- •1. Read the following text and explain the words and phrases in bold.
- •2. Complete the table.
- •3. Match the synonyms.
- •4. Look up the organization in a dictionary/ on the Internet to read out the abbreviations and translate them into Russian. What do you think each organization does?
- •5. Complete the following sentences using the required information from the above text. Put them into correct order and speak on the history of international organizations.
- •6. Read the text and give synonyms for the highlighted words.
- •8. Translate the following table into English and speak on the Classification of International Organizations.
- •9. Study the text below and give English equivalents for the words and phrases in bold.
- •10. Read the text and give opposites for the highlighted words.
- •11. Match the words with their definitions.
- •12. Give the word families of the following words.
- •13. Answer the following questions.
- •14. Consult your dictionary for the right stress in the following words and memorize their meaning.
- •15. Read the following text and explain the meaning of the words and phrases in bold.
- •International Economic Organisations
- •16. Match the words in column a with the appropriate words in column b.
- •17. Fill in the correct prepositions, then choose any five items and make sentences.
- •21. Match the English phrases in a with their Russian equivalents in b. Learn the following collocations.
- •22. Render the following text into English.
- •23. Summarize the information of the unit and be ready to speak on International organizations. The first step to be done is to write the plan of your future report.
11. Match the words with their definitions.
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1) competence f |
a) to have a positive opinion |
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2) mandatory |
b) acceptance for a position, office, etc |
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3)approve |
c) to work out in detail; develop |
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4)expend |
d) formed of separate units collected into a whole; j collective; corporate |
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5) admission |
e) (the act of) forcing someone, or being forced, to leave somewhere |
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6) expulsion |
f) the ability to do something to a level that is асacceptable |
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7) elaborate |
g) help; support |
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8) aggregate |
h) to share or give (something) out to several people, or to spread, scatter or supply (something) over an area |
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9) assistance |
i) to use or spend (esp. time, effort or money) |
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10) distribute |
j) obligatory; compulsory |
12. Give the word families of the following words.
e.g. to mutilate(v) - mutilation(n) - mutilated (adj)
competence(n) mandate (n)
jurisdiction (n) distribute (v)
aggregate (v) expend (v)
elaborate (adj) disposal (n)
13. Answer the following questions.
1) Why do States create international organizations?
2) The resolutions of organs of international organizations usually fall into three types, don't they?
3) What does object competence mean?
4) What does jurisdictional competence mean?
5) Are in all international organizations decisions on organizational issues binding on all member-states?
6) What was the United Nations created for?
7) What are the tasks of the International Civil Aviation Organization?
8) What was the World Intellectual Property Organization created for?
9) The information function is one of the oldest functions of international organizations, isn't it?
10) How many aspects does the information function have?
11) What is the norm-creating function?
12) Many intergovernmental organizations of the United Nations system are engaged in the type of norm creation, aren't they?
13) When did the control function begin to develop?
14) Is the operational function a new function of international organizations?
15) Must all functions of international organizations be performed in accordance with their charters?
14. Consult your dictionary for the right stress in the following words and memorize their meaning.
Uruguay, barrier, licensing, guidance, plurilateral, subsume, subsidy.
15. Read the following text and explain the meaning of the words and phrases in bold.
International Economic Organisations
The GATT arose out of an international conference held at Havana in 1947 at which it was decided to establish an International Trade Organisation. The organisation did not in fact come into being. However, a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) had; been agreed shortly before the conference, involving a series of tariff concessions and trade rules, and this originally temporary instrument continued. The arrangement operated on the basis of bilateral approach to trade negotiations coupled with unconditional acceptance of the most favoured nation principle (by which the most favourable benefits obtained by one state are passed on to other states), although there were special conditions for developing states in this respect. A series of tariff and trade negotiating rounds were held under the auspices of the GATT, which thus offered a package approach to trade negotiations, and a wide variety of tariff reductions was achieved, as well as agreement reached on mitigating non-tariff barriers. The eighth such round, termed the Uruguay round, commenced in 1986 and concluded with the signing at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 of a long and complex agreement covering a range of economic issues, such as agriculture, textiles and clothing, rules of origin, import li censing procedures, subsidies, intellectual property rights, and procedures on dispute settlement. In addition, the agreement provided for the establishment of the World Trade Organisation on 1 January 1995 as a permanent institution with its own secretariat. The organisation consists of a Ministerial Conference, consisting of representatives of all members meeting at least once every two years; a General Council composed of representatives of all members meeting as appropriate and exercising the functions of the Conference between sessions-Councils for Trade in Goods, Trade in Services and Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights operating under the general guidance of the General Council; a Secretariat and a Director General. The organisation's main aims are to administer and implement the multilateral and plurilateral trade agreements together making up the WTO, to act as a forum for multilateral trade negotiation-to try and settle trade disputes and to oversee national trade policies. The GATT of 1947 continued until the end of 1995, when it was effectively subsumed, with changes, as GATT 1994 within the WTO system.