求英语牛津译林版选修6 Unit4 Reading的原文 关于联合国的那篇文章!标题是：The UN-bringing everyone closer together

求英语牛津译林版选修6 Unit4 Reading的原文 关于联合国的那篇文章!标题是：The UN-bringing everyone closer together
求英语牛津译林版选修6 Unit4 Reading的原文 关于联合国的那篇文章!
标题是：The UN-bringing everyone closer together

求英语牛津译林版选修6 Unit4 Reading的原文 关于联合国的那篇文章!标题是：The UN-bringing everyone closer together
我怎么觉得LS 两位的我没看过……虽然我这半学期英语课打酱油了
The UN-bringing everyone closer together
I am pleased to have this chance today to talk to you about the United Nations or the UN,as it is more often referred to.The UN is an international group made up of countries that want to increase peace,and I am very happy to have been chosen to be a Goodwill Ambassador for them.Being a a Goodwill Ambassador means that I visit countries where the UN operates programmes to help people.I feel very honoured to have been able to take on this role.Later I shall tell you about some of the work I have done.First I should tell you a little about the UN.So when was the United Nations set up?It was actually set up just after the Second World War in October 1945 by 51countries.Today,nearly every nation in the world belongs to the UN-191countries altogether.The UN is based on a charter that has four main purposes:to keep international peace; to develop friendly relationships among nations :to co-operate in international problems and in promoting respect for human rights; and to be a centre for organizing the actions or work of different nations.
As you know,the UN touches the lives of people everywhere .The organization is involved in peaacekeeping operations to help end some of the world's most horrible conflicts.Watch any TV report on places where there is a war,and you will see soldiers wearing blue berets.The UN does not have its own army.Instead,it borrows soldiers from different countries that belong to the UN.With the help of these armies and other worthy organizations the UN assists the victims of wars and disasters.In addition,the UN helps protect human rights and works to improve international laws,for example,those on child labour.
That is a little about the UN.Now let me tell you about the work I have been doing with them.My job with the UN is not paid,but voluntary and as I said before ,I mainly visit countries where the UN has progtammes to help people.So how do I help by visiting these vountries?Well,if I visit these countries,the television and press will follow and record my visits.This will increase people's awareness of the work of the UN.In addition,my visits will encourage people working on the projects and draw local people's attention to the situation.
I have visited many countries in Africa.Recently,I was fortunate enough to travel to South Africa,where I met some wormen who have organized themselves into a group.They collect one rand ( approximately 1.35 yuan ) per day from each member and add it to a sum of money the government gives them .With this ,the women have enough money to buy weaving materials to make baskets .They then sell these at the market.With luck their group will be able to expand and maybe set up a shop.This group was setup by UNIFEM,the United Nations Development Fund for Women.There are lots of such helped millions of people across the world.
Apart from the urgent problems causued by wars and conflicts,the UN helps countries with other problems such as lack of education,lack of food,poverty,disasters and disease.At a UN meeting in 2000,all 191 members agreed to try and meet eight development goals by the year 2015.One of the goals is to ensure that fresh drinking water is available to everyone.Another is to ensure all childen complete primary education.For more information ,you may like to look it up on the UN website.So you see,with the work of the UN the world has been brought closer together.
[ October 24 ,2005 ]

The first mention of an emblem for the new United Nations Organization was a report by secretary-general Trygve Lie on 15 October 1946. He stated that although the name 'United Nations' had been forma...

