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Social English - helping others (UN Conferences)
Self-help: how to record and improve your
vocabulary...and don't forget to record progress in your diary!
Apart from conferences in New
York, increasing numbers of conferences have been organised in other cities, for
example
30,000 people attended the Istanbul
conference (Urban problems), 50,000 people went to Beijing (advancement of women
conference) and 47,000 people went to the environmental protection conference in
Río de Janeiro. The Río conference cost the UN $10 million, the other two conferences
cost between $1.7 and $3.4 million
1. With a friend, try to remember something about those conferences. What was
the result of the Río conference? Was the conference cost-effective?
2. The UN represents the world. The internet covers the world. Should the UN
reduce conferences (and administration costs) and use the Internet? This would
provide more funds to invest in poor countries.
3. Now look at the next discussion subject. What are the alternatives
to maintaining expensive people and expensive offices in high-cost countries?
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