联合国将审查柬埔寨的建立特等法庭法律

UN to Review Cambodia's Tribunal Law

Breck Ardery

United Nations

11 Aug 2001 09:53 UTC

 

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the world organization must carefully review a new Cambodian law that establishes a special court for the 1)prosecution¹ of former Khmer Rouge² leaders.

Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk gave final 2)approval to the law on Friday. It provides for the establishment of a special court for the prosecution of those responsible for the Khmer Rouge 3)reign³ of terror in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. Nearly two million people are believed to have died as a result of Khmer Rouge policies.

Cambodia wants to work with the United Nations in carrying out the 4)trials and the law does provide for some international judges and prosecutors⁴ on the court. However, critics say the law does not give the international 5)representatives enough power and that relatively⁵ inexperienced Cambodian judicial⁶ authorities will have too much influence.

If the United Nations does participate, the organization's credibility would be at stake. Secretary-General Annan says his staff must now carefully review the 6)provisions of the Cambodian law. However, Mr. Annan's spokesman, Manoel de Almeida e Silva, indicated the Secretary-General hopes U.N. participation⁷ can continue. "The United Nations is prepared to continue to work closely with the government [of Cambodia]," he said. "To assist it to undertake a trial that will finally bring Khmer Rouge leaders to justice and provide a measure of 7)accountability for the heinous⁸ crimes they committed against their fellow Cambodians and their country."

Mr. Almeida e Silva said U.N. 8)participation will be 9)contingent on whether the Cambodian law 10)conforms to a previous understanding between Cambodia and the United Nations.

It is not clear how many former Khmer Rouge leaders would stand trial. Just two are currently in custody⁹ and Pol Pot, the movement's supreme¹⁰ leader, died in 1998.

 

 

(1)      prosecution[prRsI5kju:F(E)n]n.进行, 经营, 检举, 起诉

(2)      approval[E5pru:v(E)l]n.赞成, 承认, 正式批准

(3)      reign of terror n.恐怖统治

(4)      trial[5traIEl]n.试验, 考验, 审讯, 审判

(5)      representative[reprI5zentEtIv]n.代表adj.典型的, 有代表性的

(6)      provision[prE5vIV(E)n]n.供应, 预备, 防备, 规定

(7)      accountability[E9kaJntE`bIlEtI]n.有责任, 有义务, 可说明性

(8)      participation[pB:9tIsI`peIFEn,pE-]n.分享, 参与

(9)      contingent[kEn5tIndVEnt]adj.可能发生的, 附随的, 暂时的

(10)      conform[kEn5fC:m]vt.使一致, 使遵守vi.符合, 相似, 适应环境adj.一致的, 顺从的

 

 

1 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

2 rouge   

n.胭脂，口红唇膏；v.(在…上)擦口红

参考例句：

• Women put rouge on their cheeks to make their faces pretty.女人往面颊上涂胭脂，使脸更漂亮。
• She didn't need any powder or lip rouge to make her pretty.她天生漂亮，不需要任何脂粉唇膏打扮自己。

3 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

4 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

5 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

6 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

7 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

8 heinous   

adj.可憎的，十恶不赦的

参考例句：

• They admitted to the most heinous crimes.他们承认了极其恶劣的罪行。
• I do not want to meet that heinous person.我不想见那个十恶不赦的人。

9 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

10 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。