The verbal phrase " striking at" (L.15) indicates that the UN is striv i n g t o establish the principle of territorial jurisdicition.

In the text, the original phrase " should have come before the Hague judges at al l " ( L.11) can be correctly replaced by should have come before the Hague judges in the f irst place.

In line 1, the phras e " in the dock" means accused in court, and, in line 1 6, " underpins" can be correctly replaced by supports.

The main idea of the text can be correctly said to be: Th e p roblem of deforestation seems to overcome the human capability of finding a final solution to it. Lots of economic interests prevail over the unquestionable need to control the s en s ible use of the forests worldwide. Forest management turns out to be a crucial factor not only for rural but also for urban life. The effect of the pharmaceutical industry on forest resources is rather alarming, an d that is the reason why the USA is so keen on tryi n g t o maintain the sustainable management of the world's forests.

In lines 21-22, the phrase " a v es ted interest in protecting" can be correctly replaced by a particular reason to protect.

In l ine 18, the phrase " an enormous stake" indicates that the United States is facing huge financial losses to keep up the sustainable management of the world's forests.

In line 13, the word " replenish" is synonymous with f ill up.

In line 6, the word " unsound" means unheard.

According to the economic forecasters, in 2004 South east Asia will grow faster than Russia, which will g row more than Africa and Latin Amer i ca. Venezuela will decrease 5 percent this y ear and Iraq will jump 60.9 percent from 2003 to 2004.

From the text, it can be inferred that the global reco v ery is oddly joyless in b i g markets, newly confident in emerging ones.