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Social English - helping others (UN costs - Who benefits?)
Self-help: how to record and improve your
vocabulary...and don't forget to record progress in your diary!
According to the New York
Mayor the UN, its agencies, Diplomats and the Consular Corps contributed
$3.2billion to the New York economy in 1998, creating 30,000 jobsThe UN
Secretariat spent $318million on supplies in 1998. American businesses supplied
31%
1. With a friend, try to make a list of cities in poor countries which would
benefit from the UN, Diplomats and Consular Corps spending $3.2billion (a year).
To give you some ideas see the maps at: www.oxfam.org.uk/atwork/where/index.htm
Africa: www.ifrc.org/where/africa.asp
Americas: www.ifrc.org/where/americas.asp
Asia/Pacific: www.ifrc.org/where/asiapac.asp
Europe/NIS: www.ifrc.org/where/europe.asp
Middle East/North Africa: www.ifrc.org/where/mena.asp
2. Apart from hotels, taxis, restaurants - what other businesses benefit from
8,700 staff and thousands of visitors to the UN every year?
3. Now look at the next discussion subject. What are benefits of
organising large conferences for thousands of people? (including UN personnel,
Heads of Government etc)
Copyright © 2000 David M Harris
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