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The Government of the United Kingdom declares under Article 41 of this Covenant that it recognizes the competence of the Human Rights Committee to receive and consider communications submitted by another State Party, provided that such other State Party has, not less than twelve months prior to the submission by it of a communication relating to the United Kingdom, made a declaration under article 41 recognizing the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications relating to itself.

Exercise 25. Read the text translating the expressions in brackets into English. Summarize the information of the text.

DECLARATION on police cooperation

The Conference (подтверждает согласие) of the Member States on (цели) underlying the German delegation's (предложения) at the European Council meeting in Luxembourg on 28 and 29 June 1991.

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(К настоящему моменту), the Member States agree to examine as a matter of priority the drafts submitted to them, on the basis of the work programme and time table agreed upon in the report drawn up (по запросу) of the Luxembourg European Council, and they are willing to envisage (принятие практических мер) in areas such as those suggested by the German delegation, relating to the following functions in the exchange of information and experience:

•support for national criminal investigation and security authorities, in particular in the coordination of investigations and search operations;

•(создание баз данных);

•central analysis and (оценка информации) in order to take stock of the situation and identify investigative approaches;

•collection and analysis of national prevention programmes for forwarding to Member States and for drawing up Europe-wide prevention strategies; .

•measures relating to further training, research, forensic matters and criminal records departments.

Member States agree to consider on the basis of a report, during 1994 t the latest, whether the scope of such cooperation should be extended.

OVER TO YOU

Make a draft declaration on police cooperation between the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation and Europol. Follow the compositional design of a declaration document: the preamble, the substantive articles and the final clauses.

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LESSON 9

OTHER TYPES OF INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTS. Starting up

Comment on the following quotation.

“Make fair agreements and stick to them”

Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC), a Chinese thinker and social philosopher

Exercise 1. Read the following text and find the definition for the term “agreement”.

AGREEMENTS

The term «agreement» means an agreement intended to have an obligatory character but usually of a less formal nature than a treaty (syn. Concorde Agreement , Covenant). Like treaties, agreements may be concluded between Heads of State, between States or between Governments.

A term substantially equivalent to «agreement» is «arrangement». Other terms sometimes used instead of «agreement», though believed to be substantially similar, are: memorandum of understanding constituting an agreement; understanding; agreed joint statement; memorandum constituting an agreement; joint declaration constituting an agreement.

Agreements are frequently concluded by exchange of notes, sometimes referred to as «letters». In such cases, the representative of one government sends the representative of another government a note setting forth the arrangements proposed or to be agreed upon. The reply agrees to and frequently repeats the terms of the first note.

A temporary or working arrangement made in order to bridge over some difficulty pending a permanent settle-