10-09-06

聯合國安理會將就北韓核子試驗開會 (UN Security Council Meets On North Korean Nuclear Test)

北韓宣佈星期一進行了一次地下核爆炸，世界很多國家立即紛紛譴責這次強烈爆炸。

聯合國安理會在紐約開會討論有關局勢。布希總統說，美國、中國、俄羅斯、日本和南韓一致認為安理會應當採取果斷措施。

國際監測機構證實星期一早上監測到來自北韓東北部的震波，表明很可能是核爆炸。對爆炸規模的估計各方有出入。南韓說，爆炸力量小于1千噸TNT炸藥的威力。俄羅斯官員說，北韓試爆的威力可能會相當於1萬5千噸TNT炸藥，其爆炸力約等於美國1945年在日本廣島投下的原子彈的威力。

南韓情報官員說，有跡象顯示北韓有可能在準備再次進行核子試驗。

North Korea says it set off an underground nuclear explosion today (Monday), a powerful blast that drew immediate, worldwide condemnation.

The U.N. Security Council is meeting in New York to discuss the situation. President Bush says the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea all agree the Council should take decisive action.

International monitors confirmed that a seismic tremor Monday morning in northeast North Korea suggested a nuclear blast. Estimates of the blast's size varied, with South Korea saying it had an explosive force of less than one thousand tons of T.N.T. Russian officials said it may have been as much as 15 thousand tons of T.N.T. -- about the same size as the atomic bomb the United States dropped on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945.

South Korean intelligence officials said there are indications the North may be preparing another test.

聯合國安理會任命南韓外長為聯合國新秘書長 (UN Security Council Nominates South Korean FM as New UN Secretary-General)

聯合國安理會任命南韓外交通商部長官潘基文接替即將卸任的聯合國秘書長安南的職務。

安理會主席說，安理會相信潘基文將是一位好的和強有力的秘書長。

潘基文說，作為聯合國秘書長，他將致力於把聯合國變得更透明和更有效。

任命程式的下一步是尋求共有192個成員的聯合國大會的批准。

The U.N. Security Council has nominated South Korea's Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon as the successor to outgoing Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

The president of the council says the council believes Ban will be a "good, strong secretary-general."

Ban says, as secretary-general, he will work to make the United Nations more transparent and effective.

The next step in the process is seeking approval from the 192-member General Assembly.