VOA慢速英语:As Annan Resigns, UN Condemns Violence in Syria

The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution on Syria. But it does not require any actions and cannot be enforced. The resolution condemns the government's use of heavy weapons against rebels. It also criticizes the U.N. Security Council for failing to stop the violence in Syria.
联合国大会已批准了对叙利亚的决议。但它并不需要任何行动，也不能强制执行。这份决议谴责政府军对叛军使用重型武器，它也批评了联合国安理会未能阻止叙利亚的暴力。

Friday's vote came as Syrian activists reported more violence in the seventeen-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
在叙利亚活动人士报告这次为期17个月的反阿萨德总统起义中发生了更多暴力后，星期五举行了投票。

On Thursday, Kofi Annan announced he will leave at the end of the month as the United Nations and Arab League negotiator for Syria. He blamed his resignation what he called a lack of unity in the Security Council.
周四，科菲•安南宣布他将在月底辞去联合国及阿拉伯国家联盟叙利亚特使一职。他将自己的辞职归咎于他所谓的安理会缺乏团结。

KOFI ANNAN: "Syria can still be saved from the worst calamity if the international community can show the courage and leadership necessary to compromise on their partial interest for the sake of the Syrian people."
科菲•安南：“如果国际社会能够为叙利亚人民着想，在局部利益的妥协上展示出必要的勇气和领导力，叙利亚仍然可以免于遭受最为严重的灾难。”

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the Security Council has become "paralyzed" over Syria. On Friday he urged the major powers to cooperate. He said "the immediate interests of the Syrian people must be paramount over any larger rivalries of influence."
联合国秘书长潘基文称，安理会在叙利亚问题上已经“瘫痪”。上周五，他督促各个主要大国进行合作。他说，“叙利亚人民的切身利益必须高于任何影响力的大对抗。”

Unlike Security Council measures, General Assembly resolutions cannot be vetoed.
和安理会的议案不一样，联合国大会决议不能被否决。

Since last year, Syrian allies Russia and China have vetoed three Security Council resolutions on Syria. The proposals would have held President Assad responsible for his failure to honor Mr. Annan's peace plan. They would have also threatened the president with sanctions. The Annan plan included a cease-fire and talks on a temporary government. Rebel forces did not commit themselves to the plan either.
去年以来，叙利亚的盟友俄罗斯和中国已经否决了三次安理会关于叙利亚的决议。该决议将安南和平计划的失败责任归咎于阿萨德总统，还威胁制裁阿萨德总统。安南和平计划包括停火和与临时政府谈判。叛军也没有遵守该计划。

The Obama Administration said Mr. Annan's resignation shows the failure of Russia and China to support meaningful resolutions against Mr. Assad.
奥巴马政府称，安南先生的辞职表明了中国和俄罗斯未能支持反阿萨德的有意义的决议。

But China says it has been actively "supporting and cooperating with" Mr. Annan's efforts. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said China regrets his resignation and understands the difficulties of his work.
但中国称，中国一直积极支持和配合安南先生的努力。一名外交部发言人称，中国对安南的辞职表示遗憾，并对安南工作中的困难表示理解。

The Security Council established a U.N. observer mission in Syria in April. But the violence increased, and half of the three hundred military observers left in July.
安理会在四月份建立了叙利亚联合国观察员的任务。但暴力事件持续增加，300名军事观察员中的一半于7月离开了叙利亚。

French ambassador Gerard Araud is this month's president of the Security Council. He denied suggestions that he opposes an extension of the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria, or UNSMIS, past August nineteenth. He noted a recent Security Council resolution permitting a renewal, if the government stops shelling civilian areas and if the level of violence decreases.
法国大使Gerard Araud是本月安理会轮值主席。他否认自己反对延长联合国叙利亚监督任务（UNSMIS）。他指出，最近一次安理会决议允许延期，前提是叙利亚政府停止炮击平民区域，并且降低暴力水平。

GERARD ARAUD: "And on this basis, I think we'll decide whether we keep the UNSMIS. If we can't keep the UNSMIS in Syria, I think we are ready, of course, to consider any proposal by the secretary-general."
GERARD ARAUD：“而在此基础上，我们将决定是否继续UNSMIS。如果我们无法继续该任务，我认为我们就做好了准备考虑任何秘书长的建议。”

British Prime Minister David Cameron is calling for more aggressive action.
英国首相戴维•卡梅伦呼吁采取更积极的行动。

DAVID CAMERON: "We need to pass resolutions at the United Nations to put further pressure on Syria. I want to see them under so-called Chapter 7 so they have full legal backing of the UN: sanctions, travel bans, asset freezes -- all the steps we can take."
卡梅伦：“我们需要在联合国通过决议，进一步对叙利亚施压。我希望他们遵守联合国宪章第7章看到这项决议，这样就有充分的联合国法律依据采取制裁、旅行禁令和冻结资产-- --所有我们可以采取的措施。”

Government forces have been attacking Aleppo, Syria's largest city, with tanks and helicopters over the last three weeks. Hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled and an unknown number have died.
政府军过去的三周里一直使用坦克和直升机进攻叙利亚最大的城市阿勒颇。数十万平民逃离，死亡人数不详。