非洲－非盟高峰会议解决领土间冲突

 

African Union Summit Tackles Conflicts on Continent

 

African leaders at a summit in Gabon are trying to find breakthroughs to stop the three major conflicts remaining on the continent - in Ivory Coast, in Sudan's western Darfur region, and in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

 

Long-time Gabonese President Omar Bongo opened the two-day summit in Libreville by saying the three conflicts are undermining growth throughout Africa.

 

About a dozen heads of state are attending the African Union Peace and Security Council meeting, including a surprise arrival, Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo.

 

South African President Thabo Mbeki, who has been mediating¹ the Ivory Coast crisis since violence erupted for several days in November, was also present.

 

The current head of the African body, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, praised his work.

 

Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo: Definitely a step has been made. I want also to thank President Gbagbo and all the members of the Ivorian national assembly and all the leaders of the rebels and the other side for the restraint they have exercised and for the positive steps they have taken and for the collaboration² and the cooperation they have given to President Thabo Mbeki.

 

But Ivory Coast opposition³ leaders outside the meeting hall distributed a document alleging⁴ Mr. Gbagbo was preparing a return to war. They also called for sanctions to be imposed against him and his supporters, accusing them of blocking implementation⁵ of successive peace deals.

 

Mr. Gbagbo has called for rebels to disarm⁶ immediately.

 

President Obasanjo said renewed tensions in the D.R.C and intensified⁷ fighting in Darfur are also of grave concern.

 

The African Union has been trying to become more assertive⁸ in ending African wars, but many diplomats⁹ at the summit said African states lack funds and equipment to carry out this mandate¹⁰.

 

Nico Colombant, VOA news, Abidjan.

注释：

Gabon [^a5b] n. [国名]加蓬(位于非洲中西部，首都利伯维尔)

Libreville [7li:brE5vi:l] 利伯维尔[加蓬首都]

Nigerian [nai5dViEriEn] n. 尼日利亚人

assembly [E5sembli] n. 集会

allege¹¹ [E5ledV] vt. 宣称，断言

successive [sEk5sesiv] adj. 连续的

mandate [5mAndeit] n. (书面)命令，训令，要求

1 mediating   

调停，调解，斡旋( mediate的现在分词 )； 居间促成； 影响…的发生； 使…可能发生

参考例句：

• So many factors are mediating. 如此众多的因素在起作用。
• The contrast in mediating noted in the sitting room. 客厅中注重了调和中的对比。

2 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。

3 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

4 alleging   

断言，宣称，辩解( allege的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes. 由于报上一篇文章声称他曾逃税，他的名誉受到损害。
• This our Peeress declined as unnecessary, alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be sufficient. 那位贵人不肯，还说不必，只要有她老表唐希尔保荐就够了。

5 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

6 disarm   

v.解除武装，回复平常的编制，缓和

参考例句：

• The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
• He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。

7 intensified   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
• The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 assertive   

adj.果断的，自信的，有冲劲的

参考例句：

• She always speaks an assertive tone.她总是以果断的语气说话。
• China appears to have become more assertive in the waters off its coastline over recent years.在近些年，中国显示出对远方海洋的自信。

9 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

11 allege   

vt.宣称，申述，主张，断言

参考例句：

• The newspaper reporters allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.新闻记者们宣称这个男人是被谋杀的，但他们没提出证据。
• Students occasionally allege illness as the reason for absence.学生时不时会称病缺课。