叙利亚化学武器开始转移

 　　叙利亚化学武器开始转移

　　UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- A first shipment of chemical materials was moved from Syria on Tuesday, which initiated¹ the process of transferring chemical weapons from the country to locations outside its territory for destruction, said the joint² mission overseeing the disarmament.

　　"Further progress has been made towards the removal and elimination⁴ of the Syrian Arab Republic's chemical weapons program, " said a statement issued to the press here by Sigrid Kaag, the Special Coordinator⁵ of the Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition⁶ of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations.

　　"A first quantity of priority chemical materials was moved from two sites to the port of Lattakia for verification and was then loaded onto a Danish commercial vessel⁷ today," the statement said, adding that the vessel has been accompanied by naval⁸ escorts provided by Denmark and Norway, as well as Syria.

　　"This movement initiates⁹ the process of transfer of chemical materials from the Syrian Arab Republic to locations outside its territory for destruction," said the statement.

　　According to it, the vessel has now left the port of Lattakia for international waters. It will remain at sea awaiting the arrival of additional priority chemical materials at the port.

　　"Maritime¹⁰ security is being provided by naval escorts from the People's Republic of China, Denmark, Norway and the Russian Federation," it added.

　　In the statement, the Joint Mission encouraged Syria to continue its efforts to complete the removal of chemical materials "as soon as possible in a safe and timely manner."

　　It also pledged to continue to assist Syria in fulfilling its obligations under UN Security Council resolution 2118 and the decisions of the OPCW Executive Council.

　　"The Joint Mission continues to coordinate¹¹ with member states, in particular the Syrian Arab Republic, to mobilize resources and undertake all the necessary steps towards the complete removal and elimination of the Syrian Arab Republic's chemical weapons program, " the statement added.

　　The UN Security Council resolution 2118, unanimously adopted on Sept. 27, decided¹² to rid the war-torn Syria of chemical weapons. Under the resolution, the OPCW is mandated¹³ to oversee³ the elimination of Syria's chemical weapons.

　　The OPCW-UN Joint Mission was formally established on Oct. 16 to achieve the timely removal in the safest and most secure manner possible. According to OPCW, the deadline for elimination is June 30, 2014.

　　The chemical materials in Syria were set to be shipped outside the country via its coastal¹⁴ city of Latakia to be destroyed on a ship in the sea.

　　Denmark and Norway agreed on Dec. 6 to jointly¹⁵ transport chemical materials out of Syria, under a UN request to provide protection and transport to the Joint Mission of dismantling¹⁶ Syria 's stockpile of chemical weapons.

　　However, the Joint Mission said on Dec. 28 that the transportation of the most critical chemical material out of Syria before the deadline of Dec. 31, 2013 is unlikely due to the volatility¹⁷ in overall security conditions in Syria.

1 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 oversee   

vt.监督，管理

参考例句：

• 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。

4 elimination   

n.排除，消除，消灭

参考例句：

• Their elimination from the competition was a great surprise.他们在比赛中遭到淘汰是个很大的意外。
• I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals.我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。

5 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？

6 prohibition   

n.禁止；禁令，禁律

参考例句：

• The prohibition against drunken driving will save many lives.禁止酒后开车将会减少许多死亡事故。
• They voted in favour of the prohibition of smoking in public areas.他们投票赞成禁止在公共场所吸烟。

7 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

8 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

9 initiates   

v.开始( initiate的第三人称单数 )；传授；发起；接纳新成员

参考例句：

• The booklet initiates us into the problems of living abroad. 这本小册子使我们对国外的生活情况有了初步了解。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Everybody initiates and receives messages in some form or other. 每个人都以各种不同的方式发出并接收信息。 来自辞典例句

10 maritime   

adj.海的，海事的，航海的，近海的，沿海的

参考例句：

• Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
• The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。

11 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。

12 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• 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。

13 mandated   

adj. 委托统治的

参考例句：

• Mandated desegregation of public schools. 命令解除公立学校中的种族隔离
• Britain was mandated to govern the former colony of German East Africa. 英国受权代管德国在东非的前殖民地。

14 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

15 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

16 dismantling   

（枪支）分解

参考例句：

• 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。

17 volatility   

n.挥发性，挥发度，轻快，（性格）反复无常

参考例句：

• That was one reason why volatility was so low last year.这也是去年波动性如此低的原因之一。
• Yet because volatility remained low for so long,disaster myopia prevailed.然而，由于相当长的时间里波动性小，灾难短视就获胜了。