197 八国外长呼吁设立中东监控力量

197 八国外长呼吁设立中东监控力量

G-8 Ministers Call for Peace Monitors in Middle East
Roger Wilkison
Genoa
19 Jul 2001 16:19 UTC

Foreign ministers from the G-8 countries who will meet Friday in Genoa, Italy calling for Israel and the Palestinians to accept outside peace monitors. The ministers, meeting in Rome, are describing the situation in the Middle East as alarming, and have made it one of the top items on the summit's agenda.
Ministers representing the world's seven leading industrialized democracies and Russia are 1)advocating the deployment¹ of third-party monitors as a helpful step in 2)implementing the so-called Mitchell Plan.
That plan calls for an end to months of violence in the region, followed by confidence-building measures such as a freeze on Jewish settlements and a 3)crackdown by the Palestinian Authority on extremists. The ministers say the Mitchell Plan provides the only 4)formula to end the 5)deadlock in the peace process and 6)halt the 7)escalation of violence.
The United States joined its G-8 partners in backing the deployment of international monitors, a suggestion that Israel has long opposed. Until now, Washington has generally backed the Israeli position, saying monitors cannot be 8)imposed on the Jewish state.
Diplomats² in Genoa say the decision by the foreign ministers to release a separate statement on the Middle East reflects their increasing concern that the situation in the region may 9)spiral out of control.
The diplomats say the foreign ministers were especially worried about an Israeli decision to strengthen its forces in the West Bank. One Italian 10)diplomat describes that move as a 11)provocation against the Palestinians.
Although it dominated the second and final day of the foreign ministers' meeting, the Middle East is not the only item on the G-8 leaders' agenda in Genoa. Third World debt, poverty, and disease are also to be discussed, as are the situation in Macedonia, weapons proliferation, and international terrorism.
The leaders of the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Russia will begin their wide-ranging summit Friday. In Genoa, massive security measures have been put into effect to guard them from a terrorist attack or violence from tens of thousands of protesters who have 12)flocked into town.
The G-8 summit is the latest international gathering³ to be targeted by the demonstrators, who are loosely grouped under the 13)banner of the anti-globalization movement. Italian authorities say that peaceful protests will be permitted. But they vow⁴ to deal 14)rigorously with any outbreak of violence.

(1) advocate[5AdvEkEt]n.提倡者, 鼓吹者vt.提倡, 鼓吹
(2) implement[5ImplImEnt]n. 工具, 器具vt.贯彻, 实现v.执行
(3) crackdown n.压迫, 镇压, 打击
(4) formula[5fC:mjJlE]n.公式, 规则, 客套语
(5) deadlock[5dedlRk]n.死锁, 僵局
(6) halt[hC:lt, hRlt]n.停止, 暂停, 中断vt.使停止, 使立定vi.立定, 停止
(7) escalation[9eskE`leIFLn]n.扩大, 增加
(8) impose[Im5pEJz]vt.征税, 强加, 以...欺骗vi.利用, 欺骗, 施影响
(9) spiral[5spaIEr(E)l]adj.螺旋形的n.螺旋v.盘旋
(10) diplomat[5dIplEmAt]n.外交官
(11) provocation[prRvE5keIF(E)n]n.激怒, 刺激, 挑衅, 挑拨
(12) flock[flRk]n.(禽、畜等的)群, 大量v.聚结
(13) banner[5bAnE(r)]n.旗帜, 横幅, 标语
(14) rigorously adv.严厉地, 残酷地

 

1 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。

2 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》

3 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

4 vow   

n.誓(言)，誓约；v.起誓，立誓

参考例句：

• My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。
• I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。