101 伊拉克“石油换食物”期限延长

101 伊拉克“石油换食物”期限延长

Russian Veto Threat Figures In Extension Of Iraqi UN Oil Sanctions
Breck Ardery
United Nations
3 Jul 2001 23:59 UTC

The United Nations Security Council 1)unanimously approved an 2)extension of the Iraq "oil-for-food" program just six hours before it was due to 3)expire.
The current U.N. program, in which Iraq is allowed to sell oil to raise money for 4)humanitarian purposes, is extended for five months. But the 5)resolution does say the Council will continue to work on a new program.
The extension came as a result of a threat by Russia to veto a British resolution, backed by the United States, that would have 6)substantially eased 7)sanctions on civilian¹ goods but tightened² controls on weapons. Britain said the plan had wide support in the Council but wanted to avoid having it 8)vetoed.
No matter how much support it may have, a resolution that is vetoed is usually not brought to a vote again for some time.
Both Britain and the United States say they will continue work in the next few months in an 9)attempt to convince Russia to change its mind. U.S. 10)ambassador James Cunningham said the veto threat made the Iraqi people the losers.
"The biggest losers of this failure to move forward are not the United Kingdom, the United States or the majority of Council members who favor this new approach but the ones who have lost the most are in fact the Iraqi people," he said. "The revisions we are proposing would 11)facilitate trade and accelerate commerce and they would improve the lot of Iraq's people."
Russia did not speak during the Council session. However, afterwards, Russia's ambassador Sergey Lavrov told reporters he will continue to push for his resolution that would suspend sanctions once Iraq begins cooperating with U.N. weapons 12)inspectors³. Iraq has refused to allow weapons inspectors in the country.

(1) unanimously全体一致地,无异议地
(2) extension[Ik5stenF(E)n]n.延长, 扩充, 范围
(3) expire[Ik5spaIE(r)]v.期满, 终止, 呼气, 断气, 届满
(4) humanitarian[hju:mAnI5teErIEn]n.人道主义者
(5) resolution[rezE5lu:F(E)n]n.坚定, 决心, 决定, 决议
(6) substantially[sEb5stAnF(E)lI]adv.充分地
(7) sanction[5sANkF(E)n]n. v.批准, 同意, 支持, 制裁, 认可
(8) veto[5vi:tEJ]n.否决, 禁止, 否决权vt.否决, 禁止
(9) attempt[E5tempt]n.努力, 尝试, 企图vt.尝试, 企图
(10) ambassador[Am5bAsEdE(r)]n.大使
(11) facilitate[fE5sIlIteIt]vt.使便利, 推动, 帮助, 使容易, 促进
(12) inspector[In5spektE(r)]n.检查员, 巡视员

 

1 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

2 tightened   

收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧

参考例句：

• The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
• His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。

3 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》