国际英语资讯:Nuclear threats, refugees, climate dominate General Debate of UN General Assembly_时事

国际英语资讯:Nuclear threats, refugees, climate dominate General Debate of UN General Assembly

Trump, in his speech on Tuesday, had another state in his cross-hairs for its nuclear ambitions.

"The Iran (nuclear) deal was one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into," he said. "Frankly, that deal is an embarrassment to the United States, and I don't think you've heard the last of it."

It wasn't the last heard of the 2017 accord during the debate since several nations, including the Group of 77 plus China, want to see the Iran deal succeed.

Among those are the partners in the agreement with the United States.

The accord was reached between the "P5+1" and Iran. That is, the permanent five (P5) veto-wielding members of the Security Council of Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, plus Germany.

On Myanmar, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan of Singapore said on Saturday he had spoken with Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi, de facto leader of Myanmar, the week before last about the refugee crisis caused by Rohingyas fleeing Rakhine State for neighboring Bangladesh. Some speakers suggested it amounted to ethnic cleansing.

Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate, had announced days before the UN debate that she would not be attending the UN meeting.

Balakrishnan called the home of the Rohingyas "a humanitarian disaster" and said foreign ministers of the Association of South East Asia Nations (ASEAN) were taking up the crisis, "a complex inter-communal issue with deep historical roots."