美和其它30国承认利比亚反对派一托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料美和其它30国承认利比亚反对派一托福阅读机经背景 he United States joined 30 other countries Friday in formally recognizing Libya’s opposition Transitional National Council as the “legitimate governing authority. The decision announced at a meeting of the international Libya Contact Group in Turkey, will increase pressure on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and allow the transfer of impounded Libyan funds to the rebels. 美国7月15日(星期五)和世界其它30个国家一道，正式承认利比亚反对派全国过渡委员会为该国合法管治当局。这个决定是在土耳其举行的国际利 比亚问题联络小组会议期间宣布的。这一决定将增大对利比亚领导人卡扎菲的压力，并允许把冻结的利比亚资金转给利比亚反政府力量。 The United States had previously only referred to the opposition TNC as Libya’s “legitimate interlocutor.” 美国以前只把利比亚反对派全国过渡委员会视为利比亚的合法对话伙伴。 It made the decision to join other contact group members in full political recognition after the council’s leader, Mahmoud Jibril, presented a detailed plan here for a transition to an inclusive democracy once Mr. Gadhafi yields to international pressure to step aside. 利比亚全国过渡委员会领导人马哈茂德·贾布里勒在伊斯坦布尔的会议上呈交了一份详细的计划，表示一旦卡扎菲屈服于国际压力下台之后，将把利比亚转型为全面民主国家。之后，美国和其它联络组的成员国对利比亚全国过渡委员会给予了完全的政治承认。 U.S. officials said the meeting broke into spontaneous applause when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the move, which could eventually free billions of dollars in Libyan money frozen in U.S. banks for the financially hard-pressed TNC. 美国官员表示，当国务卿希拉里·克林顿宣布这一决定时，会议现场爆发出自发的掌声。这个决定将最终把冻结在美国银行的利比亚资金解冻，提供给经济严重拮据的利比亚全国过渡委员会。 Clinton told reporters the decision was based on the progress the TNC has made in laying groundwork for a transition to a “unified, democratic Libya” which protects the rights of all its citizens including women and minority groups. 克林顿国务卿告诉记者说，做出这个决定，是因为利比亚全国过渡委员会在为把利比亚转变为一个“统一、民主的国家”，在保护包括妇女和少数族裔在内的所有国民方面取得了进展。 “Until an interim authority is in place, the United States will recognize the TNC as the legitimate governing authority for Libya and we will deal with it on that basis, said Clinton. In contrast, the United States views the Gadhafi regime as no longer having legitimate authorit