国际组织动向—安南收到哈里里暗杀报告

Annan Receives Hariri Assassination¹ Report

安南收到哈里里暗杀报告

 

German prosecutor² Detlev Mehlis presented his 50-page report to Secretary-General Annan Thursday. It is to be given to Security Council members Friday, and then made public.

 

As he went in to a Security Council meeting Thursday, Washington's U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said he has not seen the Mehlis report. But he told reporters he was going to study it carefully before deciding what to do next.

 

John Bolton: We've been in consultations⁴ and discussions with a number of other countries about what the contingencies⁵ might be and what our reaction might be. But I can assure you that until we read the report we don't have any decisions on it.

 

Ambassador Bolton earlier declined to discuss the behind-the-scenes negotiations⁶ about possible Security Council responses to the Mehlis report. European diplomats⁷ have said France and the United States are among those leading a diplomatic initiative aimed at Syria. U.S. mission spokesman Richard Grenell told reporters there is broad agreement that some reaction will be necessary.

 

Richard Grenell: The Security Council members, we are in agreement there needs to be some sort of reaction to the report, and if we find some seriousness in the report as to who might have been involved in this horrific killing⁸, the Security Council is ready to react. And that's what we've been talking about.

 

Diplomatic sources this week confirmed that the Mehlis report implicates⁹ Syrian and Lebanese officials in the assassination. During his investigation¹⁰, the veteran German prosecutor named four pro-Syrian Lebanese generals as suspects, and questioned seven Syrian officials. One of them, Syrian Interior Minister Ghazi Kenaan, committed suicide last week.

 

But Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was quoted in a German newspaper as saying "we are 100 percent innocent."

 

Twice this week, Secretary-General Annan warned against politicizing what is expected to be a politically explosive report. He told reporters there is still a long process ahead in bringing to justice anyone who might be involved in Mr. Hariri's death.

 

Annan: Mehlis's report is the beginning, not the end, because the magistrates¹² and others will have to follow through on the report and decide who to charge and who to bring to the dock [to trial].

 

Mr. Annan is expected to act soon on a request from Lebanon's prime minister, Fouad Siniora, to extend the Mehlis investigation mandate¹³ though mid-December. The extension would allow Mr. Mehlis and his staff of detectives to explore "follow up measures to bring the perpetrators" of Mr. Hariri's assassination to justice.

 

Peter Heinlein, VOA news, United Nations.

 

注释：

prosecutor [5prRsikju:tE(r)] n. 原告；起诉人

consultation³ [kRnsEl5teiF(E)n] n. 咨询，征求意见

contingency¹⁴ [kEn5tindVEnsi] n. 可能性；可能

behind-the-scenes [bi5haindTE5si:nz] adj. 幕后的

horrific [hE5rifik] adj. 极可怕的

magistrate¹¹ [5mAdVistreit] n. 地方长官；地方法官

perpetrator [5pE:pitreitE] n. 犯罪者

1 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

2 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

3 consultation   

n.咨询；商量；商议；会议

参考例句：

• The company has promised wide consultation on its expansion plans.该公司允诺就其扩展计划广泛征求意见。
• The scheme was developed in close consultation with the local community.该计划是在同当地社区密切磋商中逐渐形成的。

4 consultations   

n.磋商（会议）( consultation的名词复数 )；商讨会；协商会；查找

参考例句：

• Consultations can be arranged at other times by appointment. 磋商可以通过预约安排在其他时间。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Consultations are under way. 正在进行磋商。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 contingencies   

n.偶然发生的事故，意外事故( contingency的名词复数 )；以备万一

参考例句：

• We must consider all possible contingencies. 我们必须考虑一切可能发生的事。
• We must be prepared for all contingencies. 我们要作好各种准备，以防意外。 来自辞典例句

6 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

7 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》

8 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

9 implicates   

n.牵涉，涉及（某人）( implicate的名词复数 )；表明（或意指）…是起因

参考例句：

• This confession implicates numerous officials in the bribery scandal. 这一供认会使许多官员牵连到受贿的丑事中。 来自辞典例句
• Did you tell him that the recording implicates President Logan in Palmer's assassination? 你有没有告诉他录音显示洛根总统跟帕尔默被杀有关？ 来自电影对白

10 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

11 magistrate   

n.地方行政官，地方法官，治安官

参考例句：

• The magistrate committed him to prison for a month.法官判处他一个月监禁。
• John was fined 1000 dollars by the magistrate.约翰被地方法官罚款1000美元。

12 magistrates   

地方法官，治安官( magistrate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• to come up before the magistrates 在地方法院出庭
• He was summoned to appear before the magistrates. 他被传唤在地方法院出庭。

13 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

14 contingency   

n.意外事件，可能性

参考例句：

• We should be prepared for any contingency.我们应该对任何应急情况有所准备。
• A fire in our warehouse was a contingency that we had not expected.库房的一场大火是我们始料未及的。