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Type of Agreement: Multilateral
Place of Signature: Istanbul
Date of Signature: 26/06/1990 Date of Entry Into Force 27/11/1993
Duration: Indefinite
Objective of Agreement: To facilitate temporary admission by simplifying and harmonizing procedures through the adoption of standardized model papers as international customs documents with international security, thereby contributing to the development of international trade.
Remarks: The Convention on Temporary Admission (the Istanbul Convention) is a single international instrument combining all the existing Conventions on temporary admission.
It is aimed at simplifying and harmonizing temporary admission procedures.
It entered into force on 27 November 1993.
Temporary admission without payment of customs duties is established to minimize the costs of border crossing and provides an important incentive for the development of a country’s economic activity.
The Convention provides for the free movement of goods across frontiers and their temporary admission into a customs territory with relief from duties and taxes. It also requires contracting parties to accept the ATA carnet, an international customs document that assures through an international guarantee system that duties and taxes will be paid in cases of misuse.
With this system the international business community enjoys considerable simplification of customs formalities as the ATA carnet also serves as a goods declaration at export, transit and import.
The ATA carnet is now the document most widely used by the business community for international operations involving the temporary admission of goods.
WORKING ON THE TEXT
Ex.1. SKIMMING:
a. Read the headline and the first sentence of each paragraph of the text. Pair up to discuss the topic of the article.
b. Read the first paragraph and the last paragraph of the text. Then work in pairs to discuss the contents of the piece.
c. Read the text. Get into pairs to discuss the contents of the piece.
Ex.2. SCANNING:
a. While scanning the text find the answers for content-specific questions given by the teacher.
b. While scanning the text pick out the sentences containing the key words given by the teacher.
Ex.3. READING: Read and translate the text.
Ex.4. CHAT: Talk in pairs or groups about the “The Istanbul Convention”.
Ex.5. THE ISTANBUL CONVENTION BRAINSTORM: Spend one minute writing down all the words you associate with the topics ‘Temporary admission’. Share your words with your partner / group and talk about them.
Ex.6. DEBATES: Students face each other in pairs and engage in the foliowing debates. The subject is “The rules of temporary admission procedures”.
Ex.7. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations with each word.
Ex.8. TRUE / FALSE: Look through the article and say whether these sentences are true or false:
a. The objective of the Istanbul Convention is to facilitate temporary admission by simplifying and harmonizing procedures through the adoption of standardized model papers as international customs documents with international security, thereby contributing to the development of international trade. T / F
b. The Convention on Temporary Admission (the Arusha Declaration) is a single international instrument combining all the existing Conventions on temporary admission. T/F
c. The Istanbul Convention entered into force on 27 November 1947. T/F
d. Temporary admission without payment of customs duties is established to minimize the costs of border crossing and provides an important incentive for the development of a country’s economic activity. T/F
e. The Convention provides for the strictly limited movement of goods across frontiers. T/F
f. With this system the international business community enjoys considerable simplification of customs formalities as the ATA carnet also serves as a goods declaration at export, transit and import. T/F
g. The ATA carnet is now the document most widely used by the business community for international operations involving the temporary admission of goods. T/F
Ex.9. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information on the treaty. Share your findings with your class.
Ex.10. LETTER: Write a letter to the WCO executive explaining your views on the matter described.
Ex.11. PUBLIC POLICY: You are the leader of your country. Create a list of rules and instructions on additional measures assisting the treaty execution in your country.
GRAMMAR REVISION
Ex.1. GRAMMAR TENSES MIX: Fill the gaps with verbs in correct tenses.
1. I (learn) _____ English for seven years now.
2. But last year I (not / work)_____ hard enough for English, that's why my marks (not / be) _____ really that good then.
3. As I (pass / want) _____ my English exam successfully next year, I (study) _____ harder this term.
4. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send) _____ me on a language course to London.
5. It (be) _____ great and I (think) _____ I (learn) _____ a lot.
6. Before I (go) _____ to London, I (not / enjoy) _____ learning English.
7. But while I (do)______ the language course, I (meet)_____ lots of young people from all over the world.
8. There I (notice) ____ how important it (be) _____to speak foreign languages nowadays.
9. Now I (have) _____ much more fun learning English than I (have) _____ before the course.
10. At the moment I (revise) _____ English grammar.
11. And I (begin / already) _____ to read the texts in my English textbooks again.
12. I (think) _____ I (do) _____ one unit every week.
13. My exam (be)__________ on 15 May, so there (not / be) ________ any time to be lost.
14. If I (pass) _____ my exams successfully, I (start) _____an apprenticeship in September.
15. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go) _____ back to London to work there for a while.
