2006年VOA标准英语-UN Urges Iran To Increase Nuclear Transpar

By Peter Heinlein
United Nations
28 April 2006

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Iran is continuing its nuclear fuel enrichment in defiance¹ of the U.N Security Council. The United States and European members of the Council are urgently preparing a legally binding² resolution demanding a halt to the enrichment program.

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Mohamed ElBaradei
  

The agency has concluded that Iran has successfully enriched uranium, and is ignoring international calls to stop it. That is the main finding of an eight-page report sent to the Security Council Friday by IAEA Director Mohamed ElBaradei.

The report says more than three years of studying Iran's nuclear program have failed to determine whether it is aimed at producing weapons, and called on Tehran to be more cooperative.

American and European members of the Security Council seized on the report to push their case for an immediate³ and unified⁴ diplomatic response, while China and Russia urged caution.

America's U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said the findings make clear that Iran has failed to comply with previous Security Council or IAEA demands.  He said the report strengthens the case made by the United States and European powers for prompt Council action on a legally binding resolution under Chapter Seven of the U.N. Charter.

John Bolton, United States Ambassador to the UN, looks on at a Security Council Meeting  
  
"It's clear Iran has done nothing to comply with existing IAEA board resolutions or the request contained in the Security Council presidential statement that it suspend all enrichment activities and take a number of additional steps to show that in fact Iran's nuclear program is for purely⁵ civil peaceful purposes as they contend," he said.

Bolton said a draft resolution to be put forward by Council members Britain and France next week would be, "very simple, very straightforward⁶".

"It will simply make mandatory⁷ the obligations already imposed on Iran by previously⁸ existing IAEA resolutions," he added.  "That really puts the ball back in Iran's court. It's up to them whether they will honor their obligations under the UN charter."

But Chinese and Russian diplomats⁹ signaled a long and contentious¹⁰ struggle ahead among the Security Council's five permanent members. Beijing's Ambassador Wang Guangya said a legally binding Chapter Seven resolution would unnecessarily complicate¹¹ efforts to find a diplomatic solution.

"Chapter Seven's implication is clear," said Mr. Wang.  "All we want is a diplomatic solution. So I believe that by invoking¹² Chapter Seven that would be more complicated, because the implications will lead events to a direction that is uncertain."

Iran has consistently maintained its position that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

The official Iranian news agency quotes President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad as saying he "does not give a damn" about Security Council resolutions, and would not back down one bit in its quest for nuclear technology. He called Iran's uranium enrichment program "irreversible."

U.N. diplomats say the Security Council strategy on Iran is likely to take shape next Tuesday, when top diplomats of the Permanent Five Council members and Germany meet in Paris. Another meeting is possible the following week when the diplomats gather again in New York for talks on the Middle East.

1 defiance   

n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗

参考例句：

• He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
• He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。

2 binding   

有约束力的，有效的，应遵守的

参考例句：

• The contract was not signed and has no binding force. 合同没有签署因而没有约束力。
• Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding. 双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。

3 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

4 unified   

(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的

参考例句：

• The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
• The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。

5 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

6 straightforward   

adj.正直的，坦率的；易懂的，简单的

参考例句：

• A straightforward talk is better than a flowery speech.巧言不如直说。
• I must insist on your giving me a straightforward answer.我一定要你给我一个直截了当的回答。

7 mandatory   

adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者

参考例句：

• It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
• There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。

8 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

9 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》

10 contentious   

adj.好辩的，善争吵的

参考例句：

• She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
• Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。

11 complicate   

vt.使复杂化，使混乱，使难懂

参考例句：

• There is no need to complicate matters.没有必要使问题复杂化。
• These events will greatly complicate the situation.这些事件将使局势变得极其复杂。

12 invoking   

v.援引( invoke的现在分词 )；行使（权利等）；祈求救助；恳求

参考例句：

• You can customise the behavior of the Asynchronous Server and hence re-brand it by defining your own command set for invoking services. 通过定义自己调用服务的命令集，您可以定制自定义异步服务器的行为，通过为调用服务定义自己的命令集从而对它重新标记。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• You can customize the behavior of the Asynchronous Server and hence re-brand it by defining your own command set for invoking services. 通过定义自己调用服务的命令集，您可以定制自定义异步服务器的行为，通过为调用服务定义自己的命令集从而对它重新标记。 来自辞典例句