(a) GATT (b) OPEC /o pk/ (d) WIPO (e) WTO (f) IMF (h) BENELUX

General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

World Intellectual Property Organization World Trade Organization International Monetary Fund Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg Free Trade Area

GATT was signed in 1947 and lasted until 1994, when it was replaced by the World Trade Organization in 1995. APEC /eipek/ The APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit closed yesterday in Santiago, Chile, with leaders vowing to increase their fight on global terror and weapons of mass destruction. The traditional APEC fare of economic and free trade issues were completely overshadowed by US President George W. Bushs agenda and his war on terror. Proposals to set up a regional free trade agreement were sidelined. APECS closing statement expressed its unmistakable resolve to collectively confront the threat of terrorism and its disastrous effects. In a shaded warning to Iran and North Korea, it promised to eliminate the danger posed by proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, their delivery systems and related items. George W. Bush delivered his usual warning to North Korea, the message is clear to Mr. Kim Jong-Il: Get rid of your nuclear weapons programs. Not all participants were happy with the APEC agenda changed to include terrorism and nuclear weapons. The Malaysian Trade Minister stressed the need for the summit to stick to economics and trade. New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark, however, welcomed a broadened agenda and urged members to focus on the Palestinian problem, stating, It is not in the interest of our planet to have a proportion of the Muslim world deeply alienated from the West. Vocabulary: The APEC - APEC je skraenica organizacije Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation osnovane 1989. godine sa seditem u Singapuru. 21 drava iz pacifike regije ulanjena je u tu organizaciju. agenda dnevni red agreement - sporazum

alienate otuiti fare meni, miks overshadow - zaseniti participant - uesnik pose danger predstavljati opasnost proliferation nagli porast, naglo irenje proposal - predlog related items srodne stavke resolve - reenost shaded warning suptilno upozorenje sideline - marginalizovan statement - izjava stick to drati se threat - pretnja urge nagovarati, pourivati vow - zavetovati weapons of mass distruction oruja za masovno unitenje

The Pacific Rim http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Rim