巴勒斯坦放弃安理会决议

 

Palestinians Abandon UN Security Council Resolution

Breck Ardery

 

Palestinians have decided¹ to abandon, for now, an attempt to get the United Nations Security Council to vote on a resolution on Middle East violence.

The proposed 1)resolution would have criticized Israel for a number of things including settlements in the occupied 2)territories, the 3)restrictions on Palestinian movements and the Israeli control of Orient House, the Palestinian office in Jerusalem. The resolution also provided for the establishment of an international monitoring mechanism² to create what was called a "better situation" on the ground.

But the United States said the resolution was 4)unbalanced and unworkable and vowed³ to oppose it in every way possible. The United States thus 5)signaled it would 6)veto the resolution had it received the required nine votes in the Security Council. The United States did just that to a similar resolution last March.

The head of the Palestine Observer Mission at the United Nations, Nasser Al-Kidwa, told reporters that, under the circumstances, it would be a waste of time to pursue the matter further. "It has now become obvious that a vote in the Security Council on our draft resolution will achieve no better a result than the vote which took place in March," he said.

However, Mr. Al-Kidwa said Palestinians are not giving up on the Security Council and may come back to the Council for a reconsideration at some time in the future.

The Palestinian 7)representative said he has no interest in a proposal by Britain and Norway to issue an official statement on Middle East violence by the president of the Security Council. The statement would have represented a 8)consensus of all 15 9)Council members. Diplomats⁴ say it is now unlikely the Council will 10)pursue the idea of a presidential statement.

 

 

(1)      resolution[rezE5lu:F(E)n]n.坚定, 决心, 决定, 决议

(2)      territory[5terItErI; (?@) -tC:rI]n.领土, 版图, 地域

(3)      restriction[rI5strIkF(E)n]n.限制, 约束

(4)      unbalanced[Qn5bAlEnst]adj.不均衡的, 错乱的, 不稳定的

(5)      signal[5sI^n(E)l]n.信号adj.信号的v.发信号

(6)      veto[5vi:tEJ]n.否决, 禁止, 否决权vt.否决, 禁止

(7)      representative[reprI5zentEtIv]n.代表adj.典型的, 有代表性的

(8)      consensus[kEn5sensEs]n.一致同意, 多数人的意见, 舆论

(9)      council[5kaJns(E)l]n.政务会, 理事会, 委员会, 参议会, 讨论会议

(10)      pursue[pE5sju:; (?@) -5su:]vt.追赶, 追踪, 追击, 继续, 从事

 

 

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

3 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

4 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》