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UN Considers Israeli Requests On Lebanon Tapes

Breck Ardery

United Nations

7 Aug 2001 17:17 UTC

 

An Israeli delegation¹ arrived at the United Nations this Tuesday morning to view videotapes connected with the 1)abduction of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon. But the Israelis left the U.N. building without seeing the tapes.

On Monday, the United Nations announced an agreement whereby Israeli officials could view 2)videotapes and 3)bloodstained articles related to the abduction of three Israeli soldiers last October near the Israeli-Lebanese border. Israel says the materials could help in its 4)investigation.

One videotape, taken a day after the incident, shows Hezbollah militants² demanding that U.N. peacekeepers give up the two vehicles believed used in the abductions. U.N. officials said Israeli officials could view an 5)edited version of the tape with the faces of Hezbollah members 6)obscured. The United Nations said it does not want to be put in the position of providing intelligence information to Israel.

It seemed that the arrangement was agreeable to Israel but, after meeting with U.N. officials, Israeli ambassador Yehuda Lancry told reporters his government must 7)clarify the rules governing the viewing of the tapes and examination of the physical articles. "The question is whether we can watch these videotapes and see the items a number of times or if it will be a one-time event," Mr. Lancry said. "So we would like to have the possibility to 8)expose these videotapes and the items to other Israeli professionals."

U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard says U.N. officials are now considering the Israeli request, however he refused to get into the specifics of the conditions originally proposed for the viewing of the videos and physical items. He indicated the United Nations is trying to 9)accommodate humanitarian³ concerns without appearing to provide intelligence information.

 

 

(1)      abduction[Ab`dQkFEn]n.诱拐n.诱导

(2)      videotape n. 录像带

(3)      bloodstained[ `blQdsteInd ]adj.血污的, 犯杀人罪的

(4)      investigation[InvestI5^eIF(E)n]n.调查, 研究

(5)      edit[5edIt]vt.编辑, 校订, 剪辑n.编辑工作

(6)      obscure[Eb5skjJE]adj.暗的, 朦胧的, 模糊的vt.使暗, 使不明显

(7)      clarify[5klArIfaI]v.澄清, 阐明

(8)      expose[Ik5spEJz; (?@) ekspE5zeI]vt.使暴露,使曝光v.揭露

(9)      accommodate[E5kRmEdeIt]vt.供应, 调节, 和解, 向...提供vi.适应

 

 

 

1 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

2 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

3 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。