VOA常速英语2007年-Sudan Ruling Party, Former Southern Rebels Meet

By Derek Kilner
Nairobi
07 November 2007

Representatives of Sudan's ruling party and former southern rebels are meeting this week to discuss implementation² of a 2005 peace agreement.  As Derek Kilner reports for VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the former rebels pulled their ministers from a power-sharing national government last month.

The former rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement have accused the governing National Congress Party of failing to implement¹ key provisions of a 2005 peace deal known as the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.   On October 11, the former rebels (SPLM) withdrew their ministers from the national government.

Other power-sharing bodies, including the parliament, have not been affected³.

During the weekend, Vice⁴ President Salva Kiir, of the SPLM, met with President Omar al-Bashir, and they announced an agreement on a path forward to implement the peace deal.  This week, a committee of SPLM and National Congress Party officials is meeting to work out the details.

SPLM representative in Kenya, John Andruga Duku, says he is optimistic that the agreement can be brought back on track.  But he cautions that the SPLM will need to see action by the National Congress Party.

"We have a problem with our partner the National Congress," he said.  "When they are under pressure, they come forward and send signals that things have changed, but when the pressure relents, they go back to square one.  The SPLM will not return to the Government of National Unity⁵ until there is tangible⁶ evidence of the implementation of all that we have raised."

Duku says current discussions between the SPLM and National Congress Party concern implementation of the CPA and not changes to the agreement.

"We are not in the business of renegotiating what we have already agreed," he added.  "What we are asking for is the implementation of the CPA according to the spirit in which it was signed. What has been announced as progress or as a breakthrough is nothing but just the affirmation of what we are supposed to be implementing⁷."

The biggest stumbling block is the status of the disputed Abyei region, which lies along the border between north and south and is a major source of oil. 

The government established an independent commission to determine the boundaries of the province.  But the National Congress Party has rejected the commission's findings, and troops from both the north and south remain deployed⁸.

Monday, President Bashir announced that all northern troops would be removed from the south by the end of the year.  The presence of the troops had been another major grievance⁹ of the SPLM. 

This week President Bashir is traveling to Burundi and South Africa, while Vice President Kiir is on a visit to Washington.  The two are expected to meet in Khartoum early next week.

Speaking Tuesday in Cape¹⁰ Town, Mr. Bashir said he is committed to peace in the south of the country and in the western region of Darfur.

The 2005 agreement between the government in the north and the SPLM was touted¹¹ as a model for a future agreement between the Khartoum government and rebels in the troubled Darfur region. 

Darfur peace talks in Libya are currently on hold while international meditators attempt to convince several key rebel groups to attend.

1 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

2 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。

3 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

4 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。

5 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。

6 tangible   

adj.有形的，可触摸的，确凿的，实际的

参考例句：

• The policy has not yet brought any tangible benefits.这项政策还没有带来任何实质性的好处。
• There is no tangible proof.没有确凿的证据。

7 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

8 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

9 grievance   

n.怨愤，气恼，委屈

参考例句：

• He will not easily forget his grievance.他不会轻易忘掉他的委屈。
• He had been nursing a grievance against his boss for months.几个月来他对老板一直心怀不满。

10 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

11 touted   

v.兜售( tout的过去式和过去分词 )；招揽；侦查；探听赛马情报

参考例句：

• She's being touted as the next leader of the party. 她被吹捧为该党的下一任领导人。
• People said that he touted for his mother and sister. 据说，他给母亲和姐姐拉生意。 来自辞典例句