2006年VOA标准英语-Negotiations Continue Over Iran Resolution

By Margaret Besheer
Washington
06 May 2006
 
The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council met again in New York Saturday to continue negotiations¹ on a draft resolution on Iran's nuclear program.

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The diplomats² are working hard to find a compromise with the hope that a resolution could be adopted by Monday. That is when the foreign ministers of the five permanent Security Council members plus Germany meet in New York for what is being called an Iran "strategy session."

Russia and China have insisted that a Security Council resolution on Iran stress diplomacy³ instead of raising the threat of sanctions or military force. If the resolution is adopted under Chapter 7 of the U.N. charter such options would be available.

Earlier, in Moscow, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak told news agencies that the draft resolution being debated in New York requires, in his words, "major changes."

John Bolton, United States Ambassador to the U.N., arrives for a meeting of the five permanent members of Security Council at the offices of the French Mission to United Nations in New York to discuss the Iranian nuclear program   
  
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton told reporters Saturday that he has new ideas for trying to resolve the impasse⁴, and he believes a compromise will be agreed upon because all five nations share the common goal of an Iran without nuclear weapons. "I think there are a number of differences, but the strategic objective - which is to keep Iran from having nuclear weapons - I think is still agreed by all five permanent members and we are going to try and find a way to get a binding⁵ resolution that requires Iran to adhere to a series of consistent decisions by the International Atomic Energy Agency and that's what we are pressing for," he said.

Iran has denied Western accusations⁶ that it is secretly trying to build nuclear weapons. Tehran says its nuclear program is for the generation of electricity for peaceful purposes, which it says is its "inalienable right."

1 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。

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 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

4 impasse   

n.僵局；死路

参考例句：

• The government had reached an impasse.政府陷入绝境。
• Negotiations seemed to have reached an impasse.谈判似乎已经陷入僵局。

5 binding   

有约束力的，有效的，应遵守的

参考例句：

• The contract was not signed and has no binding force. 合同没有签署因而没有约束力。
• Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding. 双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。

6 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。