Text 5 Ministry of the Interior

Exercise 5.1 Study the vocabulary:

1) ministry of the Interior	1) міністерство внутрішніх справ
2) bodies of the Internal affairs	2) органи внутрішніх справ
3) law-enforcement	3) забезпечення правопорядку
4) to keep law and order	4) забезпечувати правопорядок
5) inalienable and inviolable	5) невід’ємний та недоторканний
6) to prevent offences	6) попереджувати правопорушення
7) to disclose offences	7)розкривати правопорушення
8) to expose offences	8)викривати правопорушення
9) to remove offences	9)зупиняти правопорушення
10) drug trafficking	10)торгівля наркотиками
11) interior forces	11)внутрішні війська
12) public security	12)громадська безпека

Exercise 5.2 Read and translate the text:

The Bodies of the Internal Affairs present a total combination of the state specialized institutions which are subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior of Ukraine. They perform law-enforcement and law using functions to keep law and order in the state.

According to Ukrainian legislation the Bodies of the Internal Affairs occupy specific place among the law enforcing agencies. They fulfill the main amount of law enforcing work to maintain law and order: carry out various tasks to prevent, disclose, expose, remove offences and punish offenders. In performing their numerous duties the Bodies of Internal Affairs are structured in the following divisions:

- militia;

- departments on fighting organized crime (special forces: "Berkut", "Sokol");

- department on fighting drag trafficking;

- investigation departments;

- department on fighting economic crime;

- interior forces.

The Bodies of the Internal Affairs are gathered and work in a structure headed by the Ministry of the Interior. It is a state executive organ which supervises protection of personal rights and freedoms, preservation of law and order, ensuring public security. It also delimits main directions of the Bodies of the Internal Affairs activity.

The head of the Ministry of the Interior is the Minister of the Internal Affairs. He is proposed by the Prime Minister of Ukraine and appointed by the President.

All work of the Ministry of the Interior is based on the principal of equality of all people before the law, security of rights and freedoms of an individual which are inalienable and inviolable.

Exercise 5.3 Match synonyms:

1) to secure	a) liberty
2) to perform	b) criminal
3) to supervise	c) security
4) to expose	d) authority
5) to endanger	e) office
6) power	f) to threaten
7) department	g) to oversee
8) safety	h) to reveal
9) offender	i) to carry out
10) freedom	j) to provide
11) guard	k) prevent

Exercise 5.4 Substitute the words in italics with the words from the active vocabulary:

a. The main task of all law enforcing agencies is to provide law and order in the state.

b. The Security Service must give the citizen written explanation as for the limitation of his rights and liberties.

c. Powers fixed in the Ukrainian legislation are foundation for considering the Security Service as a law enforcing agency.

d. Several organs of the law-enforcement system have their own investigation offices. (4 бала)

e. You must not visit places where you are not sure in your safety. Militia must perform such functions as: administrative activity, preventive actions, operational search actions, procedural, executive and guardian activity.

Exercise 5.5 Match the words with the opposite meaning:

1) danger	a) strength
2) weakness	b) security
3) slavery	c) sole
4) law – abiding citizen	d) chaos
5) to guard	e) inequality
6) order	f) to violate
7) equality	g) freedom
8) various	h) offender

Exercise 5.6 Choose the right preposition according to the contents of the sentences:

for in against by to

1. All law enforcing agencies carry out their duties ___ conformity with the law.

2. Regional bodies of the internal affairs are subordinated ____ the Ministry of the Interior.

3. Bodies of the internal affairs perform tasks as ___ prevention, disclosing, exposing and removal offences.

4. Tasks and authorities of the Security Service of Ukraine are provided for ____ the law.

5. The Security Service fights crime ____ peace and security of mankind.