英语新闻听力教程-杨世登主编-Unit3-Listen-to-News.pptVIP

Unit 3 UN Activities ;Section A;5. Hollywood movie star and UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie is appealing for international help in repatriating millions of Afghan refugees now living in Pakistan. 6. Meanwhile the UN Security Council is to hold an urgent meeting at the request of Lebanon today on the crisis. 7. The UN General Assembly has opened in New York with forceful call for action in the Sudanese region of Darfur. 8. The UN is reporting signs of some progress in meeting global antipoverty goals set in 2000. 9. The UN Human Rights Committee has called on the American government to immediately close all secret detention facilities and grant access to the Red Cross to anybody detained in connection with an armed conflict. 10. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the UN’s resolutions against North Korea leave Pyongyang no choice but to return to the negotiating table. ;Section B;4. C World leaders speaking on the second day of the United Nations World Summit have called for reform of the international body and have urged it to play a key role in the fight against terrorism. 5.B The United Nations has launched its biggest annual appeal for humanitarian assistance, asking for 4.7 billion dollars to help the victims of war, famine and natural disasters around the world. ;Section C;Item 2 The UN relief agency says an attack on a displaced persons’ camp in Sudan’s western Darfur region has reportedly left 29 people dead and 10 seriously injured. A spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees told VOA it’s the first time that a displaced person’s camp has been attacked in more than two years of civil war. The spokesman says up to 300 armed Arab men on horses and camels attacked the camp on Wed. ;Item 3 The United Nations World Food Program has appealed urgently for donations of more than 150 million dollars to prevent a food crisis in southern Africa. It warned that almost 10 million people across six countries—Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambi