Security Council OKs N. Korea sanctions

时间：2006-10-16 06:25:47

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Wang Guangya (L), China's ambassador to the United Nations and John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. announce to reporters that an agreement has been reached before a Security Council vote on North Korea at U.N. headquarters Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006. (Photo: AP)

Oct. 15 - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea including ship searches for banned weapons, calling Pyongyang's claimed nuclear test "a clear threat to international peace and security."

 

North Korea immediately rejected the resolution, and its U.N. ambassador walked out of the council chamber1 after accusing its members of a "gangster-like" action which neglects the nuclear threat posed by the United States.

 

The U.S.-sponsored resolution demands that the reclusive communist nation abandon its nuclear weapons program, and orders all countries to prevent North Korea from importing or exporting any material for weapons of mass destruction or ballistic missiles. It orders nations to freeze assets of people or businesses connected to these programs, and ban the individuals from traveling.

 

The resolution also calls on all countries to inspect cargo2 leaving and arriving in North Korea to prevent any illegal trafficking in unconventional weapons or ballistic missiles. The final draft was softened3 from language authorizing4 searches, but was still unacceptable to China — the North's closest ally and largest trading partner — which said it would not carry out any searches.

 

North Korea's U.N. Ambassador Pak Gil Yon countered by blaming the United States for forcing the country to conduct a test because of its "nuclear threat, sanctions and pressure."

 

"The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is ready for talks, dialogue and confrontation," Pak said. "If the United States increases pressure upon the Democratic People's Republic of Korea persistently5, the DPRK will continue to take physical countermeasures considering it as a declaration of war."

 

North Korea has made similar threats in the past, and has also said it might conduct a second nuclear test in response to U.N. sanctions.

 

The vote came after the United States, Britain and France overcame last-minute differences with Russia and China during what the Russian ambassador called "tense negotiations6."

 

The resolution demands North Korea eliminate all its nuclear weapons but expressly rules out military action against the country, a demand by the Russians and Chinese. Bolton warned Pyongyang, however, that if it continues pursuing nuclear weapons, the U.S. would seek further measures.

 

The Security Council condemned7 the nuclear test that North Korea said it conducted on Oct. 9. It demanded that North Korea immediately return to six-nation talks aimed at persuading Pyongyang to dismantle8 its weapons program without precondition.

 

It also imposed sanctions for the North's "flagrant disregard" of the council's appeal not to detonate a nuclear device and demanded that North Korea "not conduct any further nuclear test or launch of a ballistic missile."

 

"This action by the United Nations, which was swift and tough, says that we are united in our determination to see to it that the Korean peninsula is nuclear-weapons free," President Bush said.

 

South Korea's Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon, who was chosen on Friday to become the next U.N. secretary-general, said that the council's resolution "sends a very strong, clear and unified9 message to North Korea."

 

"I hope that North Korea will comply with this resolution," he said. "I hope that all member states of the United Nations will fully10 implement11 this resolution."

 

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan was considering additional sanctions against North Korea in line with the resolution, following its move Friday to ban trade with the North and close its ports to North Korean ships.

 

"We were able to send a strong message that the international community will not tolerate North Korea's owning nuclear weapons," Abe told reporters Sunday.

 

In a measure aimed at North Korea's tiny elite12, the resolution also bans the sale of luxury goods to the country.

 


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1 chamber wnky9     
n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所
参考例句：
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
2 cargo 6TcyG     
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
参考例句：
  • The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
  • A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
3 softened 19151c4e3297eb1618bed6a05d92b4fe     
（使）变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 )； 缓解打击； 缓和； 安慰
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  • His smile softened slightly. 他的微笑稍柔和了些。
  • The ice cream softened and began to melt. 冰淇淋开始变软并开始融化。
4 authorizing d3373e44345179a7862c7a797d2bc127     
授权，批准，委托( authorize的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • Letters of Marque: Take letters from a warning friendly power authorizing privateering. 私掠许可证：从某一个国家获得合法抢劫的证书。
  • Formal phavee completion does not include authorizing the subsequent phavee. 阶段的正式完成不包括核准随后的阶段。
5 persistently MlzztP     
ad.坚持地；固执地
参考例句：
  • He persistently asserted his right to a share in the heritage. 他始终声称他有分享那笔遗产的权利。
  • She persistently asserted her opinions. 她果断地说出了自己的意见。
6 negotiations af4b5f3e98e178dd3c4bac64b625ecd0     
协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过
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  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
7 condemned condemned     
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词
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  • He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
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8 dismantle Vtlxa     
vt.拆开，拆卸；废除，取消
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9 unified 40b03ccf3c2da88cc503272d1de3441c     
(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的
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  • 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。
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adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
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  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
11 implement WcdzG     
n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行
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  • Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
  • The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
12 elite CqzxN     
n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的
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  • The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
  • We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

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