2006年VOA标准英语-US Calls for UN Action on Iran's Nuclear P

By Marlene Smith
Vienna
08 March 2006

U.S. diplomats¹ have told the International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors that it is time for the United Nations Security Council to take action to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapons capability². There is increasing frustration³ on the IAEA board with Iran's defiance⁴ of the international community.

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The IAEA concluded its three-day review of Iran's nuclear program without making any new decisions.

 

 
Gregory Schulte (l) talks to IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, prior to start of IAEA board meeting, March 7, 2006
  

The U.S. envoy⁵ to the IAEA, Gregory Schulte, says an updated file on Iran's activities will now go the U.N. Security Council in New York.

"The director general's report will now be transmitted to New York for action by the Security Council," he said.

The last special board meeting of the IAEA at the beginning of February gave Iran time to cooperate with inspectors⁶ and stop uranium enrichment. The board reported to the U.N. Security Council then that action might be necessary if Iran did not use this last minute window of opportunity.

The latest IAEA report, one of many in the last three years of investigations⁷, says it is still not possible to give guarantees that Iran is not secretly working on a nuclear weapons program. It says Iran's cooperation is selective and on occasion access to sites, particularly related to the military, has been denied.

Iran has denounced the report as "politicized" and says it has allowed thousands of inspections⁸ well beyond those legally required.

But Matthew Boland, press spokesman for the U.S. mission to the IAEA in Vienna, says Iran was still following the path of deception⁹.

"Iran's leadership is forging ahead to achieve a complete nuclear fuel cycle capability,"  he said.

The United States wants the matter to now go before the United Nations Security Council, maybe as early as next week. The Council, unlike the IAEA, has the power to impose sanctions but diplomats say this is unlikely at this stage.

Iran has threatened to hit back if the Security Council is involved and is threatening to inflict¹⁰ what it calls "harm and pain" on the West. One possibility would be to cut oil from Iran to European customers.

1 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。

3 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

4 defiance   

n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗

参考例句：

• He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
• He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。

5 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

6 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• 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》

7 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

8 inspections   

n.检查( inspection的名词复数 )；检验；视察；检阅

参考例句：

• Regular inspections are carried out at the prison. 经常有人来视察这座监狱。
• Government inspections ensure a high degree of uniformity in the standard of service. 政府检查确保了在服务标准方面的高度一致。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 deception   

n.欺骗，欺诈；骗局，诡计

参考例句：

• He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception.他承认曾与人合谋骗取财产。
• He was jailed for two years for fraud and deception.他因为诈骗和欺诈入狱服刑两年。

10 inflict   

vt.(on)把…强加给，使遭受，使承担

参考例句：

• Don't inflict your ideas on me.不要把你的想法强加于我。
• Don't inflict damage on any person.不要伤害任何人。