2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Administration Urges Senate Ratification o
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（六月）
By Deborah Tate
Capitol Hill
21 June 2006
Bush administration officials appeared on Capitol Hill to urge the Senate to ratify 1 the U.N. Convention Against Corruption 2. The treaty, with 140 signatories, has been ratified 3 by 56 countries and went into force in December of last year.
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US Capitol, Washington DC
The U.N. Convention Against Corruption includes provisions dealing 4 with prevention, criminalization, international cooperation, and asset recovery.
In testimony 5 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bruce Swartz, a deputy assistant attorney general at the Justice Department, urged Senate ratification 6 of the treaty.
"By combating global corruption, we restore confidence in democracy and the rule of law," he said. "We bolster 7 the global economy by encouraging open trade and investment. We strengthen the stability and integrity of government and economic systems worldwide. The United Nations Convention Against Corruption helps us do all of these things."
The treaty calls for the establishment of anti-corruption bodies and enhanced transparency in the financing of election campaigns and political parties. States must ensure that their public services are subject to safeguards that promote efficiency, transparency and recruitment based on merit.
The accord requires countries to criminalize not only basic forms of corruption, including bribery 8 and embezzlement 9 of public funds, but also trading in influence and the concealment 10 and laundering 11 of the proceeds of corruption.
"I note that the convention addresses bribery for commercial advantage, not only of officials of foreign governments, but also officials of public international organizations," said Samuel Witten, deputy legal adviser 12 at the State Department. "This is one of the key criminalization requirements in the convention. Parties therefore are required to criminalize bribes 13 paid to officials of the U.N. and other public international organizations that are made for commercial advantage."
The pact 14 requires countries to cooperate with each other in anti-corruption efforts, including gathering 15 and transferring evidence for use in court and extraditing offenders 16.
Another key provision deals with asset-recovery - an important issue for many developing countries where high-level corruption has plundered 17 the national wealth.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, Senator Richard Lugar, noted 18 that the United States has already ratified two similar accords - the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development anti-corruption treaty and the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption. He asked why the U.N .pact is necessary.
Bruce Swartz of the Justice Department responded that the U.N. treaty is more comprehensive and goes further than the other two accords in addressing asset forfeiture 19.
An international conference is planned in Amman, Jordan in December to discuss technical assistance to help countries implement provisions of the pact
- The heads of two governments met to ratify the peace treaty.两国政府首脑会晤批准和平条约。
- The agreement have to be ratify by the board.该协议必须由董事会批准。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- The treaty was declared invalid because it had not been ratified. 条约没有得到批准，因此被宣布无效。
- The treaty was ratified by all the member states. 这个条约得到了所有成员国的批准。
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
- The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
- He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
- The treaty is awaiting ratification.条约正等待批准。
- The treaty is subject to ratification.此条约经批准后才能生效。
- The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
- He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。
- FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
- He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。
- He was accused of graft and embezzlement and was chained and thrown into prison.他因被指控贪污盗窃而锒铛入狱。
- The judge sent him to prison for embezzlement of funds.法官因他盗用公款将其送入监牢。
- the concealment of crime 对罪行的隐瞒
- Stay in concealment until the danger has passed. 把自己藏起来，待危险过去后再出来。
- Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
- Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏
- The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
- The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。
- 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。
- Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。
- Purposeful work is an important part of the regime for young offenders. 使从事有意义的劳动是管理少年犯的重要方法。
- Many of our cultural treasures have been plundered by imperialists. 我国许多珍贵文物被帝国主义掠走了。
- The imperialists plundered many valuable works of art. 帝国主义列强掠夺了许多珍贵的艺术品。
- 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。
- Both face maximum forfeitures of about $1.2 million.双方都面临最高120万美元左右的罚金。
- If he should break his day,what should I gain by the exaction of the forfeiture?如果他到期不还我从这罚金中又能得到什么好处？