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International Organizations – the un specialized Agencies

There are some specialized agencies of the UN. They are characterized by the following features. They are intergovernmental, independent, autonomous organizations, which exist at the cost of Member states.

The specialized agencies are divided into 5 main groups.

1). Financial group: International Monetary Fund (IMF); International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD); International Finance Corporation (IFC); International Development Association (IDA); Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

2). Economic group: Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO); the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

3). Technical group: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); International Telecommunication Union (ITU); World Meteorological Organization (WMO); Universal Postal Union (UPU).

4). Social Group: International Labour Organization (ILO); World Health Organization (WHO).

5). Humanitarian group: the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Task 6. Make the following text complete by translating the phrases in brackets

International organizations Related to the un System

Besides the UN Specialized Agencies there are also several related agencies, which are (юридично) absolutely autonomous international organizations, but are working under the (егіда) of the UN. The (головні) institutions among them are International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and World Trade Organization (WTO). They play an important role in specific spheres of their competence. IAEA serves as the world central intergovernmental (форум) for scientific and technical cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. It (надавати) technical assistance to its 127 Member-States in the development of nuclear science programs. It formulates basic safety standards for radiation (захист).

WTO’s fundamental principles lay in non-discrimination: free trade, (підтримка) competition, reduction of protectionism. 28 WTO agreements formulate the legal grand rules for international commerce and for (торгівельний) policy. These agreements have three main objectives:

  1. to help trade flow as free as possible;

  2. (досягнути) further liberalization gradually through negotiations;

  3. to set up appropriate means of setting disputes.

Task 7. Find in the text English equivalents to the following words:

засновувати, приєднуватись, ціль, встановлювати, забезпечувати, розвивати, стверджувати

European Union

The EU was set up after the WW II. Six countries (Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) joined from the very beginning.

The EU is based on the rule of Law and Democracy. Principal objectives of the EU are:

  1. to establish European citizenship (Fundamental rights: Freedom of movement, Civil and political rights);

  2. to ensure freedom, security and justice (Cooperation in the field of Justice and Home Affairs);

  3. to promote economic and social progress (Single market, Euro, the common currency, job creation);

  4. to assert Europe’s role in the world (Common foreign policy and security).

The EU is run by five institutions, each playing a specific role:

-European parliament (elected by the peoples of the Member States);

-Council of the EU (composed of the government of the Member states);

-European Commission (driving force and executive body);

-Court of Juctice (compliance with the Law);

-Court of Auditors (sound and lawful management of the EU budget).

Task 8. Complete the text by the proposed words

consists, works, will, Strasbourg, the Council, suffrage, decisive, exercises

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