U.S. warns North Korea against nuke test

时间：2006-10-05 06:07:38

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South Koreans sit in front of a television broadcasting North Korea's nuclear test plan at a railway station in Seoul. The United States has warned North Korea directly of international repercussions1 if it proceeds with a nuclear test, the US envoy2 said. (Photo: AFP)
 
Oct. 5 - The United States passed a warning to North Korea not to conduct a nuclear test, the chief U.S. envoy to stalled disarmament said Wednesday. "We are not going to live with a nuclear North Korea," he said.

 

Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill told reporters that the U.S. has sent Pyongyang a message of "deep concern" through diplomatic channels at the United Nations in New York. He said North Korea has yet to respond.

 

Hill did not elaborate on the message, except to say the North Koreans had received it.

 

The U.S. and North Korea have no diplomatic relations outside of the deadlocked3 six-nation nuclear talks and rarely communicate with each other so directly — giving the U.S. message a seriousness that exceeds the public statements Washington has issued so far.

 

"We are not going to accept a nuclear North Korea. If they think that by exploding a weapon, we will come to terms with it, we won't," Hill said.

 

Hill would not discuss policy options, but said top U.S. diplomats4 are working with partners in Asia to convince the North Koreans "that this would be a bad mistake."

 

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other U.S. diplomats reached out to their counterparts in Asia and Europe, State Department spokesman Tom Casey said. The effort was intended to send "a strong and unified5 signal ... that these kinds of threats are certainly not acceptable," he said.

 

Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns and Japanese Vice6 Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi agreed Wednesday that if North Korea should test, international sanctions were one of the tools both nations would expect the Security Council to consider, a State Department official said.

 

Meanwhile, the U.S. was paying close attention to movement at possible North Korean nuclear test sites. Authorities cautioned, however, against reading too much into every movement during this heightened period of interest.

 

A U.S. intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity7 because of the highly sensitive situation with North Korea, said the United States is now seeing the movement of people, materials and automobiles8 and other activity around one possible test site. But, the official said, it could be similar to the activity a couple of months ago. At that time, no test occurred.

 

The official noted9 that international observers do not have a baseline for comparison, because North Korea has never performed a nuclear test.

 

When asked whether the North might be making active preparations for a test, Casey said U.S. officials were looking at "all kinds of information" regarding North Korea, but he declined to provide specifics.

 

The U.S. has spy satellites and other eavesdropping10 equipment aimed at North Korea, including ground-based seismic11 sensors12.

 

At the United Nations, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton discussed the matter with the Security Council, Casey said, and the United States would "hope to see some action there in the near future."

 

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1 repercussions 4fac33c46ab5414927945f4d05f0769d     
n.后果，反响( repercussion的名词复数 )；余波
参考例句：
  • The collapse of the company will have repercussions for the whole industry. 这家公司的垮台将会给整个行业造成间接的负面影响。
  • Human acts have repercussions far beyond the frontiers of the human world. 人类行为所产生的影响远远超出人类世界的范围。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 envoy xoLx7     
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。
3 deadlocked 64307541978e39468a60c1da7fb7ba83     
陷入僵局的；僵持不下的
参考例句：
  • The plan deadlocked over the funds. 这个计划由于经费问题而搁浅了。
  • The meeting deadlocked over the wage issue. 会议因工资问题而停顿下来。
4 diplomats ccde388e31f0f3bd6f4704d76a1c3319     
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》
5 unified 40b03ccf3c2da88cc503272d1de3441c     
(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的
参考例句：
  • The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
  • The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。
6 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
7 anonymity IMbyq     
n.the condition of being anonymous
参考例句：
  • Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity. 为了姓名保密，书中的人用的都是化名。
  • Our company promises to preserve the anonymity of all its clients. 我们公司承诺不公开客户的姓名。
8 automobiles 760a1b7b6ea4a07c12e5f64cc766962b     
n.汽车( automobile的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • When automobiles become popular,the use of the horse and buggy passed away. 汽车普及后，就不再使用马和马车了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Automobiles speed in an endless stream along the boulevard. 宽阔的林荫道上，汽车川流不息。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
9 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的，知名的
参考例句：
  • 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。
10 eavesdropping 4a826293c077353641ee3f86da957082     
n. 偷听
参考例句：
  • We caught him eavesdropping outside the window. 我们撞见他正在窗外偷听。
  • Suddenly the kids,who had been eavesdropping,flew into the room. 突然间，一直在偷听的孩子们飞进屋来。
11 seismic SskyM     
a.地震的，地震强度的
参考例句：
  • Earthquakes produce two types of seismic waves.地震产生两种地震波。
  • The latest seismic activity was also felt in northern Kenya.肯尼亚北部也感觉到了最近的地震活动。
12 sensors 029aee483db9ae244d7a5cb353e74602     
n.传感器，灵敏元件( sensor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。 来自辞典例句

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