WAR AND PEACE

Matching exercise

Chose the correct word or phrase for each gap in the sentences on the left and then click on "Check".

1. The poorest area of the country was a ____________________ waiting to explode.
2. They threatened that unless the ____________________ are signed, they would undertake bombing.
3. ____________________ do not constitute diplomacy - they are acts of war.
4. They expected the enemy to fold with the first ____________________ .
5. They use ____________________, those deadly anti-personnel weapons that shower death from bomblets.
6. A NATO euphemism for civilian casualties is ____________________ .
7. The absence of humanitarian concerns was evidenced by the paltry sums allocated for ____________________ as compared to the billions of dollars spent on the weapons.
8. Their ____________________policies and killings of thousands of people could proceed for many years unimpeded by the international community.
9. There are reports of efforts to expell a good part of the population and thus commit ____________________ .
10. Their great reluctance to pursue a ____________________ to the conflict also indicates that this intervention is mainly about power.
11. A number of countries have called for a UN Security Council resolution to authorise ____________________ .
12. All member states must be willing to ____________________ to the UN Charter and international law.
13. A few big countries hold ____________________ in the Security Council.