2006年VOA标准英语-UN Humanitarian Chief Blames All Parties in Dar

By Catherine Maddux
Washington
01 November 2006
 

		Humanitarian1 Affairs, Jan Egeland gestures during a news conference in Kenya (File photo - Sept. 12, 2006) " src="/upimg/allimg/070508/0818450.jpg" width="161" border="0" /> UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland gestures during a news conference in Kenya (File photo - Sept. 12, 2006)

The top U.N. humanitarian official says the operating environment for relief groups in Sudan's Darfur region is as strained as it was two years ago when the international community first began large-scale aid deliveries for hundreds of thousands of war victims. Jan Egeland is preparing for another trip to Darfur later this week.

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This will be Mr. Egeland's fifth trip to Darfur since taking over as U.N. Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator² in 2003.

In an interview with VOA, Mr. Egeland described Darfur's humanitarian conditions:

"It is a dramatic situation that we see unfolding yet again in Darfur," he said. "We have no security, neither for the civilian³ population whom we want to protect and assist, nor for our own people on the ground. We have lost too many colleagues lives. We have lost too many vehicles. We have had too many trucks looted. It is really unsustainable for us, maintaining this lifeline for three million people."

Darfur's latest surge of violence and chaos⁴ has erupted, despite the signing of a peace deal between the Sudanese government and one rebel group earlier this year. Egeland points out that only one of several rebel groups signed the deal, which led to new fighting in the region. Add to that mix, new offensives by the Sudanese government and their proxy⁵ Arab militias⁶, known as the Janjaweed.

Egeland is quick to say that all sides; rebel groups, government forces and the Janjaweed, are to blame for the worsening humanitarian situation:

"It is not good guys and bad guys, black and white. It is shades of gray and black that we are facing here. The government has imposed many restrictions⁷, including now, of late, on American NGO's [non-governmental organizations] and American aid workers even," said Egeland. "A French NGO was just banned from a large part of the country. And I could go on and on. But I would assume that we have lost more vehicles in carjackings to the rebels than to any other group. "

As Egeland puts it, every armed group in Darfur is now specializing in the abuse of civilians⁸ and making relief workers' jobs nearly impossible to carry out.

With the situation so chaotic⁹, Egeland says a new political effort is needed to work on modifying the Darfur Peace Agreement to make it acceptable to all combatants.

The other key to stabilizing¹⁰ Darfur, he says, is the deployment¹¹ U.N. peacekeepers, something Khartoum has repeatedly refused to allow.

"I think long-term the only solution is an integrated peacekeeping force that has enough resources, enough soldiers, enough police, enough civilian employees to do the same thing that we have done successfully in large parts of the [Democratic Republic of the] Congo which was equally bad or worse only a few years ago," added Egeland. 

Egeland says in the short term the international community must bolster¹² the beleaguered¹³ African Union force of about 7,000 troops and observers in Darfur with continued aid packages.

1 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

2 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？

3 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

4 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

5 proxy   

n.代理权，代表权；（对代理人的）委托书；代理人

参考例句：

• You may appoint a proxy to vote for you.你可以委托他人代你投票。
• We enclose a form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting.我们附上委任年度大会代表的表格。

6 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

7 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

8 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

9 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

10 stabilizing   

n.稳定化处理[退火]v.（使）稳定， （使）稳固( stabilize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The disulfide bridges might then be viewed primarily as stabilizing components. 二硫桥可以被看作是初级的稳定因素。 来自辞典例句
• These stabilizing design changes are usually not desirable for steady-state operation. 这些增加稳定性的设计改变通常不太符合稳态工作的要求。 来自辞典例句

11 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

12 bolster   

n.枕垫；v.支持，鼓励

参考例句：

• The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

13 beleaguered   

adj.受到围困[围攻]的；包围的v.围攻( beleaguer的过去式和过去分词)；困扰；骚扰

参考例句：

• The beleaguered party leader was forced to resign. 那位饱受指责的政党领导人被迫辞职。
• We are beleaguered by problems. 我们被许多困难所困扰。 来自《简明英汉词典》