英単語(10/20)
リンク: NHK WORLD English.
Okada pledges grants to remove landmines in Bosnia
Japan has pledged more than 300,000 dollars to support international efforts to remove landmines in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada extended the offer when he met Bosnian Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj in Tokyo on Monday.
Okada
said the grant-in-aid worth 200,000 euros would be directed at landmine
removal programs undertaken by international non-governmental
organizations.
He said Japan is doing so out of respect for
former Yugoslav republics that are striving to rebuild their nations
following years of ethnic conflicts.
Alkalaj thanked Okada and
the Japanese people for the aid, and expressed hope for closer ties
with Japan in such areas as trade, investment and tourism.
The 2
foreign ministers also agreed to cooperate toward the goal of creating
a world without nuclear weapons, advocated by US President Barack Obama.
On Tuesday, Alkalaj is due to visit Hiroshima, which suffered the atomic bombing in 1945.
2009/10/20 09:07(JST)
(JST: UTC+9hrs.)
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pledge:【名】誓約、担保、抵当、質物
【動】誓う、…にかけて誓う
pledge asset :担保資産
grant-in-aid:補助金、交付金
strive:【動】骨折る、努力する、戦う、争う
ethnic conflict:民族紛争
advocate:【動】弁護する、主張する
【名】弁護人、主張者、擁護者
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ボスニア ヘルツェゴビナ Bosnia and Herzegovina(wikipedia)
ユーゴスラビア Yugoslav(wikipedia)

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