Planning a Wedding Seamus: Whats that? Cathy: Its a planning book for our wedding. Seamus: We arent getting married for a year and a half. Cathy: I know, but there are so many things to plan. We have to book the hall far in advance, you know, and onc

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UN Meeting Will Address World's Most Deadly Infectious Disease From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Some diseases receive a lot of attention in the media. Viruses like Ebola Virus Disease, HIV and influenza are just a few e

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Reparations for Slavery To Be Discussed at Racism Conference Joe de Capua Washington 1 Aug 2001 17:44 UTC South Africa is preparing to host the World Conference Against 1)Racism beginning August 31 in

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Zionism Issue Could Derail UN Racism Conference Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 Jul 2001 15:27 UTC The United Nations top human rights official warns that efforts to 1)equate 2)Zionism with 3)racism could 4)de

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UN Report Shows Major Progress on HIV-AIDS 联合国报告显示艾滋病防治取得重大进展 The latest report from the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS provides a vision of hope. It shows that we are closer to the goal of an AIDS-free generat

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U.S. Withdraws from Human Rights Council For the last year, the United States has been working to reform the United Nations Human Rights Council into a serious advocate for human rights. Regrettably, said U.S. Permanent Representative to the United N

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IN THE NEWS - Palestinians Cheer UN General Assembly Vote 时事新闻 - 巴勒斯坦人庆祝成为联合国观察员国 From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语时事新闻报道。 This w

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AS IT IS 2016-01-27 African Nations Seek Greater Power, Influence at UN 非洲国家在联合国寻求更大权力和影响力 The leaders of Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea are calling for African nations to have more power and influence at the Unite

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United Nations Report Says Earths Ozone Layer Is Healing A new study says the protective layer of the Earths atmosphere is finally healing from damage by humans use of harmful chemicals. Aerosol sprays and coolants had been thinning the ozone layer s

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财政争议影响联合国气候变化论坛 Disputes over finances have hampered progress at U.N. climate talks in Poland as delegates debate how to best provide aid to help developing countries fight global warming. 财务争议影响在波兰举行

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UN Rights Chief Criticizes Bosnian Serb Rejection of Report on 1995 Massacre The parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovinas self-governing Serb Republic has voted to reject a 2004 report on the Srebrenica massacre. The United Nations human rights chief Ze

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Mideast Overshadows Other Issues at Racism Conference Challiss McDonough Durban, South Africa 3 Sep 2001 Human-rights organizations are urging delegates at the World Conference on Racism to stop 1)squ

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US Group Requests High-Level Delegation for Racism Conference Breck Ardery United Nations1 6 Aug 2001 23:00 UTC A coalition of U.S. civil rights groups says the United States government should send a

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UN Envoy Optimistic about Somalia 联合国使者对索马里前景感到乐观 The U.N. Special Representative for Somalia says the country is on the brink of achieving great things but warns the situation remains precarious and success is not guara

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A United Nations agency is offering what it calls a conceptual breakthrough to uplift the world's poorest people. The U.N. Industrial Development Organization contends selective industrialization offers the best chance for smaller, developing countri

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今天我们要学的词是unprecedented。 Unprecedented是指前所未有,闻所未闻。联合国日前批准派遣两万六千人的维和部队进入达尔富尔地区。联合国秘书长潘基文称这次维和行动是历史性的和空前的

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Rice prices in Thailand, the world's leading exporter, reached a record of over one-thousand dollars a ton. The increase in rice and food prices generally will be the center of debate at a U.N. conference next week. 世界最大的大米出口国泰国

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is deeply concerned over the abductions of three aid workers in Sudan and is calling for their immediate release without harm. 联合国秘书长潘基文说,他对三名援助工作者在苏丹被绑架深感

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The U.N. refugee agency says the number of people fleeing violence and repression worldwide has risen to 11.4 million, largely due to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. 联合国难民署说,全球范围逃离暴力和压迫的人数已经上升到

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今天我们要学的词是 envoy. Envoy 是特使的意思。Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan resigned as international peace envoy for Syria. 前联合国秘书长安南辞去了叙利亚国际和平特使的职务。A UN human rights envoy v

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