只有三个成员国投了反对票——伊朗,叙利亚和朝鲜,23个国家弃权。评论家怀疑这个条约是否会影响武器黑市交易。在朝鲜宣布将重新启动暂停的核反应堆实验后,美国要求中国和俄罗斯对其进行严格控制。几分钟之前美国国务卿约翰克里说此举具有挑衅性,非同小可。他是在同韩国官方召开的新闻发布会上说的。早前联合国秘书长潘基文警告说朝鲜的做法是制造冲突并可能引发战争。
President Obama has unveiled details of a bold new US initiative to study the human brain. Mr. Obama described the program which he compared in scope to mapping the human genome as enormous mystery waiting to be unlocked. He said the aim would be to find treatments and cures for a number of disorders including Alzheimer’s and post-traumatic stress disorder known as PTSD.
奥巴马总统公开了美国一项研究人脑的新提议的细节,这项研究很大胆。据奥巴马总统的描述,此次计划的规模堪比绘制人类基因图谱,巨大的奥秘有待解开。他说这项计划的目标是发现治疗和治愈一些大脑疾病的方法,包括老年痴呆症和创伤后压力综合征被称作PTSD。
“Think about what we could do once we do crack this code. Imagine if no family had to feel helpless watching a loved one disappear behind the mask of Parkinson’s or struggle in the grip of epilepsy. Imagine if we could reverse traumatic brain injury or PTSD for our veterans who are coming home.”