- •Vocabulary
- •Political System of Belarus
- •2. Pay attention to the following words and memorize them. Make your own sentences with them.
- •3. Match these word expressions with their Russian equivalents
- •4. Read the text and get ready to speak about the political system of Belarus: State system
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •8. Put the right prepositions where necessary:
- •International organizations
- •The United Nations Organization
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •2. Match the columns
- •3. Decipher the abbreviations.
- •4. Insert the prepositions where necessary.
- •5. Translate into English
- •1. Make the statements more factually correct
- •On the international arena
- •Show the activities of the Belarusian Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations with foreign countries.
- •Say what you know about the activities of our country on the international arena. Belarus On the International Arena
- •Unit: wars and conflicts.
- •2. Match the words in Column a with their own definitions in Column b. Make up your sentences with these words.
- •3. Match the words in Column a with the words in Column b to make up possible word combinations.
- •4. Translate into English.
- •3. Match the words in Column a with the words in Column b to make up possible word combinations.
- •4. Translate into English.
- •1. Answer the questions.
- •International Cooperation and Trade
- •2. Focus on Vocabulary
- •Scouting
1. Answer the questions.
What are the goals of the Belarusian Republican Youth Union?
When and how was the Belarusian Republican Youth Union created?
What are the rr.ain requirements to become a member of the union?
What are the main activities of the union?
What other youth organizations do you know?
International Cooperation and Trade
In order to create a favorable international trade and investment climate for the national economy the Republic of Belarus has signed 38 bi- and multilateral interstate and intergovernmental agreements on trade and economic cooperation and 23 agreements on mutual protection of investments.
The basic criteria in concluding bilateral agreements are:
The needs of Belarus which can be satisfied through improving external economic relations.
Working out a conceptual perspective of development and establishing economic relations with foreign countries with regard to the blocs of countries (EC, East Europe, the USA, Canada, the CIS, South-East Asia, etc.), the level of economic integration with them.
Basic areas of trade and economic cooperation.
Special attention is paid to the conclusion of bilateral agreements on mutual protection of investments, for even the most advanced degree of integration with any country cannot ensure legal order, protection and guarantees required by investors. The expansion and improvement of the legal base can play a positive role in effective attraction of foreign capital in case of appropriate economic conditions.
Ties of Belarus with the World Trade Organization (WTO), the multilateral structure which occupies a central place in regulating the contemporary system of international trade and economic relations, are of the uppermost importance for the republic.
The period from 1997 to 2000 is decisive in including the Republic of Belarus into the WTO. Of particular importance for the future of Belarus is the step-by-step development of mutual relations in all fields - in politics, trade, finance, science, education, culture-with the European Union (EU). The beginning of the legal realization of widescale cooperation with the EU was laid down in 1995 by signing an agreement on partnership and cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and the European Union.
Foreign trade in Belarus traditionally develops in two basic perspectives: eastern -with the CIS, and western - with distant foreign states.
Russia still remains the basic trading and economic partner of the Republic of Belarus. Its share makes up 51,8% of the total volume of foreign trade of the republic and 78,2 % of trade with the CIS countries.
The Ukraine is the second largest trading partner of the republic -11 % of the total volume of foreign trade and 16,6% of trade with the CIS countries.
The third place among the "trading and economic partners of the republic throughout the outside world and the first place in trade with distant foreign countries belongs to Germany - 6,4% of total trade turnover and 19,1% of trade turnover with distant foreign countries.
In export the basic partners of the republic are Russia, the Ukraine, Poland, Latvia, Germany, Lithuania, Kazakhstan and some others.
In import the "trio" of basic partners of the republic - Russia, the Ukraine and Germany - prevails.
The "trio" of leaders is followed by Poland, Lithuania, the USA, the Netherlands and Italy. The main trading partners are still Russia, the Ukraine, Germany, Poland, the USA, Lithuania, Italy, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, the Netherlands, Great Britain, France and Brazil.
Development of export potential, improvement of the structure of export and import, rational use of external financing are the main perspectives for the republic.