Active Vocabulary

1. to lay down arms under the accord

сложить оружие согласно договору

2. to observe truce

ant. to violate, to break

.соблюдать перемирие

3. under the auspices

devastating (conflict, war)

под эгидой опустошительный

4. to avert a battle/a war shuttle diplomacy

предотвратить сражение/войну челночная дипломатия

5. to promote peace settlement comprehensive

содействовать, способствовать мирное урегулирование всеобъемлющий

6. peacekeeping force relief operation/aid

миротворческие силы гуманитарная операция/помощь

7. landmark

веха, важный этап

8. to hail to broker to undermine negotiations

приветствовать

выступать в роли посредника

подрывать переговоры

§ 5. The Peace Process

9. to endanger the peace process подвергать опасности reconciliation примирение

10. through sth путем, посредством ч.-л. peaceful coexistence мирное сосуществование reunification воссоединение

2. Find the English for the following word combinations
used in the articles of this section (the number of the arti­
cle is given in brackets)

Поддерживать (1), уволить, отстранить от должности (1), согласие на ч.-л. (2), председательство (3), министр внут­ренних дел (4), принять предложение о прекращении ог­ня (4), ставить условия (4), находиться в должности (5), ре­шать вопросы (5), восстановить порядок (6), обеспечивать безопасность (7), занять твердую позицию по к.-л. вопро­су (7), обязывающее соглашение (8), отставка (9), исполни­тельные органы (9), иметь право на ч.-л. (9), срок пребыва­ния у власти (10).

3. Translate the sentences paying attention to the under­
lined words.

1. International aid agencies estimate that up to 300 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in less than a week of fighting in Mogadishu, although no warlord has made significant territo­rial gains.

2. Israel's argument, that Jerusalem is its exclusive prop­erty, is in itself a violation of the peace accord.

3. In Bosnia, a shaky four-day-old cease-fire meant to clear the way for the peace talks came under pressure at the weekend, when fierce fighting resumed in the northwest.

4. Mr. A.'s advance, which dragged all of his most bitter opponents into the fighting, took place as all the other faction

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leaders were in Ethiopia to discuss a plan to bring about national reconciliation and set up a transitional government.

5. H. called on all parties in the conflict to observe the cease - fire.

6. Alarmed at the unravelling of the peace process, the White House is hoping to broker new direct talks between Lon­don and Dublin, possibly as early as this weekend.

7. There has been no substantial movement toward a settle­ment of the conflict, and the sides remain so far apart that some fear another war.

8. Fighting eased in Guinea-Bissau after rebels announced a 48-hour cease-fire in the tiny West African country, demanding that President J. B. V. present a negotiating agenda.

9. In several hours of shuttle diplomacy Mr. M. met with the key parties — Sin Fein, political ally if the Irish Republican Army, and the Ulster Unionists.

10. The agreement is widely seen in the west as a milestone in the search for a Balkan peace settlement.

11. But Washington still accuses Tehran of seeking weapons of mass destruction, threatening its neighbors, sponsoring terror­ism and undermining the Middle East peace process.

12.As the Russian military offensive in Chechnya intensi­fies, President C. and European leaders were increasing pressure on the Russian President to accept help from the international mediators offering to find a peaceful resolution of the crisis.

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