Charter of ISESCO
Article 1 : Name and
definition
·
Name : The Islamic
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It is hereinafter
referred to as ISESCO.
·
Definition : ISESCO is an
international organization specializing in the fields of education, science,
culture and communication.
Article 2 : Headquarters
·
ISESCO shall have its headquarters in
Article 3 : Languages
·
The working languages of ISESCO shall be Arabic,
English and French.
Article 4 : Objectives
The
objectives of ISESCO include the following:
·
To strengthen, promote and consolidate
cooperation among the Member States and consolidate it in the fields of
education, science, culture and communication, as well as to develop and
upgrade these fields.
·
To consolidate understanding among peoples
inside and outside the Member States and contribute to the achievement of world
peace and security through various means, particularly through education,
science, culture and communication.
·
To publicize the correct image of Islam and
Islamic culture, promote dialogue among civilizations, cultures and religions,
and work towards spreading the values of justice and peace along with the
principles of freedom and human rights, in accordance with the Islamic civilizational perspective.
·
To encourage cultural interaction and to support
the aspects of cultural diversity in the Member States, while preserving the
cultural identity and protecting the independence of thought.
·
To promote cooperation and partnership with the
similar governmental and non-governmental institutions sharing the same
interest, inside and outside the Member States.
·
To work for establishing complementarity
and correlation among the educational systems of the Member States.
COMPREHENSION
1. Tick the ISESCO’s
fields of interest
r education.
r science.
r Peace.
r Dialogue
among civilizations.
r Sport.
r culture.
r Law.
r communication.
r Press.
r Human
rights.
r Security.
r Principles
of freedom.
r Justice.
2. Decide if these statements are
true or false; then, justify your answer.
a. ISESCO stands for The
International Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Truer Falser
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b. ISESCO has its headquarters in
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c. The
working languages of ISESCO shall be Spanish and English.
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3. Answer the following questions in your own words as far as possible.
a. What is ISESCO?
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b. Why does ISESCO encourage cultural interaction?
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4. Match the following words with
their definitions
Word |
|
Definition |
a)
Consolidate |
1)
To become, or cause something to
become, stronger and more certain. |
|
b)
Publicize |
2)
The main offices of an
organization such as the army, police or a business company. |
|
c)
Cooperation |
3)
To improve the quality or
usefulness of something. |
|
d)
Upgrade |
4)
To make information about
something generally available. |
|
e)
Headquarters |
5)
When you work together with
someone or do what they ask you. |
5. Find in
the text the antonyms of the following words.
a. Weaken (Article 4) #…………………………….
b. Misunderstanding (Article
4) #…………………………….
c. Injustice (Article 4) #…………………………….
6.What do the underlined words
in the text refer to?
a.
It (Article 2) :…………………….……………
b. It (Article 4) :…………………….……………