2006年VOA标准英语-UN Humanitarian Chief in Sudan for Meeting With

By Noel King
Khartoum
12 November 2006

Coordinator1 Jan Egeland (L) with Martin Ojul, chairman of LRA negotiating team, in Sudanese town of Juba, November 11 2006, <br />" hspace="2" src="/upimg/allimg/070508/1550480.jpg" width="210" vspace="2" border="0" />

UN Emergency Coordinator Jan Egeland (L) with Martin Ojul, chairman of LRA negotiating team, in Sudanese town of Juba, November 11, 2006

The United Nations humanitarian² chief is in southern Sudan for a meeting with the elusive³ leader of the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army to discuss humanitarian issues.   

The Lord's Resistance Army has waged a 20-year rebellion against the Ugandan government in which thousands of people have died and more than a million have been displaced.

 

Rebel leader Joseph Kony has eluded⁴ capture by the Ugandan government for two decades. The International Criminal Court in The Hague wants Kony to stand trial for war crimes.

 

U.N. humanitarian chief Jan Egeland traveled with a delegation⁵ that includes southern Sudan's vice⁶ president, Riek Machar, to meet with Kony.

 

The government of southern Sudan has mediated⁷ a cease-fire between the Lord's Resistance Army and the Ugandan government.

 

U.N. Humanitarian Officer for Sudan David Del Conte in Khartoum tells VOA why the meeting with Egeland is important.

"The impact of the LRA in northern Uganda and southern Sudan has been quite dramatic," he said. "So, there is a desire on the part of Mr. Egeland to bring up points of concern with the LRA, particularly as it relates to the ongoing⁸ peace talks with the mediation⁹ of the government of southern Sudan."

 

Egeland has called upon the LRA to release women and children who have been abducted¹⁰ from their villages.

 

Kony is a self-proclaimed mystic, who says he wants Uganda to be governed under the principles of the Ten Commandments.

 

LRA fighters are accused of committing atrocities¹¹ that include the killing¹², kidnapping and mutilation of civilians¹³.

 

Peace talks between the Ugandan government and the LRA began in June, but have stalled frequently.

The rebels have said they will not sign a peace deal unless the charges from the International Criminal Court are dropped.

 

The LRA has said it suspects the talks are a ruse¹⁴, aimed at drawing Kony out of hiding and capturing him.

 

Mr. Egeland arrived in Sudan on Friday for visits to the southern Sudanese capital of Juba and Sudan's embattled Darfur region.

1 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？

2 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。

3 elusive   

adj.难以表达(捉摸)的；令人困惑的；逃避的

参考例句：

• Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。
• Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。

4 eluded   

v.（尤指机敏地）避开( elude的过去式和过去分词 )；逃避；躲避；使达不到

参考例句：

• The sly fox nimbly eluded the dogs. 那只狡猾的狐狸灵活地躲避开那群狗。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The criminal eluded the police. 那个罪犯甩掉了警察的追捕。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 mediated   

调停，调解，斡旋( mediate的过去式和过去分词 )； 居间促成； 影响…的发生； 使…可能发生

参考例句：

• He mediated in the quarrel between the two boys. 他调解两个孩子之间的争吵。
• The government mediated between the workers and the employers. 政府在工人与雇主间搞调和。

8 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

9 mediation   

n.调解

参考例句：

• The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。
• The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。

10 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

11 atrocities   

n.邪恶，暴行( atrocity的名词复数 )；滔天大罪

参考例句：

• They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

12 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

13 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。

14 ruse   

n.诡计，计策；诡计

参考例句：

• The children thought of a clever ruse to get their mother to leave the house so they could get ready for her surprise.孩子们想出一个聪明的办法使妈妈离家，以便他们能准备给她一个惊喜。It is now clear that this was a ruse to divide them.现在已清楚这是一个离间他们的诡计。