2006年VOA标准英语-Bush, Koizumi Press Putin to Back North Korea R

By Scott Stearns
St. Petersburg
15 July 2006

President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi both met separately with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to gain his backing for punitive¹ sanctions against North Korea.  The leaders met ahead of the start of a summit of the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations in Russia.

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President George W. Bush, left, starts his bilateral² meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, July 15, 2006  
  
President Bush and Prime Minister Koizumi want a tough U.N. resolution against North Korea for testing long-range missiles and refusing to rejoin six-nation talks aimed at convincing Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program.

China and Russia are resisting that move with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying the text of Japan's initial proposed resolution left no option for compromise.

President Bush says he and President Putin had a productive conversation about North Korea ahead of the start of the G8 summit.

He told reporters that diplomacy³ is not two countries saying this is the way it is. Diplomacy is two countries agreeing to work together with other countries to send the same message: in this case, he says, no nuclear weapons for North Korea.

"Our goal and objective is to have a nuclear-weapons-free Korean peninsula," said Mr. Bush.  "Russia shares that objective. China shares the objective. Japan shares the objective. South Korea shares the objective. So we have got common ground to move forward and now we are working on language. It was a very constructive⁴ meeting."

Tokyo and Washington are offering a revised text that seeks to balance their demands for punitive sanctions with milder language proposed by Russia and China.

It tones down its reference to Chapter Seven of the U.N. Charter, which authorizes⁵ mandatory⁶ sanction or the use of force if Pyongyang violates the resolution.

The latest draft demands that North Korea stop all activities related to its missile program and requires all U.N. member states to block Pyongyang from receiving or selling missile technology.

1 punitive   

adj.惩罚的，刑罚的

参考例句：

• They took punitive measures against the whole gang.他们对整帮人采取惩罚性措施。
• The punitive tariff was imposed to discourage tire imports from China.该惩罚性关税的征收是用以限制中国轮胎进口的措施。

2 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

3 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

4 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。

5 authorizes   

授权，批准，委托( authorize的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The dictionary authorizes the two spellings 'traveler' and 'traveller'. 字典裁定traveler和traveller两种拼法都对。
• The dictionary authorizes the two spellings "honor" and "honour.". 字典裁定 honor 及 honour 两种拼法均可。

6 mandatory   

adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者

参考例句：

• It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
• There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。