2006年VOA标准英语-Ivory Coast Youth Leader Says He Is Not Af

By Nico Colombant
Abidjan
01 February 2006
 

Charles Ble Goude speaks to the crowd in Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan (File photo - Nov. 2, 2002)   
  
The militant¹ leader of the so-called Young Patriots³ in Ivory Coast faces possible sanctions this week at the United Nations Security Council for blocking his divided country's peace process. But, in an interview with VOA, Charles Ble Goude says sanctions do not bother him and that he plans to organize more protests.

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A U.N. special committee is expected to draw up a list of names for sanctions in Ivory Coast as early as late Wednesday, after which there will be a 48-hour window for Security Council members to raise objections.

This means expected travel and asset sanctions could be announced later this week.

 
Vehicles smashed by Ivory Coast's pro-presidential Young Patriots
  
Journalists and foreign diplomats⁴ usually hypothesize about just one person - Charles Ble Goude, the leader of the pro-presidential Young Patriots. He led protests last month in which southern and western government-held cities were paralyzed, dozens of U.N. vehicles were smashed, bases were overrun and offices of aid agencies were burned down.

This followed a recommendation by an international working group that the Ivorian parliament, which has blocked reforms in successive peace deals and is already serving beyond its elected mandate⁵, be discontinued.

Speaking to VOA, from one of the few remaining posh cafes of Abidjan, with a spewing fountain in the background, Ble Goude says he is not afraid at all of possible sanctions.

"I don't care. Believe me, I don't care, at all," he said.

But he is concerned about the Security Council's understanding of the Ivorian conflict.

"What is the U.N. going to sanction and why are they going to sanction Ble Goude? Because Ble Goude is demonstrating in the streets peacefully in front of the French embassy by a hunger strike? Now, what are they going to sanction? Because, this is a peaceful way, there is no more peaceful way than a hunger strike," he said. "So, I wonder what they are going to sanction?"

During the protests, Bangladeshi peacekeepers fired back at an angry crowd, killing⁶ five people in Guiglo. In the ensuing chaos⁷, peacekeepers fled from their bases in parts of the government-held west.

Ble Goude says peacekeepers should not be sent back, if punitive⁸ measures against them are not taken.

"It depends on what they are going to do. You know what happened. They killed people and I don't think people are ready to accept them so now the U.N. have to put sanctions on those who killed our friends before the U.N. troops come back," added Goude.

Most non-essential civilian⁹ U.N. staff have been evacuated¹⁰ for an extended beach holiday, with sporadic¹¹ meetings in the Gambia.
 

Patriot² want foreign troops out   
  
Ble Goude also says he does not understand the role of the French rapid reaction force, saying he sees French soldiers going to nightclubs, while northern Ivory Coast remains¹² rebel-held.

While others focus on possible sanctions, Ble Goude has set a deadline of February 12 for the transitional prime minister, Charles Konan Banny, to establish a timeline for disarming¹⁴ rebels, or else he says there will be more protests.

Mr. Banny has said he will follow his own course and that disarmament also concerns militias¹⁵ and new army recruits. For three years, rebels have said they will not disarm¹³ until reforms give more northerners the right to vote.

1 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

2 patriot   

n.爱国者，爱国主义者

参考例句：

• He avowed himself a patriot.他自称自己是爱国者。
• He is a patriot who has won the admiration of the French already.他是一个已经赢得法国人敬仰的爱国者。

3 patriots   

爱国者，爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
• These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。

4 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》

5 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。

6 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。

7 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。

8 punitive   

adj.惩罚的，刑罚的

参考例句：

• They took punitive measures against the whole gang.他们对整帮人采取惩罚性措施。
• The punitive tariff was imposed to discourage tire imports from China.该惩罚性关税的征收是用以限制中国轮胎进口的措施。

9 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。

10 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

11 sporadic   

adj.偶尔发生的 [反]regular；分散的

参考例句：

• The sound of sporadic shooting could still be heard.仍能听见零星的枪声。
• You know this better than I.I received only sporadic news about it.你们比我更清楚，而我听到的只是零星消息。

12 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

13 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。

14 disarming   

adj.消除敌意的，使人消气的v.裁军( disarm的现在分词 )；使息怒

参考例句：

• He flashed her a disarming smile. 他朝她笑了一下，让她消消气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We will agree to disarming troops and leaving their weapons at military positions. 我们将同意解除军队的武装并把武器留在军事阵地。 来自辞典例句

15 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