2007年VOA标准英语-Officials in Southern Sudan Say North-South Agr

By Dan Robinson
Capitol Hill
25 January 2007

Representatives from southern Sudan have appeared before a U.S. congressional committee on Capitol Hill to detail what they say are deliberate efforts by the National Congress Party government in Khartoum to undermine the two-year-old Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the north and south. VOA's Dan Robinson reports on testimony¹ on Capitol Hill.

Sudan

The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), the main partner in the regional Government of Southern Sudan, became part of a unity² government with the Islamic Congress Party in Khartoum under a 2005 peace agreement negotiated with help from the United States.

But the former rebel group has accused Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, of deliberately³ undermining the accord.

Luka Biong Deng, minister for presidential affairs for the government of South Sudan, told the House (of Representatives) Africa Subcommittee these efforts threaten to tear apart the Comprehensive Peace Agreement - the CPA.

"When we concluded the peace [agreement] we thought [it] would give a chance for the [National Congress Party], especially the extremists, [to] reform and smoothly⁴ [join] the normal democratic transformation⁵ in Sudan," said Luka Biong Deng. "But the anti-CPA members of the NCP are now in control of affairs, and I can attribute most of the delay to the deliberate strategy of derailing the implementation⁶ of the CPA."

He says Khartoum's resistance can be seen in under-resourcing of special committees including one on the North-South Border, the Assessment⁷ and Evaluation⁸ Commission, as well as oil resources and disarming⁹ of militias¹⁰.

Barnaba Benjamin, minister for regional cooperation for the government of South Sudan, accuses Khartoum of deliberately trying to destroy the CPA by attempting to reduce its attractiveness for people in the south.

Khartoum's tactics, he adds, could result in the collapse¹¹ of the agreement and a return to conflict.

"There is little attempt [by] the National Congress Party to realize that that country can break up unless the CPA is implemented¹² in spirit and in letter," said Barnaba Benjamin.

The two southern representatives say it is now up to the United States, which had a dominant¹³ role in the negotiation¹⁴ of the CPA, to help prevent its collapse.

Roger Winter, former U.S. special representative for Sudan, agrees, saying unless the Bush administration works to prevent the collapse of the agreement, there could be a return to violence:

"If it is undermined through any of a number of possibilities, like the postponement¹⁵ of elections for example, it will lead to violence, it will be violence of the nature we now see in Darfur, and that would be terrible both for humanitarian¹⁶ reasons, and to our shame because it would be the end of a very stellar peace-making that we precipitated," said Roger Winter.

Winter calls the important concept in the CPA that all parties would help make the idea of unity attractive is now, in his words, a policy fiction.

The United States, Winter asserts, must correct an imbalance that was created by focusing primarily on events in Darfur while the Khartoum government pursued its agenda in the south.

No representatives of the Khartoum government were present at the hearing on Capitol Hill. Congressman¹⁷ Donald Payne, chairman of the House Africa subcommittee, explained that was a deliberate move on his part because of Khartoum government policies.

"As long as I am chairman of this committee, the government of Sudan is not welcome until they show they are a government of their people and for their people," said Donald Payne.

President Bush's Special Sudan envoy¹⁸ Andrew Natsios was scheduled to appear before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, but that hearing was postponed¹⁹.

1 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

2 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

3 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

4 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

5 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。

6 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

7 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

8 evaluation   

n.估价，评价；赋值

参考例句：

• I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
• The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。

9 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

10 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

11 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

12 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

13 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

14 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

15 postponement   

n.推迟

参考例句：

• He compounded with his creditors for a postponement of payment. 他与债权人达成协议延期付款。
• Rain caused the postponement of several race-meetings. 几次赛马大会因雨延期。

16 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。

17 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

18 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

19 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。