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2006年VOA标准英语-Ivory Coast Militiamen Feel Excluded From Disar

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By Franz Wild
Guiglo
04 August 2006

Western Ivory Coast militia1 who fought alongside government troops in the country's 2002 civil war have been handing in their weapons for over a week now. But many combatants feel they have been excluded from the disarmament process.

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By Thursday, 930 militiamen and women had handed in their arms to U.N. peacekeepers in the western town of Guiglo. Each has received around $250 and will get nearly $1,000 in the next three months.

The weapons and ammunitions are stored in a shipping3 container, under U.N. guard.

A national commission is in charge of the program to disarm2, demobilize and reintegrate all those who took part in the civil war in 2002, but were not previously4 part of the national army. The European Union is paying, and the 6,000 U.N. peacekeepers in Ivory Coast are storing the arms until further notice.

The commission asked militia leaders to select 2,000 men and women to take part in the process.


Militiamen in Guiglo who say they are being blocked from disarming5   
  
Outside the disarmament site, hundreds of disgruntled men keep a watchful6 eye on proceedings7. Many are brandishing8 weapons.

Simon Jule is one such militiaman, who says he was not put on the list. He says, they still have arms, but, he says, they are still not being recognized. They want to disarm, he says, because they are tired of fighting.

The reason Jule says many have missed out on the cash bonus, medical support and help in finding work, which are all part of the process, is that the militia leaders put non-combatants on the list.

Jule says, they put people in, who, he says, do not have any arms and are not really combatants. He says, they have taken their parents and their little brothers, he says, and they have signed them up for disarmament.

Glohefi Maho the head of all militias9 in the west, and he says he has only put real fighters on the list. He says, if you look at the list of who is going to be disarmed10, you will not, he says, see a single member of his family. He asks, do you understand. He says, there is one member of his family who is a combatant, he says, but everyone in the region knows him. He says, whoever said he put his family members on the list is talking rubbish, he says.

But Maho acknowledges there are still legitimate11 militia fighters who are missing out on the process, because there was no room for them in the 2,000 allocated12 slots. He says, the problem is that there is only a certain number of combatants they can put on the list. That, he says, is the problem. He adds, there are also several fighters who went abroad and, he says, are now returning after the selection was made. But, he says, everyone on the list is a real fighter.

Jean-Luc Stalon is the U.N.'s top disarmament official in Ivory Coast. He says the leaders have put the right people on the list.


Jean-Luc Stalon, center, U.N.'s top disarmament official in Ivory Coast shown with weapons that were turned in by militiamen   
  
"Not every combatant comes with his weapon on his own. They come as a group, belonging to a specific militia group. The leaders of those groups have established and submitted lists to the program," he said. "The advantage of having this system is that we can control their movements better and can put more pressure on their leaders."

Though Stalon does not think there are more than 2,000 militiamen and women in the Guiglo region, he does want them to bring more arms to hand in. So far, he says, only one in nine has handed in a weapon.

Stalon also accepts that the program will not rid the country of all weapons.

"We will never be able to collect all the weapons that are illicitly13 circulating in the country," he said. "However, we hope that with this program we will be able to take a big part of the weapons."

While the militias are disarming, rebel and government soldiers who were not a part of the armed forces before the civil war wait in their barracks until they too will hand in their weapons.

Rebels took up arms against President Laurent Gbagbo in September 2002, saying they were defending the political and civil rights of northerners. They say most northerners with Muslim names were being treated as foreigners and excluded from taking part in elections.

A nationwide identification scheme, which is to issue identity documents to all those without them is to rectify14 this. A U.N.-backed peace plan envisages15 presidential elections by the end of October, though many senior diplomats16 and U.N. officials now doubt this date can be met.


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1 militia 375zN     
n.民兵,民兵组织
参考例句:
  • First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面,其次是民兵。
  • There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。
2 disarm 0uax2     
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。
3 shipping WESyg     
n.船运(发货,运输,乘船)
参考例句:
  • We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
  • There's a shipping charge of £5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。
4 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前,先前(地)
参考例句:
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
5 disarming Muizaq     
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
6 watchful tH9yX     
adj.注意的,警惕的
参考例句:
  • The children played under the watchful eye of their father.孩子们在父亲的小心照看下玩耍。
  • It is important that health organizations remain watchful.卫生组织保持警惕是极为重要的。
7 proceedings Wk2zvX     
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报
参考例句:
  • He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
  • to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
8 brandishing 9a352ce6d3d7e0a224b2fc7c1cfea26c     
v.挥舞( brandish的现在分词 );炫耀
参考例句:
  • The horseman came up to Robin Hood, brandishing his sword. 那个骑士挥舞着剑,来到罗宾汉面前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife. 他挥舞着一把小刀,出现在休息室里。 来自辞典例句
9 militias ab5f9b4a8cb720a6519aabca747f36e6     
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
10 disarmed f147d778a788fe8e4bf22a9bdb60a8ba     
v.裁军( disarm的过去式和过去分词 );使息怒
参考例句:
  • Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed. 大部分叛乱分子被俘获并解除了武装。
  • The swordsman disarmed his opponent and ran him through. 剑客缴了对手的械,并对其乱刺一气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
11 legitimate L9ZzJ     
adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法
参考例句:
  • Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
  • That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。
12 allocated 01868918c8cec5bc8773e98ae11a0f54     
adj. 分配的 动词allocate的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。
  • More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。
13 illicitly e22b600180955616990e9df3ace14701     
违法地,不正地
参考例句:
  • That substance illicitly to fool quality-inspection testers because it can mimic the properties of protein. 乳制品之所以添加三聚氰胺是因为它可以虚增蛋白质含量、在质量测试中蒙混过关。
  • Western governments international bodies should police Gaza's borders and crossing-points to stop weapons illicitly coming in. 西方政府和国际组织应该巡查加沙边界和交叉区域,阻止武器的非法流入。
14 rectify 8AezO     
v.订正,矫正,改正
参考例句:
  • The matter will rectify itself in a few days.那件事过几天就会变好。
  • You can rectify this fault if you insert a slash.插人一条斜线便可以纠正此错误。
15 envisages ea73402f4b85e7991e1a7bf6243f6fca     
想像,设想( envisage的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • The board envisages that there will be a high profit. 董事会预期将会获得高额利润。
  • The paper reviews and envisages the development trend of carbon electrode. 本文对炭电极的发展方向做了回顾与展望。
16 diplomats ccde388e31f0f3bd6f4704d76a1c3319     
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》
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