VOA标准英语2009年-UN Human Rights Council Defers Vote on Gaz
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(十月)
By Lisa Schlein
Geneva
03 October 2009
The UN Human Rights Council has deferred 2 a vote on recommendations from a controversial fact-finding mission on Gaza until its next session in March. The deferment 3 is seen as a victory for the Obama administration, which lobbied hard to prevent a condemnation 5 of Israel at the Council.
The UN Human Rights Council was set to condemn 4 Israel for its failure to cooperate with the fact finding mission headed by South African Justice, Richard Goldstone. Under pressure from the United States, the Council agreed to defer 1 action on the report for six months.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner tells VOA he is pleased by this decision.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L)watches as US President Barack Obama(C)shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in New York, 22 Sep 2009
"This work here needs to be viewed in terms of the larger peace process," he said. "Senator Mitchell and the president are deeply engaged with the Israelis and the Palestinians in trying to address the larger issues of peace and security and to create a long-term solution to the range of problems there. I think these issues can be an affirmative part of that. But, this moment was not the right place to be debating this report."
The report accuses both Israel and Hamas militants 6 of committing war crimes during the three-week war in Gaza that began in late 2008. But, its criticisms of Israel's actions are particularly harsh.
The report recommends both parties undertake investigations 7 into the crimes. And, if they fail to do so within six months, it says the UN Security Council should turn the matter over to the International Criminal Court Prosecutor 8.
Middle East peace talks have been on hold since the Gaza conflict. And, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has warned the United Nations would deal, what he called, a fatal blow for Israeli-Palestinian peace if it endorses 9 the report.
Posner says the UN Council is guilty of engaging in a double standard. He says the Council has devoted 10 a disproportionate amount of time on Israel and that has to stop.
"The Goldstone report - 575 pages - has lots of allegations," he added. "It is now important for Israel, for the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinians, to review those allegations, to set up proper review mechanisms 11 and to have accountability where the allegations warrant it."
The human rights group Amnesty International says it regrets the decision to defer a vote on the Goldstone report until March 2010. It says this deferral 12 indicates a lack of political will to deal with issues of accountability for violations 13 of international humanitarian 14 law and human rights law in Gaza and southern Israel.
- We wish to defer our decision until next week.我们希望推迟到下星期再作出决定。
- We will defer to whatever the committee decides.我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定。
- The department deferred the decision for six months. 这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。
- a tax-deferred savings plan 延税储蓄计划
- The bank do not allow further deferment of his payment. 银行不容许他再次推迟付款。 来自互联网
- Students are to refer to the regulations governing course deferment, refund and withdrawal the Student's Handbook. 学生需要参考学生手册上有关推迟入学、退费和退学的相关规定。 来自互联网
- Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
- We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。
- There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
- The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
- He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
- The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
- The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
- There isn't one country in the Middle East that now endorses the Eisenhower Doctrine. 但至今没有一个中东国家认可它。 来自辞典例句
- Whether any of this truly endorses Dr Patel's hypothesis is moot. 这些视频能否真正证明帕特的假设成立还是个未知数。 来自互联网
- He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
- We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
- The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms. 这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He explained how the two mechanisms worked. 他解释这两台机械装置是如何工作的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- It also calls for the deferral of a share of bonuses. 协议还要求一部分奖金延期发放。 来自互联网
- Even implementing the interest-deferral scheme for homeowners has proved inconveniently tricky. 甚至是对房主实行的推迟利息的方案，结果证明也是极不方便的。 来自互联网
- This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
- These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。