問 題
ア～ウの英文は国際連合安全保障理事会(安保理)で採択された決議からの抜粋である。それぞれの安保理決議が採択された年と決議の内容の組合せとして妥当なのはどれか。なお【Ａ】～【Ｄ】と記載している箇所では国名や地名が省略されている。また英文の一部を省略している場合もある。
ア. The Security Council,
Having determined that the armed attack upon the Republic of Korea by forces from【Ａ】constitutes a breach of the peace,
Having called for an immediate cessation of hostilities,
Having called upon the authorities in【Ａ】to withdraw forthwith their armed forces to the 38th parallel,
Having noted from the report of the United Nations Commission on Korea that the authorities in【Ａ】have neither ceased hostilities nor withdrawn their armed forces to the 38th parallel, and that urgent military measures are required to restore international peace and security,
Having noted the appeal from the Republic of Korea to the United Nations for immediate
and effective steps to secure peace and security,
Recommends that the Members of the United Nations furnish such assistance to the Republic
of Korea as may be necessary to repel the armed attack and to restore international peace and
security in the area.
イ. The Security Council,【中略】
Deeply concerned at the dangerous level of tension between【Ｂ】and the United States of
America, which could have grave consequences for international peace and security,【中略】
Conscious of the responsibility of States to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the solemn obligation of all States parties to both the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 to respect the inviolability of diplomatic personnel and the premises of their missions.
1. Urgently calls upon the Government of【Ｂ】to release immediately the personnel of the Embassy of the United States of America being held at【Ｃ】, to provide them with protection and to allow them to leave the country; 【後略】
ウ. The Security Council,【中略】
Conscious also of the statements by【Ｄ】threatening to use weapons in violation of its obligations under the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, signed at Geneva on 17 June 1925,and of its prior use of chemical weapons,and affirming that grave consequences would follow any further use by【Ｄ】of such weapons,
Recalling that 【Ｄ】has subscribed to the Final Declaration adopted by all States participating in the Conference of States Parties to the 1925 Geneva Protocol and Other Interested States, held in Paris from 7 to 11 January 1989, establishing the objective of universal elimination of chemical and biological weapons,【中略】
14. Notes that the actions to be taken by【Ｄ】in paragraphs 8 to 13 represent steps towards the goal of establishing in the Middle East a zone free from weapons of mass destruction and all missiles for their delivery and the objective of a global ban on chemical weapons; 【後略】
解 説
ア ですが
【A】 to withdraw… 38th parallel, という部分に注目すれば、「38度線」、「撤退」とあるので、「1950 年朝鮮戦争」に関する決議と判断できます。正解は 2 or 3 です。
イ ですが
【B】 to release…the personnel of the Embassy of the United States of America… という部分に注目します。personnel は「人員」、Embassy が「大使館」なので、大使館人質事件に関する決議と考えられます。
以上より、正解は 3 です。
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