2007年VOA标准英语-Analysts Not Surprised by Chad's Refusal of UN

By Nico Colombant
Dakar
01 March 2007

African analysts² say they are not surprised Chad is rejecting the deployment³ of United Nations peacekeepers along its tense border region with Sudan and the Central African Republic. Chad's government said late Wednesday it would only accept a civil international force made up of police officers. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our West and Central Africa bureau in Dakar.

 
International efforts to contain the violence from Sudan's Darfur province received a setback⁴ this week when Chad spelled out its position on a possible deployment of U.N. peacekeepers to the rebel-filled border region.

Rebels attacking Chadian forces are based in Sudan, while the main Darfurian rebels have their headquarters in Chad.

Deputy Foreign Minister Djidda Moussa Outman said for Chad it has never been a question of receiving any outside military force to help quell⁵ the violence, but rather gendarmes⁷ and police officers.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended a force of up to 1,100 military personnel but acknowledged difficulties in the mission's acceptance.

The United Nations has also been unable to get Sudan to accept a peacekeeping force within the Darfur region itself.

Richard Barltrop, a consultant⁸ with the research group Oxford⁹ Analytica, says Chad's government, much like the Sudanese government, wants to fight its own military battles.

"The Chadian government might fear that they would be constrained¹¹ in responding to the Chadian rebel groups," he said. "U.N. troops in eastern Sudan would possibly constrain¹⁰ the Chadian government from thumping¹² the Chadian rebel groups there."

 
Idriss Deby (2006 file photo)
Barltrop says Chad's president, Idriss Deby, also does not want to appear weak within the context of Chadian politics.

"Domestic opposition¹³ would take advantage of the presence of U.N. forces for example to say 'look our national government is unable to maintain security in the country by itself. It is an incapable¹⁴ and incompetent¹⁵ government,'" he said.

Another analyst¹, Alex Vines, with the British-based Royal Institute of International Affairs, says he also was not surprised by Chad's refusal.

But he says the U.N. Security Council should still look at the police option seriously, given the flow of refugees back and forth¹⁶ between countries in the region.

"It is quite clear that there is ongoing¹⁷ concern for the 200,000 refugees that have sought refuge in eastern Chad," he said.  "Some sort of force, independent witnesses of what is happening, will provide a degree of protection, so the Council may consider this."

Vines says it could be unprecedented¹⁸ for the United Nations to dispatch such a force, and explains what exactly gendarmes are.

"There will be some kind of discussion now over whether this approach may be a feasible way forward," he said. "Bear in mind, gendarmerie themselves, they are not an unarmed police force necessarily.

"The gendarme⁶ tradition means they have a semi-military role, if Chad accepts the gendarme sort of model, although I am not sure whether there is a precedence of this in the past from the Security Council," he added.

Discussions on the Ban Ki-moon report and the Chad statement are likely in the coming days at U.N. headquarters in New York.

1 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

2 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

3 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

4 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

5 quell   

v.压制，平息，减轻

参考例句：

• Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.士兵们被派去平息骚乱。
• The armed force had to be called out to quell violence.不得不出动军队来镇压暴力行动。

6 gendarme   

n.宪兵

参考例句：

• A gendarme was crossing the court.一个宪兵正在院子里踱步。
• While he was at work,a gendarme passed,observed him,and demanded his papers.正在他工作时，有个警察走过，注意到他，便向他要证件。

7 gendarmes   

n.宪兵，警官( gendarme的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Of course, the line of prisoners was guarded at all times by armed gendarmes. 当然，这一切都是在荷枪实弹的卫兵监视下进行的。 来自百科语句
• The three men were gendarmes;the other was Jean Valjean. 那三个人是警察，另一个就是冉阿让。 来自互联网

8 consultant   

n.顾问；会诊医师，专科医生

参考例句：

• He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
• Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。

9 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

10 constrain   

vt.限制，约束；克制，抑制

参考例句：

• She tried to constrain herself from a cough in class.上课时她竭力忍住不咳嗽。
• The study will examine the factors which constrain local economic growth.这项研究将考查抑制当地经济发展的因素。

11 constrained   

adj.束缚的,节制的

参考例句：

• The evidence was so compelling that he felt constrained to accept it. 证据是那样的令人折服，他觉得不得不接受。
• I feel constrained to write and ask for your forgiveness. 我不得不写信请你原谅。

12 thumping   

adj.重大的，巨大的；重击的；尺码大的；极好的adv.极端地；非常地v.重击(thump的现在分词)；狠打；怦怦地跳；全力支持

参考例句：

• Her heart was thumping with emotion. 她激动得心怦怦直跳。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He was thumping the keys of the piano. 他用力弹钢琴。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

13 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

14 incapable   

adj.无能力的，不能做某事的

参考例句：

• He would be incapable of committing such a cruel deed.他不会做出这么残忍的事。
• Computers are incapable of creative thought.计算机不会创造性地思维。

15 incompetent   

adj.无能力的，不能胜任的

参考例句：

• He is utterly incompetent at his job.他完全不能胜任他的工作。
• He is incompetent at working with his hands.他动手能力不行。

16 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

17 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

18 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。