2006年VOA标准英语-US: Security Council Close to Agreement on Leba

By Barbara Schoetzau
New York
02 August 2006
 
U.S. Ambassador John Bolton says the U.N. Security Council is "near agreement" on the fundamentals of a political framework for Lebanon, despite differences over a cease-fire.

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Israeli reserve soldiers patrol along the Israeli Lebanese border, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006   
  
Bolton says Council members are working to resolve differences over a resolution to call for a truce¹ in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, and enhance U.N. peacekeepers until an international force is sent.  The resolution also calls for disarming³ Hezbollah. But the diplomats⁴ are divided over the sequence of events.

France insists that a cease-fire precede any deployment⁵ of an international force, a position the 25-member European Union supports.

The United States wants peacekeeping troops in place first, saying the troops will be needed to enforce a cease-fire and any political agreements and disarm² Hezbollah. Bolton says the diplomats are in intense discussions to bridge the gap. 

  
John Bolton, United States Ambassador to the UN 
  
"There are differences in approach to the nature of the cessation of hostilities⁶ and how to make it permanent, but there is near-complete agreement on the fundamental political framework that has to be put in place," he said.  "We have been making progress on that here in New York and the exchanges between capitals, and I think that is really significant because it underlines the fundamental notion that we do not want to see a return to the status quo ante."

The United Nations has postponed⁷ a scheduled meeting of troop contributing nations twice this week. France is expected to lead the international force.

1 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

2 disarm   

v.解除武装，回复平常的编制，缓和

参考例句：

• The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
• He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。

3 disarming   

adj.消除敌意的，使人消气的v.裁军( disarm的现在分词 )；使息怒

参考例句：

• He flashed her a disarming smile. 他朝她笑了一下，让她消消气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We will agree to disarming troops and leaving their weapons at military positions. 我们将同意解除军队的武装并把武器留在军事阵地。 来自辞典例句

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》

5 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

6 hostilities   

n.战争；敌意(hostility的复数)；敌对状态；战事

参考例句：

• Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
• All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。

7 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。