Arab League Meeting Adjourns Without Unified Agreement on Re
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2004（上）--各类新闻
Arab League Meeting Adjourns 1 Without Unified 2 Agreement on Reforms
Kerry Sheridan
Foreign ministers from Arab League nations say they have not come to an agreement on plans for political reform in the Middle East.
Arab League secretary Amr Moussa says the ministers decided 3 to put off further discussions about reform until the Arab League Summit in a few weeks.
Mr. Moussa said many ideas for political reform in the Arab world and reorganization of the Arab League were discussed during the four-day meeting in Cairo. But he said those discussions will have to continue.
Analysts 4 had anticipated progress on a political reform program for the Middle East, after Egypt introduced a pair of proposals, partly in response to U.S. proposals the Arab nations do not like.
One of Egypt's proposals was designed to make the Arab League more effective. The other was to create a regional plan for political changes, driven by countries in the Middle East, to counter the American proposal known as the Greater Middle East Initiative.
The deputy director of Cairo's Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, Mohammed El-Sayed Said, says external pressures may have made sorting out the details impossible.
"The American influence is also a great shadow on the prospect 5 of reaching consensus 6 on the way to reform the Arab League. Even though the general ideas are more or less acceptable to all Arab states, the details are not."
Mr. Said also says the Arab League makes decisions by consensus. Every country has veto power over any potential resolution, which can make progress difficult.
"The general tendency within the Arab League regional system is to always keep to this rule of general consensus which is seen by many to be a big hindrance 7 to the evolution of a stronger regional system."
Officials say the next chance for agreement on the reform ideas will be at the Arab League Summit in Tunis at the end of this month.
注释：
Arab League secretary Amr Moussa 阿拉伯国家联盟秘书长穆萨
Arab League Summit 阿盟领导人峰会
proposal [prE5pEuz] vt. 建议
Greater Middle East Initiative 大中东计划
deputy director 副主任
Cairo's Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studie 开罗的阿拉哈拉姆政治和战略研究中心
Cairo [5kaiErEu] n. 开罗（埃及首都）
sort out 挑选出
consensus [kEn5sensEs] n. 一致同意
hindrance [5hindrEns] n. 妨碍，障碍
Tunis [5tju:nis] n. 突尼斯
- Congress adjourns in 3 weeks, we can't do this alone. 距国会开会只有3个星期，我们不能单干。
- And so, at six in the morning, a victorious Convention adjourns. 这样，早上六点，胜利的国民议会休会了。
- The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
- The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
- The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
- Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
- What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？