克林顿寻求南非在安理会支持一托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料 克林顿寻求南非在安理会的支持一托福阅读机经背景   U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is meeting with high-level South African officials in Pretoria Tuesday. Topics on the agenda include HIV/AIDS, economic cooperation and global crises, including the deteriorating situation in Syria.  美国国务卿克林顿星期二在比勒陀利亚会晤南非高级官员。会谈的内容包括艾滋病病毒和艾滋病，经济合作和全球危机，包括日益恶化的叙利亚局势。  Opening the second annual U.S. - South Africa Strategic Dialogue in Pretoria Tuesday, Clinton highlighted South Africas growing influence on the world stage and the need to deepen ties between the two countries.  美国南非第二届战略对话星期二在比勒陀利亚举行，克林顿国务卿强调南非对世界舞台日益增加的影响力，以及深化两国关系的必要性。  We have tough issues that we have to tackle together from nuclear non-proliferation to climate change to security crises, like the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo to Syria, Clinton said. We do not always see eye-to-eye on these issues. I dont know two people who always do, and certainly not two nations and sometimes we will disagree as friends do, but whats important is that this dialogue provides us a mechanism to keep working through all of the issues together.  克林顿说： “我们面临严峻的问题，必须要共同应对，从核不扩散，到气候变化，到安全危机，如刚果民主共和国和叙利亚的危机。在这些问题上，我们并非看法总是一致。两个人都不会见解总是一致，何况两个国家。有时，我们像朋友那样各持己见，但重要的是，这种对话给我们提供了继续共同合作解决所有这些问题的机制。”  A senior State Department official says Clinton is pushing for South Africas support for the United Nations Security Council to deal with the deepening crisis in Syria.  美国国务院高级官员说，克林顿敦促南非支持联合国安理会解决日益深重的叙利亚危机。  South Africa abstained from voting on a third effort by the Security Council to pass a resolution that would have held President Assad responsible for his failure to abide by U.N. Envoy Kofi Annans peace plan and threatened him with sanctions. South Africas abstention effectively backed Russia’s and Chinas vetoes.  在安理会第三次投票表决一项决议案时，南非投了弃权票。这项决议案要求阿萨德总统对未能遵守联合国特使安南的和平计划负责，并威胁要对叙利亚进行制裁。南非的弃权，有效地支持了俄罗斯和中国的否决。  South Africa said the resolutio