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No.310 SIM音読用英文

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Obama Chairs UN Security Council Disarmament Summit
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Mr. Obama's presence in the Security Council underscored

his administration's renewed commitment

to the U.N. system,

and support for international nuclear treaties

that the previous Bush administration had been skeptical about.


The first-ever council meeting

chaired by a U.S. president

began with unanimous approval of a resolution

renewing the U.N. commitment

to a world without nuclear weapons,

and urging nations

that have not already done so

to embrace the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.


In his opening remarks, Mr. Obama warned

that the detonation of a single nuclear weapon

in a major world city

would cause global economic damage and insecurity,

in addition to killing hundreds of thousands of people.


He said the next 12 months will be critical

in determining

if global efforts enshrined in the new resolution will succeed,

and he said the world community must not succumb

to cynicism about disarmament efforts.


"Now, we harbor no illusions

about the difficulty of bringing about a world

without nuclear weapons.


We know there are plenty of cynics

and that there will be setbacks

to prove their point.


But there will also be days like today

that push us forward,

days that tell a different story.


It is the story of a world that understands

that no difference or division is worth destroying

all that we have built, and all that we love."


Mr. Obama said the global effort would seek to "lock down"

all vulnerable nuclear materials within four years.


Neither Mr. Obama, nor the resolution, specifically mentioned

individual countries

believed to be seeking nuclear weapons.


But in their council statements,

both French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister
Gordon Brown

criticized Iran and North Korea

for defying international efforts

to curb their nuclear ambitions.


Momentum for tougher international sanctions against Iran,

if it refuses to resolve concerns

about its nuclear intentions,

appears to be growing

in advance of a critical meeting

between Iran's nuclear negotiator and big power diplomats

October 1st in Geneva.


David Gollust, VOA News, United Nations
by danueno | 2009-09-30 14:02 | SIM音読用英文


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