Police Report

On 19th August 2015, there was a robbery near the American Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.  In this timeline you will read what a Haitian police officer told an UNPOL about that incident. Let's suppose you are the UNPOL reporting these events of the robbery. You may write in the comment section. Take turns to participate. Go ahead!!

Police Cases - Vocabulary

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's speech in Argentina - 14 June 2011

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1. "The world has mined its way to growth and burned its way to prosperity, without thinking about the consequences."
2. "Meanwhile, social inequalities between the rich and poor grow wider and wider in many countries."
3. "Argentina's participation in United Nations peacekeeping dates back more than half a century, to the deployment of a party of military observers in Lebanon in 1958."
4. "In the 1990s, as conflict raged through the Balkans, Argentina sent large and much-needed contingents to UNPROFOR, the UN Protection Force, signifying a welcome step up in commitment."
5. 
   "We have seen that the credibility and effectiveness of an operation are also affected by the speed with which troop contributing countries deploy and carry out humanitarian and peacekeeping tasks."
6. "Twenty Argentine peacekeepers have given their lives while serving the cause of peace around the world."
7. "No doubt we will mourn again."

Quake-stricken Haiti bears scars six months on

Look at this activity with statements taken from an article entitled Quake-stricken Haiti bears scars six months on from BBC News - July 2010.














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Tense shift: Watch and practise!

Watch this video about tense shift in REPORTED SPEECH.

• Then, make comments on the following questions:

* What other tense changes can you add?

* How do time expressions change?

Revision of REPORTED SPEECH with mission-related examples.

REPORTED SPEECH from paulagracielasanchez

English Grammar for Peacekeeping Operations