2006年VOA标准英语-Annan Says Rome Conference on Middle East Must
时间：2019-01-06 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（七月）
By Peter Heinlein
United Nations
24 July 2006
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says he will use an upcoming ministerial meeting on the Middle East to press for a truce 1, and deployment 2 of a buffer 3 force between Israel and Lebanon.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan speaks to the media at UN headquarters in New York before leaving for Rome to attend the international meeting on Lebanon.
Secretary-General Annan says it is important that foreign ministers gathering 4 in Rome this week come up with a way to stop the hostilities 5 between Israel and Lebanese-based Hezbollah militia 6. "What's important is that we leave Rome with a concrete strategy as to how we are going to deal with this and we do not walk away empty-handed, and once again dash the hopes of those who are caught in this conflict," he said.
The group gathering in Rome includes most of the major players in the Middle East, including the United States, Russia, the European Union and its major powers, as well as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. But Hezbollah's main backers, Iran and Syria, are not invited.
Secretary-General Annan says he believes both Iran and Syria have a role to play in easing regional tensions. "I would expect Iran and Syria to be part of the solution. We need to engage them. I'm in touch with both of them, and I think it is important that we get the Lebanese to come together to see what's in their own interest," he said.
Mr. Annan says any solution must involve giving Lebanon the ability to disarm 7 Hezbollah, as called for in U.N. Security Council resolution 1559. But he emphasized that there can be no military solution, or one imposed from the outside. "Force alone will not do it. You cannot disarm Hezbollah by force. There has to be a political agreement and political understanding. There has to be an understanding among Lebanese. We need to help them come to that understanding," he said.
Mr. Annan said the plan he will put forward at the Rome conference is similar to what he suggested to the Security Council last week. That proposal calls for an immediate 8 end to hostilities and deployment of a U.N. buffer force along the Israel-Lebanon border.
He noted 9 however that the United States and Egypt, among others, have offered competing proposals, which envision a non-U.N. stabilization 10 force, and said he expects the merits of those proposals will be among the main topics of discussions in Rome.
- The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
- She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。
- He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
- Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。
- A little money can be a useful buffer in time of need.在急需时，很少一点钱就能解燃眉之急。
- Romantic love will buffer you against life's hardships.浪漫的爱会减轻生活的艰辛。
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
- Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
- All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。
- First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
- There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。
- The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
- He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- The position of barycentre on plane directly impacts the stabilization and manipulation of plane. 飞机重心位置直接影响飞机的稳定和操纵特性。
- With the higher olefins, stabilization of the energetic intermediates occurs more easily. 在较高的烯烃情况下，高能的中间物稳定作用更易出现。