2006年VOA标准英语-US Diplomat Accuses N. Korea of Boycotting

By Stephanie Ho
Washington
02 May 2006

The U.S. representative to the six-nation talks aimed at resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis says Pyongyang is boycotting² the process. Speaking at a U.S.-Korea conference Tuesday, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said Washington will not offer what he termed "favors" to entice³ North Korea to return.

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The six party talks, which bring together the United States, North Korea, South Korea, China, Japan and Russia, started in 2003, but are currently stalled.

There has been no forward movement since last September, when negotiators thought they had a breakthrough agreement. In return for completely freezing and dismantling⁴ its nuclear programs, North Korea would receive energy aid. 

 
Christopher Hill
  
However, there has been no progress on that agreement, although chief U.S. negotiator, Chris Hill, said Washington still stands by and is ready to discuss the details of that deal.

"Every single word in that agreement is there for a reason," said Christopher Hill. "And we, I know my delegation⁵ is prepared to negotiate every single element of that and negotiate positively⁶ every single element."

At the same time, though, Hill expressed Washington's growing impatience⁷ with what he said was Pyongyang's unwillingness⁸ to return to the negotiating table. He also dismissed the idea that the United States should pursue negotiations⁹ with North Korea bilaterally¹¹.

"We are not prepared to just sit outside the six party process and allow North Korea to boycott¹ the process and look for favors in order to bring them back," he said. "After all, they are the ones staying out of the process, a process which should be in their interest, as much as it is in the interest of the other participants."

North Korea has refused to return to the six party talks until U.S. financial sanctions against it are lifted. Millions of dollars of North Korean funds have been frozen at a bank in Macau, while investigators¹² look into charges of counterfeiting¹³ and other illegal activities.

Hill rejected Pyongyang's argument, saying the U.S. investigation¹⁴ is not related to the six party talks. He added that he believes it is in North Korea's interest to put its concerns about the sanctions aside and continue the six party process.

"As I said, they should not mortgage their entire future because of $20 million in a Macau bank or mortgage their entire future because of a bilateral¹⁰ contact," noted¹⁵ Christopher Hill.

Hill said that if the North Koreans do return to the six party process, they will find him across the negotiating table in Beijing, "prepared and willing," and, in his words, "looking for any and every way to move forward."

1 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

2 boycotting   

抵制，拒绝参加( boycott的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• They're boycotting the shop because the people there are on strike. 他们抵制那家商店，因为那里的店员在罢工。
• The main opposition parties are boycotting the elections. 主要反对党都抵制此次选举。

3 entice   

v.诱骗，引诱，怂恿

参考例句：

• Nothing will entice the children from television.没有任何东西能把孩子们从电视机前诱开。
• I don't see why the English should want to entice us away from our native land.我不明白，为什英国人要引诱我们离开自己的国土。

4 dismantling   

（枪支）分解

参考例句：

• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
• The dismantling of a nuclear reprocessing plant caused a leak of radioactivity yesterday. 昨天拆除核后处理工厂引起了放射物泄漏。

5 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

6 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

7 impatience   

n.不耐烦，急躁

参考例句：

• He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress.进展缓慢，他显得不耐烦。
• He gave a stamp of impatience.他不耐烦地跺脚。

8 unwillingness   

n. 不愿意，不情愿

参考例句：

• Her unwillingness to answer questions undermined the strength of her position. 她不愿回答问题，这不利于她所处的形势。
• His apparent unwillingness would disappear if we paid him enough. 如果我们付足了钱，他露出的那副不乐意的神情就会消失。

9 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。

10 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

11 bilaterally   

[医]adv.两侧，双向地

参考例句：

• The data in the Performance Test shall be Bilaterally recorded and confirmed. 在生产线考核期间的数据应由双方共同记录并确认。
• Anatomic constraints may preclude the insertion a transarticular screw unilaterally or bilaterally. 解剖制约可能妨碍单边或双边插入关节螺钉。

12 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 counterfeiting   

n.伪造v.仿制，造假( counterfeit的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was sent to prison for counterfeiting five-dollar bills. 他因伪造5美元的钞票被捕入狱。 来自辞典例句
• National bureau released securities, certificates with security anti-counterfeiting paper technical standards. 国家质量技术监督局发布了证券、证件用安全性防伪纸张技术标准。 来自互联网

14 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。

15 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。