Annual general debate at UN ends with popular topics

    UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The annual（每年的） general debate in the 192-member General Assembly concluded on Wednesday after six days of discourse¹ on topics ranging from the global economy to UN reform, from peacekeeping to nuclear non-proliferation（不扩散）.
    "The current international economic and financial crisis（金融危机） marks the closing of a cycle of growth and demands a new way of thinking about development," said Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro.
    "As a consequence of its highly negative impacts, the equation of market, state and society is seriously challenged, and the debate on the future of the logic² of economic accumulation and the rules of functioning of the system has also come into question," he said.
    Pointing out Uruguay has always been supportive of UN peacekeeping operations (PKOs) and now has 2,500 blue helmets deployed³ around the world, however, he said Uruguay is concerned with a lack of capacity in peacekeeping missions to handle difficult international crises.
    Indian Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna said the expansion of terrorist threats and the proliferation of economic crises have challenged previously⁴ （以前的）held notions of global governance.
    "We must, therefore, not just reaffirm the central role of the UN in global governance but restore and reinforce it reflecting contemporary realities," he said. The world body needs "urgent reform" in order to meet emerging global challenges and to that end, Krishna called for Security Council reform.
    India has been advocating for a permanent seat on the panel of 15.
    "The Security Council spends most, if not all of its time, on issues pertaining⁵ to the developing world," he said.
    Since 1994, a General Assembly working group has been focusing on Security Council reform, including the issue of equitable⁶ representation and expansion of membership. The Council remains⁷ unchanged since its membership expanded from 11 to 15 nations in 1963, with five permanent members who hold veto power.
    Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said: "The world is divided not simply into haves and haves-not countries. but rather into haves-more and haves-less ones, into North and South.
    Thailand believes to bridge development gap global economic growth should be balanced and inclusive."He said, Thailand believes in greater South-South cooperation.
    "It is fellow developing countries that best understand what is required to help push development forwards," he said.
    "We have achieved most of the UN Millennium⁸ Development Goals ( MDGs) and stand ready to share our knowledge and experience, especially in alleviating⁹ poverty and improving wellbeing in other countries."The Democratic（民主的） People's Republic of Korea wants to safeguard peace and security and promote socio-economic development and common prosperity in and around the Korean peninsula, said Pak Kil Yon, DPRK vice¹⁰ minister of foreign affairs.
    His nation's ideal for its foreign policy is "independence, peace and friendship," Pak said. It is "the long-cherished desire" of the entire Korean nation to put an end to the history of disgraceful division forced upon by foreign forces and to live peacefully on a reunited island, Pak said.
    DPRK still opposes nuclear war, nuclear arms race and nuclear proliferation, he said. "The denuclearization of the Korean peninsula is the policy goals maintained consistently by the government of the DPRK for peace and security in Northeast Asia and the denuclearization of the world.""As already clarified, our nuclear weapons are not a means to attack or threaten others, but a self-defensive deterrent¹¹, to all intents and purposes, to counter aggression¹² and attack from outside," said the vice foreign minister.
    DPRK is willing to join in international efforts for nuclear non-proliferation and safe management of nuclear material, he said.
    Ambassador Jorge Valero of Venezuela said the world organization "reflects the existing and unjust power relationships in the world," and must be reformed.
    "This forum¹³ -- as it is today -- helps to reproduce those unjust relations inherited from the Second World War, becoming more exclusive and authoritarian¹⁴ as neo-liberal globalization advances," Valero said.
    He said the permanent and non-permanent seats of the Security Council should be increased to include more developing countries.
    Ambassador Vitaly Churkin of Russia called on the world organization to work towards a peaceful Middle East free of nuclear weapons.
    Churkin said freeing the Middle East of the threat of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) should be a high priority.
    "It is necessary to continue efforts towards an international conference in 2012 on the establishment of a zone free of nuclear weapons and other WMDs and their means of delivery in the Middle East pursuant to the decision of the NPT (Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty) Review Conference," Churkin said.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 discourse   

n.论文，演说；谈话；话语；vi.讲述，著述

参考例句：

• We'll discourse on the subject tonight.我们今晚要谈论这个问题。
• He fell into discourse with the customers who were drinking at the counter.他和站在柜台旁的酒客谈了起来。

2 logic   

n.逻辑(学)；逻辑性

参考例句：

• What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑？
• I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。

3 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

4 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

5 pertaining   

与…有关系的，附属…的，为…固有的(to)

参考例句：

• Living conditions are vastly different from those pertaining in their country of origin. 生活条件与他们祖国大不相同。
• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school. 视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。

6 equitable   

adj.公平的；公正的

参考例句：

• This is an equitable solution to the dispute. 这是对该项争议的公正解决。
• Paying a person what he has earned is equitable. 酬其应得,乃公平之事。

7 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• 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。

8 millennium   

n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世

参考例句：

• The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
• We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。

9 alleviating   

减轻，缓解，缓和( alleviate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• If it's alleviating pain,who knows what else it's doing? 如果它减轻了疼痛，天知道还影响什么？
• Measuring poverty is not the same as alleviating it, of course. 当然，衡量贫困和减轻贫困是截然不同的。

10 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

11 deterrent   

n.阻碍物，制止物；adj.威慑的，遏制的

参考例句：

• Large fines act as a deterrent to motorists.高额罚款是对开车的人的制约。
• I put a net over my strawberries as a deterrent to the birds.我在草莓上罩了网，免得鸟歇上去。

12 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

13 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

14 authoritarian   

n./adj.专制(的)，专制主义者，独裁主义者

参考例句：

• Foreign diplomats suspect him of authoritarian tendencies.各国外交官怀疑他有着独裁主义倾向。
• The authoritarian policy wasn't proved to be a success.独裁主义的政策证明并不成功。