VOA标准英语2009-UN Commission to Start Bhutto Assassination
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(六月)
The United Nations secretary-general has appointed a three-person commission to investigate the circumstances of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination 1 in December 2007. The commission will begin its work on July 1.
In February, the government of Pakistan asked U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to establish an international commission to investigate Mrs. Bhutto's assassination.
On Friday, Mr. Ban's spokeswoman, Michele Montas, announced that the three-person panel would be led by Chile's U.N. Ambassador, Heraldo Munoz. He will be assisted by Indonesia's former attorney general Marzuki Darusman, and Irish police expert Peter Fitzgerald.
Montas said the commission would start work on July 1. "The Commission's mandate 2 will be to inquire into the facts and circumstances of the assassination of former Prime Minister Bhutto. The duty to determine criminal responsibility of the perpetrators of the assassination remains 3 with the Pakistani authorities," he said.
She said the commission will submit a report to the secretary-general within six months. He will then share it with the government of Pakistan and the U.N. Security Council.
Mrs. Bhutto was killed in a shooting and suicide bombing attack on her convoy 4 as she left a campaign rally in the city of Rawalpindi on December 27, 2007.
Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mesud has been accused of organizing the assassination, a charge his supporters deny.
- 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。
- 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。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。