UNIT 11 THE STRUCTURE OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR CONSULAR SERVICE
1. What do you know about the functions of the Directorate General
for Consular Service? What matters does the Directorate General for
Consular Service deal with? Who protects the constitutional rights of
Ukrainian citi zens and legal entities abroad? Who coordinates the work
of Ukrainian consular missions abroad? How many consular missions
of Ukraine are there abroad? How many honorary consular missions
of Ukraine are there abroad? Who works out the concept of devel oping
migration and visa policy of Ukraine? How many subdivisions does the
Directorate General for Consular Service consist of? What are they?
What are the functions of the Consular Department? What are the
functions of the Department of Consu lar and Legal Support? What
are the key issues the Ukrainian consular service deals with? Which
subdivision pays special attention to the protection of Ukraine’s state
property abroad? Which Department is responsible for the protection
of ship and aircraft crews at foreign ports? Which Department deals
with releasing Ukrainian ships from arrest? Which Department renders
urgent assistance in repatriation of Ukrainian citizens? Which Department
takes measures in crisis situations the Ukrainian nationals
find themselves in abroad? Which subdivision deals with issuing visas,
applications con cerning citizenship, issuing passports, legalizing documents,
performing notarial acts and those relatied to civil registration?
Which Department holds negotia tions on creating favorable conditions
for free movement of people, goods, services and capital?
2. You are going to read a text about the Directorate General for Consular
Service. Which of the following concepts can you expect in the
text? Why or why not?
goods application national in terests key issues legal entities
abroad citizenship reciprocal voy ages crisis situations urgent assistance
citi zen coordinate honorary consular missions state property legal support
ship settle ment Ukrainian nationals migration policy foreign ports
border alienation constitutional rights issuing visas aircraft crew
release protection favorable conditions notarial acts free movement
exchange visa policy consular missions issuing passports services
arrest repatriation European integration civil registration foreign services
concept experi ence non-staff (honorary) foreign nationals negotia tions
resolve simplified legalizing docu ments consu lar sphere procedures
3. You are going to read a text about the Directorate General for Consular
Service. 8 paragraphs have been removed from the article. Choose
from the paragraphs (A – F) the one that fits each gap (0 – 5). There is
an example at the beginning (0).
PARAGRAPHS
A in the context of our state’s course toward European integration
B aimed at settle ment of crisis situations
C ensuring protection of constitutional rights of our state’s citizens
and legal entities
D Ukrainian consular mis sions abroad
E preserving maximally simplified procedures
F and non-staff (honorary) consuls
0 Activities of the Directorate General for Consular Service are aimed
at the provision for Ukraine’s national in terests in the consular sphere,
in particular __________________________________ during their
stay beyond the Ukrainian borders.