2006年VOA标准英语-UN: Trial for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge to Be

By Scott Bobb
Bangkok
09 February 2006

United Nations and Cambodian officials who are coordinating¹ the genocide trial of surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge² have opened their offices in Phnom Penh. The officials say they hope the long-awaited trial will begin next year.

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Michelle Lee   
  

The United Nations tribunal coordinator³, Michelle Lee, says that Cambodian and United Nations officials plan to select judges and lawyers for the trial within six months. That would allow the trial to start next year.

"In the legal and judicial⁴ area, the final stages appointing both the international and Cambodian judges, co-prosecutors⁵, and co-investigating judges are well underway. And we are expecting to announce it quite soon," she said.

Lee told reporters Thursday that the date of the trial would depend on how quickly the prosecutors and judges are able to prepare cases.

Lee and her Cambodian counterpart, Sean Visoth, began moving this week into offices on a military base outside Phnom Penh.

The United Nations and Cambodia agreed three years ago to establish a special joint⁶ court to try senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge.

The plan was delayed for years by disagreements over whether the trial would use Cambodian law or international law. A lack of funding delayed progress for several more years.

The delays caused many human rights groups to say they feared that the Khmer Rouge's aging leaders would die before they could be brought to justice. Many are still alive and living freely in the country.

The Khmer Rouge, under the leadership of Pol Pot, are accused of causing the deaths of nearly two million people during a four-year period in the 1970s.

Civic⁷ groups say the deaths due to starvation, overwork, torture and executions left virtually no family untouched in the country. As a result, they say, many Cambodians are still traumatized because of it.

They say a tribunal and fact-finding commission would help bring peace and reconciliation⁸. But the Cambodian government made little effort to establish a commission, saying it would only re-awaken old wounds.

Critics say this reluctance⁹ in part is because many current Cambodian leaders were once leaders, though minor¹⁰ ones, in the Khmer Rouge.

1 coordinating   

v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的现在分词 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。 来自辞典例句
• He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的，难道我们不去请他？ 来自电影对白

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 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？

4 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。

5 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。

6 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

7 civic   

adj.城市的，都市的，市民的，公民的

参考例句：

• I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
• The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。

8 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
• Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。

9 reluctance   

n.厌恶，讨厌，勉强，不情愿

参考例句：

• The police released Andrew with reluctance.警方勉强把安德鲁放走了。
• He showed the greatest reluctance to make a reply.他表示很不愿意答复。

10 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。