国际组织动向－联合国报告催促新的乌克兰新总统进行彻底改革

 

UN Report Urges New Ukrainian President to Make Sweeping¹ Reforms

 

The United Nations Development Program in Ukraine has presented a report calling for the new president to introduce radical² economic and political reforms in his first year in office to bring the country closer to Europe.

 

The UNDP says in its report that the outcome of the presidential elections has created the opportunity for dramatic change in Ukraine.

 

The document calls for urgent political and administrative³ reform and changes in the tax system as well as a recognition of property rights.

 

It supports social spending so that those in need will receive benefits and not the well-off as allegedly is the case now.

 

The experts want Ukraine to become a member of the World Trade Organization and to have closer ties to the European Union so that membership could be an option.

 

Dmitri Vasylev who works in the U.N. office in Kiev says he is optimistic that Viktor Yuschenko will consider the recommendations.

 

Dmitri Vasylev: We expect that next week after the Supreme⁴ Court decision, if the Supreme Court will not support the claims of Yanukovich and Yuschenko will be president we expect there will be some follow-up on the Blue Ribbon Commission's report.

 

Mr. Vasylev said there have already been meetings with Mr. Yuschenko and his team.

 

The UNDP is the UN's global development network helping⁵ countries to face the challenges of democratic transition.

 

A similar report was presented to the Hungarian government at the beginning of the 1990s supporting good governance and private enterprise.

 

Mr. Vasylev thinks that reforms suggested for Ukraine could be applied⁶ elsewhere in former communist countries.

 

Vasylev: There are a lot of similarities in post-Soviet⁷ countries including Russia, so of course there's a program of political, let's say social-political form of governance.

 

Mr. Vasylev says one old tradition in Soviet countries was that the government ran the country but was not there to serve the people. He says the reforms envisaged⁹ for the Ukraine and elsewhere should help citizens to have a real say in running the country.

 

Marlene Smith, for VOA news, Vienna.

 

注释：

radical [5rAdikEl] adj. 根本的

opportunity [7CpE5tju:niti] n. 机会

allegedly [E5ledVIdlI] adv. 依其陈述

optimistic [7Cpti5mistik] adj. 乐观的

recommendation [7rekEmen5deiFEn] n. 建议

envisage⁸ [in5vizidV, en-] v. 正视

1 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

2 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

3 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

4 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

6 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

7 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

8 envisage   

v.想象，设想，展望，正视

参考例句：

• Nobody can envisage the consequences of total nuclear war.没有人能够想像全面核战争的后果。
• When do you envisage being able to pay me back?你看你什么时候能还我钱？

9 envisaged   

想像，设想( envisage的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He envisaged an old age of loneliness and poverty. 他面对着一个孤独而贫困的晚年。
• Henry Ford envisaged an important future for the motor car. 亨利·福特为汽车设想了一个远大前程。