IV. Choose the right word

a demand-a requirement

1. The UN offered emergent States a crucial forum where they could put forward ….. and try to reach some sort of compromise with the industrialized States. 2. The first obligation is …..that each member grant all other parties most-favoured-nation treatment in the field of imports or exports, that is, treat other GATT member in the same manner as the country to which it grants the most favourable conditions.

to be geared to-to be aimed at

1. The IMF also ….. promoting the development of international trade, by ensuring the stability of foreign exchange. 2. The financial support of the Fund is essentially …..alleviating the cost of crises and averting competitive devaluation or protectionism measures disruptive of international trade.

to be adjusted to-to be attuned to

1. All three international institutions ….. their policy, at least in part, ….. the North-South question, albeit in a manner which developing countries still consider inadequate. 2. Developing countries have repeatedly endeavoured to prompt the financial and economic institutions established in the aftermath of World War II …… their policies … special conditions.

An obligation-an undertaking

1. Another ….. prescribes that imported goods be treated no worse than domestic good under internal taxation or regulation measures. 2. ….. it is plain, strikes at the very heart of the protectionist tendency of most States. 3. Contracting Parties to GATT 1947 that accept all the undertakings deriving from the Uruguay Round automatically become original members of the WTO.

to ensure-to guarantee

1. The international community has adopted the establishment of mechanism designed …..foreign investments in developing countries. 2. The Fund was established ….. monetary and financial stability in international relations.