16. As you (see / can) _____ , I (become) _____ a real London fan already.
WORKING ON THE ARTICLE
Anti-tobacco treaty begins
(from: WWW. Breakingnewsenglish.com)
The world's first anti-tobacco treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, went into effect yesterday with 167 countries signed up to it and 57 countries ratifying it. The United States and China are still yet to ratify it, which raises fears the overall effectiveness of the treaty may be weakened. Ratifying it means the Framework is legally binding and countries must follow strict regulations for tobacco products, including banning advertising and controlling smoking in public places. It is hoped that the treaty will greatly reduce the number of deaths from smoking worldwide. Adults will be persuaded to kick the habit and children will be dissuaded from starting it. The World Health Organization believes smoking accounts for five million deaths a year. It is the second leading cause of preventable deaths.
The WHO's coordinator of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Douglas Bettcher, says the treaty could do much to reduce global passion for smoking, "It is an historical moment and we are very confident that this treaty is going to save lives. ... It has already started off a powerful process globally and we are very confident that it is going to continue to do so and it is going to prove itself as a very effective public health tool to really curb this unacceptable burden of disease and death."
TASKS FOR THE ARTICLE
Ex.1. CHAT: Talk in pairs or groups about cigarettes / cigars / smoking / Marlboro / tobacco advertising / …
Ex.2. CIGARETTE BRAINSTORM: Spend one minute writing down all the words you associate with the word ‘cigarette'. Share your words with your partner / group and talk about them.
Ex.3. DEBATES: Students face each other in pairs and engage in the following debates:
a. Smoking should not be banned in public places vs. It should.
a. Smokers have rights vs. They don’t.
b. Passive smoking doesn’t kill people vs. It does.
c. Smoking doesn’t kill you; vs. It does.
d. You can’t ban smoking in pubs and bars vs. You can.
e. This treaty will not work. vs. It will.
f. Smoking will completely disappear one day. vs. It won’t.
g. This treaty isn’t fair on smokers. vs. Tough.
Ex.4. 'FILTHY' HABIT DISCUSSION: Talk about other ‘filthy’ / bad / unsociable / unhealthy habits. Compare the following with smoking:
a. drinking (alcohol)
a. spitting in the street
b. graffiti
c. showing gum as you chew it
d. peeing (urinating) in the street
e. littering
f. using a loud Walkman on the train
g. wearing strong perfume in a crowded area
h. talking loudly on a mobile phone
i. using bad language
Ex.5. WRITING: SMOKERS I KNOW: Write down the names of three smokers you know. Tell each other about these smokers.
Ex.6. WORD SEARCH: Students look in their dictionaries / computer to find collocations, other meanings, information, synonyms … of the words ‘anti’ and ‘tobacco’.
Ex.7. TRUE / FALSE: Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a. Every country in the world has signed up to an anti-tobacco treaty. T / F
b. The United States of America has signed up to an anti-tobacco treaty. T / F
c. The treaty means it will become law in the countries that ratify it. T / F
d. The treaty outlines strict controls on smoking in public places. T / F
e. Adults will be persuaded to kick the habit. T / F
f. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the world.. T / F
g. Fifty million people a year die because of smoking. T / F
h. The World Health Organization is confident that this treaty is going to save lives.
T / F
Ex.8. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
| (a) | treaty | quit |
| (b) | ratify | harness |
| (c) | overall | talked out of |
| (d) | legally binding | rubber stamp |
| (e) | regulations | millstone |
| (f) | kick the habit | controls |
| (g) | dissuaded | agreement |
| (h) | preventable | stoppable |
| (i) | curb | general |
| (j) | burden | the law |
Ex.9. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases based on the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
| (a) | went into | effectiveness |
| (b) | The US and China are still | for five million deaths a year |
| (c) | raises | yet to ratify it |
| (d) | overall | habit |
| (e) | legally | deaths |
| (f) | kick the | to do so |
| (g) | smoking accounts | effect yesterday |
| (h) | preventable | moment |
| (i) | It is an historical | binding |
| (j) | it is going to continue | fears |
Ex.10. GAP-FILL: Fill in the gaps in the text using the words on the right.
Anti-tobacco treaty begins
| The world's first anti-tobacco __________, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, went into effect yesterday with 167 countries signed up to it and 57 countries ratifying it. The United States and China are still yet to ratify it, which __________ fears the overall effectiveness of the treaty may be weakened. Ratifying it means the Framework is legally binding and countries must follow __________ regulations for tobacco products, including banning advertising and controlling smoking in public places. It is hoped that the treaty will greatly reduce the number of deaths from smoking worldwide. Adults will be __________ to kick the habit and children will be __________ from starting it. The World Health Organization believes smoking accounts for five million deaths a year. It is the second leading cause of __________ deaths. The WHO's coordinator of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Douglas Bettcher, says the treaty could do much to reduce global passion for smoking, "It is an historical moment and we are very confident that this treaty is going to save lives. ... It has already started off a __________ process globally and we are very confident that it is going to continue to do so and it is going to prove itself as a very effective public health tool to really __________ this unacceptable burden of disease and death." | strict dissuaded powerful raises treaty curb preventable persuaded |
Ex.11. TRUE/FALSE: Students check their answers to the T/F exercise.
