2007年VOA标准英语-UN Closes Iraq Weapons Inspection Unit
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United Nations
29 June 2007
The U.N. Security Council has closed down the agency charged with monitoring Saddam Hussein's illicit 1 weapons programs. Correspondent Peter Heinlein reports from U.N. headquarters in New York.
U.N. Security Council
Fourteen of the 15 Security Council members voted to immediately abolish the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection 2 Committee, known as UNMOVIC. The 15th member, Russia, abstained 3.
Russia's U.N. ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, objected that the inspectors 4 had not fulfilled their mandate 5 of officially certifying 6 that Iraq, at present, has no weapons of mass destruction. But he said Russia is willing to accepts that UNMOVIC serves no further purpose.
"The fact that this issue has been with us for a very long time and some of those requirements have been taken into account did allow us not to block this resolution, but in a situation where some of the requirements have not been taken care of, we decided 7 to abstain," he said.
Iraq's U.N. ambassador, Hamid Al-Bayati, hailed the decision to terminate UNMOVIC. He said it closes what he called "an appalling 8 chapter in Iraq's modern history."
"We believe this is an overdue 9 issue pending 10 for over four years and this chapter has been closed today, which was costing Iraq around one million dollars every month," he said.
UNMOVIC was established in 1999 to oversee 11 the dismantling 12 of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction programs. The inspectors left Iraq in March 2003, shortly before the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam. They never returned, and have since been focusing on studying satellite photographs.
The U.N. inspectors did find significant evidence of Saddam's illicit weapons programs, including biological and chemical agents. The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, the IAEA, also assisted in uncovering details of a planned nuclear weapons program.
But Washington's U.N. ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad, told the Security Council Friday that concerns about Saddam's possession of nuclear weapons in 2002 and 2003 had proven to be unfounded.
"With regard to nuclear weapons, the Iraq Survey Group uncovered evidence of the maturity 13 and intent of the pre-1991 Iraqi nuclear program," he said. "The government determined 14, however, that the Iraqi ability to reconstitute a nuclear weapons program had progressively deteriorated 15 after 1991 despite Saddam Hussein's interest in nuclear weapons and in retaining nuclear weapons scientists."
Speaking to reporters afterward 16, Khalilzad said intelligence about Saddam's weapons programs had proven wrong both at the time of the first Gulf 17 war, when it was underestimated, and again in 2003, when it was overestimated 18.
"We've all learned lessons," he said. "In hindsight, one would have hoped to have had in both cases a more precise information, but you make decisions based on what you assume or analyze 19 or are briefed or are told is the situation to the best of one's ability."
The United States and Iraq had been trying to have UNMOVIC shut down since 2005. Iraq's leaders had complained that financing UNMOVIC had been draining money from the Iraqi budget that would better have been used in rebuilding infrastructure 20 in the war-ravaged country.
- He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
- Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。
- On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
- The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
- Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained. 十人投票赞成,五人反对,两人弃权。
- They collectively abstained (from voting) in the elections for local councilors. 他们在地方议会议员选举中集体弃权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过,通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- Signed Commercial in quintuplicate, certifying merchandise to be of Chinese origin. 签署商业发票一式五份,证明产品的原产地为中国。
- Other documents certifying the truthfulness of the contents of the advertisements. (三)确认广告内容真实性的其他证明文件。
- 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。
- The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
- Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。
- The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.飞机晚点了,被坏天气耽搁了。
- The landlady is angry because the rent is overdue.女房东生气了,因为房租过期未付。
- The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
- He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。
- Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
- Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。
- The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
- The dismantling of a nuclear reprocessing plant caused a leak of radioactivity yesterday. 昨天拆除核后处理工厂引起了放射物泄漏。
- These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
- This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
- Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards. 她的健康状况急剧恶化,不久便去世了。
- His condition steadily deteriorated. 他的病情恶化,日甚一日。
- Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏,然后吃饭。
- Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来,这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- They overestimated his ability when they promoted him. 他们提拔他的时候高估了他的能力。
- The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. 财政部一贯高估预算赤字。
- We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
- The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设,发展各类群众文化。