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The first mention of an emblem for the new United Nations Organization was a report by secretary-general Trygve Lie on 15 October 1946. He stated that although the name 'United Nations' had been formally adopted for the Organization in the Preamble of the Charter, no such official sanction existed for the emblem and seal of the United Nations.
The symbol that was in use at the time was a modification of a designed created by members of the Presentation Branch of the US Office of Strategic Services in April 1945, in response to a request for a button design for the San Francisco Conference.
He recommended the General Assembly to adopt a design to function as official emblem. Also he recommended that the member states would take care of national legislation to protect the name and emblem of the UN against commercial use.
A few weeks later the design was modified to include all countries. Also the world map was turned so the Greenwich meridian would be in the centre of the emblem. Without a vote the General Assembly adopted the emblem on 7 December 1946 (Resolution 92 (I)).
The design is "a map of the world representing an azimuthal equidistant projection centred on the North Pole, inscribed in a wreath consisting of crossed conventionalised branches of the olive tree, in gold on a field of smoke-blue with all water areas in white. The projection of the map extends to 60 degrees south latitude, and includes five concentric circles".
On 21 August 1947 the secretary-general sent a memorandum to the General Assembly underlining the necessity of a flag for the UN. He described that some time earlier a flag was designed to protect and identify with a neutral symbol the Commission of Investigation concerning Greek Frontier Incidents. The UN secretariat designed a flag in blue with the UN emblem in white with the words "United Nations - Nations Unies" around it.
Since then more than a hundred other designs were received from various countries. The secretary-general feels that the design with the UN emblem, but without the name on it, "possesses the essential requirements of simplicity and dignity to a greater extent than any other design which has been submitted."
The General Assembly adopted Resolution 167 (II) on 20 October 1947 giving the UN its own flag and instructing the secretary-general to draw up regulation concerning the dimensions and proportions of the flag and to adopt a flag code.
The flag code was published on 19 December 1947, amended on 11 November 1952 and completely revised on 1 January 1967 and contains regulations where and when to display the flag, including in periods of mourning. It also contains the rules on the display of the flags of the member states outside the UN Headquarters.
Later on the flags of the other specialized organizations were based on the original design and have in most cases the blue colour with a white emblem. The colour light blue has consequently been used in various ways, with the best known being the UN peace-keeping forces wearing blue helmets.
The emblem and flag are frequently pictured on stamps. The stamp catalogue is divided into two parts: stamps that have the emblem or flag as main subject and stamps that have the emblem or flag on it but are issued for another occasion. It should be noted that not every stamp with the emblem is listed. The emblem should be a significant part of the stamp design.

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Emblem and flag of the United Nations
The first mention of an emblem for the new United Nations Organization was a report by secretary-general Trygve Lie on 15 October 1946. He stated that althoug...

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Emblem and flag of the United Nations
The first mention of an emblem for the new United Nations Organization was a report by secretary-general Trygve Lie on 15 October 1946. He stated that although the name 'United Nations' had been formally adopted for the Organization in the Preamble of the Charter, no such official sanction existed for the emblem and seal of the United Nations.
The symbol that was in use at the time was a modification of a designed created by members of the Presentation Branch of the US Office of Strategic Services in April 1945, in response to a request for a button design for the San Francisco Conference.
He recommended the General Assembly to adopt a design to function as official emblem. Also he recommended that the member states would take care of national legislation to protect the name and emblem of the UN against commercial use.
A few weeks later the design was modified to include all countries. Also the world map was turned so the Greenwich meridian would be in the centre of the emblem. Without a vote the General Assembly adopted the emblem on 7 December 1946 (Resolution 92 (I)).
The design is "a map of the world representing an azimuthal equidistant projection centred on the North Pole, inscribed in a wreath consisting of crossed conventionalised branches of the olive tree, in gold on a field of smoke-blue with all water areas in white. The projection of the map extends to 60 degrees south latitude, and includes five concentric circles".
On 21 August 1947 the secretary-general sent a memorandum to the General Assembly underlining the necessity of a flag for the UN. He described that some time earlier a flag was designed to protect and identify with a neutral symbol the Commission of Investigation concerning Greek Frontier Incidents. The UN secretariat designed a flag in blue with the UN emblem in white with the words "United Nations - Nations Unies" around it.
Since then more than a hundred other designs were received from various countries. The secretary-general feels that the design with the UN emblem, but without the name on it, "possesses the essential requirements of simplicity and dignity to a greater extent than any other design which has been submitted."
The General Assembly adopted Resolution 167 (II) on 20 October 1947 giving the UN its own flag and instructing the secretary-general to draw up regulation concerning the dimensions and proportions of the flag and to adopt a flag code.
The flag code was published on 19 December 1947, amended on 11 November 1952 and completely revised on 1 January 1967 and contains regulations where and when to display the flag, including in periods of mourning. It also contains the rules on the display of the flags of the member states outside the UN Headquarters.
Later on the flags of the other specialized organizations were based on the original design and have in most cases the blue colour with a white emblem. The colour light blue has consequently been used in various ways, with the best known being the UN peace-keeping forces wearing blue helmets.
The emblem and flag are frequently pictured on stamps. The stamp catalogue is divided into two parts: stamps that have the emblem or flag as main subject and stamps that have the emblem or flag on it but are issued for another occasion. It should be noted that not every stamp with the emblem is listed. The emblem should be a significant part of the stamp design.

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