2006年VOA标准英语-Russian Foreign Minister: Iran Sanctions W

By Peter Heinlein
United Nations
08 March 2006

Russia's foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has indicated Moscow will oppose U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran. The Council could begin discussing the Iran nuclear issue as early as next week.

Sergei Lavrov  
  
The Russian foreign minister said Wednesday Moscow wants the International Atomic Energy Agency to remain in the lead in dealing¹ with Iran's nuclear ambitions. He spoke² as the atomic agency was forwarding its Iran file to the Security Council for review.

The United States wants the council to sanction Tehran for alleged³ violations⁴ of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Diplomats⁵ say preliminary discussions on the matter could begin as early as next week.

But speaking at U.N. headquarters Wednesday, Lavrov suggested that sanctions would not work.

"I don't think sanctions, as a means to solve a crisis, have ever achieved a goal in recent history," he said.  "I reiterate⁶, we must rely on the professional advice of IAEA, the watchdog of the non-proliferation regime hired by all of us, and if we all agree that the Iranian nuclear problem is about ensuring that the non-proliferation regime is not violated, then let's rely on the people we hired to look after this regime."

There is broad agreement among the Security Council's five veto-wielding, permanent members, Russia, China, Britain, France and the United States, that Iran has failed to meet international demands that it stop all uranium enrichment activity.

But Russia and China favor a go-slow approach in the council. China's U.N. Ambassador Wang Guangya told VOA that Beijing still wants the matter settled at the atomic energy headquarters in Vienna.

"IAEA is the main organ that will be in charge of this matter and I believe the last couple weeks all sides are working for a way out of it," he said.  "So a diplomatic negotiated solution is the best way out of it."

Washington's U.N. Ambassador John Bolton has been in the forefront of efforts to bring the Iran case to the Security Council. Speaking to reporters recently, he called Iran an important test case for the 15-member U.N. body.

 
John Bolton 
  
"If you say an Iran with nuclear weapons is unacceptable, and that it's appropriate to have Iran in the Security Council, which all five permanent members have said, then you have to ask, what is the Council going to do about it? We have ideas," he said.  "We've talked to the Russians and the Chinese about it, British and French, and we're prepared to proceed, so if they're serious about their status as permanent members, I should think they would want to work together and keep the consensus⁷ we've got."

Ambassador Bolton has said he sees the Security Council's role as strengthening the hand of the nuclear watchdog agency in pressing Iran to comply with its obligations under nuclear non-proliferation treaties.

Diplomats say the council's first step is likely to be a statement reinforcing the atomic agency's call for Tehran to suspend all nuclear enrichment and stop resisting IAEA investigations⁸. That could come sometime next week.

1 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

4 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

5 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》

6 reiterate   

v.重申，反复地说

参考例句：

• Let me reiterate that we have absolutely no plans to increase taxation.让我再一次重申我们绝对没有增税的计划。
• I must reiterate that our position on this issue is very clear.我必须重申我们对这一项议题的立场很清楚。

7 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

8 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。