Ex.12. SYNONYMS: Students check their answers to the synonyms exercise.
Ex.13. PHRASE MATCH: Students check their answers to the phrase match exercise.
Ex.14. QUESTIONS: Make notes for questions you would like to ask the class about the article. Ask the questions.
Ex.15. STUDENT-GENERATED SURVEY: Working in pairs/groups write down 3 questions based on the article. Conduct their surveys alone. Report back to partners to compare answers. Report to the other groups / the whole class.
Ex.16. ‘ANTI’/ ‘TOBACCO’: Make questions based on your findings from the article.
Ex. 17. DISCUSSION: Ask each other the following questions:
a. What do you think of this article?
b. Will the treaty work?
c. Why haven’t the United States and China ratified the treaty?
d. Should tobacco be classed as an illegal drug?
e. What thing do you hate most about smoking?
f. What do you do / think when your friends smoke?
g. Does smoking look cool?
h. Why are tobacco ads full of sexy, healthy-looking people doing exercise?
i. Are tobacco companies killers?
j. Where is the worst place to smell cigarette smoke?
k. Are there any people you really want to persuade to kick the habit?
l. How would you feel if a younger brother / sister started to smoke?
m. Teacher / Student additional questions.
Ex.19. DEBATES: WHY SMOKE?: Talk in pairs/groups about the following quotes relating to smoking:
Knowledge and education:
"The less educated you are, the more likely you are to smoke"
(Professor Richard Peto, researcher for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund)
Advertising and the media:
The tobacco industry has been accused of targeting groups like young people, women, and ethnic minorities:
"We don't smoke that shit. We just sell it. We just reserve the right to smoke for the young, the poor, the black and the stupid."
Tobacco company executive in 1990, quoted in a BBC documentary:
"We try to tap the emerging independence and self-fulfillment of women, to make smoking a badge to express that”.
("Advertiser working for a 'feminine' cigarette brand in the 1980s)
Stress and lifestyle:
"Lung cancer rates are 5 times higher among the unemployed than professionals. It's not because stress causes lung cancer, it's because stress causes smoking"
(Professor Richard Peto, researcher for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund)
Others: Role models and peer group? Money? Self-confidence? Family attitudes to
smoking?
Ex.20. ROLE-PLAY: SMOKE OPERA: Improvise a scene from a soap opera. First decide on a cast of characters, including a variety of people (age, sex, work, personality, religion etc) as you would get in a soap opera. Use the smoke opera character sheet below to help you prepare what they are like. (Explain what a soap opera is). Then act out a scene from an episode where the owner of the local meeting place (e.g. a café) decides on a smoking ban. Role play the arguments which develop between your characters
(SMOKE OPERA CHARACTER FILE)
Ex.21 SPEAKING: SMOKER’S VIEW: What do you think of the pro-smoking arguments?:
FOREST (a smokers' rights group funded by the tobacco industry) says employers shouldn't ban smoking at work because:
* it gives the company a bad image if employees smoke outside the door
* workers won't be able to be contacted if they are outside smoking
* fire risks are more likely from sneaky smoking (e.g. in the toilet)
* employees who smoke will feel tense and angry
* it might divide the workforce
An American survey looked at 18,000 employees following smoking bans at work - and found that the number of smokers went down by 5%, and that smokers smoked 10% fewer cigarettes as a result.
A smoker who takes a 10-minute cigarette break, 9 times a day, loses a whole working day per week.
FOREST argues that people like restaurant managers should decide on smoking policies - "according to the needs of their business".
Ex.22. SMOKING LAWS ON TRIAL: Role-play characters in the following court cases. After the role plays, come out of your roles and discuss the arguments presented.
The Cases:
Case 1 - Lung cancer - who's responsible?
A 60-a-day smoker wants to sue the tobacco company which makes the cigarettes she has been smoking since she was 15 years old. Now she's 52, and has a year to live because she's got lung cancer.
Would you give the smoker compensation?
Would you make the tobacco company pay a punishment fine?
Case 2 - A smoke-free night out - your right?
An asthma sufferer goes to a rock concert. She becomes ill due to people smoking, and is forced to leave.
Who, if anyone, is to blame?
Should the asthma sufferer get compensation?
Case 3 - Cigarette sales to children - who's responsible?
A shop keeper is caught selling cigarettes to an under-16 year old. The child has been sent under-cover to the shop by the local council.
Should the shop keeper be fined?
What should happen to a child under 14 caught buying cigarettes?
ADDITIONAL TASKS
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations with each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information on the treaty. Share your findings with your class at the next lesson.
3. LETTER: Write a letter to a tobacco company executive explaining your views on cigarettes.
4. PUBLIC POLICY: You are the leader of your country. Create a list of rules about when and where smokers can smoke, complete with penalties for not following these rules.
5. RUSSIAN ARTICLE TRANSLATION: Translate the Russian language article from the ADDENDUM (Russian articles).
Unit III
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