2007年VOA标准英语-International Police Organization to Work with

By Arjun Kohli
Nairobi
17 July 2007

INTERPOL is working with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to step up efforts to capture the remaining 18 genocide fugitives². As Arjun Kohli reports for VOA from Nairobi, Rwandan officials say 13 years is already too long for the genocide suspects to remain free.

The international police organization, INTERPOL, says it is taking sterner measures to capture criminals at large, 13 years after the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The brutal³ killings⁴ between the majority Hutu and minority Tutsi tribes in Rwanda left hundreds of thousands dead.

A list compiled by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, better known by its acronym⁵ ICTR, says there are 18 fugitives it would like to put on trial.

A Rwandan presidential advisor⁶, Alfred Ndahiro told VOA the International Criminal Tribunal in Arusha has completed just 34 genocide cases. This, he says, is inexcusable.

Ndahiro says the INTERPOL effort is being stepped up just one year before the self-imposed U.N. deadline for the court's closure.

"I think it is too little too late," said Ndahiro. "They have had 13 years to arrest those people. They are somewhere. They are not out there in the sky. So really, I think too little too late. I think they are under pressure now that they should be winding⁷ up very soon and they have to say something I guess."

Rwanda recently asked France to extradite Isaac Kamali, a French citizen who was arrested for genocide crimes.

ICTR spokesman Roland Amoussouga says the Kamali arrest highlights the importance of the court's agreement with INTERPOL.

"This kind of pledge came just a few weeks after INTERPOL assisted in coordinating⁸ the 36 hour arrest of Rwandan genocide fugitive¹ by the name of Isaac Kamali in France," said Amoussouga. "He was arrested initially⁹ in the USA on a French passport, so he was sent back to France and he was arrested."

"This is a very important development, which underlines the importance of the future cooperation that we are going to get from INTERPOL in apprehending¹⁰ the remaining 18 fugitives, who are wanted by the ICTR before the closure of the tribunal in December 2008," he added.

Amoussouga says the 2008 deadline for trials makes it even more important to capture fugitives for trial. The court will hear appeal cases until 2010.

"We have been able to finish complete the trial process for 34, and 26 are currently going through the trial process, and less than 10 remain to be tried by us," he said. "Out of the 18 at large, we do intend to have trial process for some of them, given the time frame we have remaining, and the remaining fugitives will certainly be transfered to member states to stand trial. We want to ensure that nobody will escape justice by the end of the lifetime of the tribunal."

The International Tribunal is not the only body bringing criminals to justice for their genocide crimes. Ndahiro says the Rwandan judiciary and the community based gachacha courts will work until justice is reached.

"We cannot just allow them to wander the world with blood of innocent people on their hands," said Ndahiro. "I do not think that would be acceptable. So it will go on for as long as it takes. But I think the Rwandan government is determined¹¹ to bring them to book."

The international community established the ICTR with a mandate¹² for all war crimes committed in 1994, in Rwanda and elsewhere. INTERPOL says efforts by each of its 200 member countries to arrest genocide suspects are crucial for justice to be served.

1 fugitive   

adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者

参考例句：

• The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
• The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。

2 fugitives   

n.亡命者，逃命者( fugitive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Three fugitives from the prison are still at large. 三名逃犯仍然未被抓获。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Members of the provisional government were prisoners or fugitives. 临时政府的成员或被捕或逃亡。 来自演讲部分

3 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

4 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

5 acronym   

n.首字母简略词，简称

参考例句：

• That's a mouthful of an acronym for a very simple technology.对于一项非常简单的技术来说，这是一个很绕口的缩写词。
• TSDF is an acronym for Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities.TSDF是处理，储存和处置设施的一个缩写。

6 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

7 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

8 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

9 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

10 apprehending   

逮捕，拘押( apprehend的现在分词 )； 理解

参考例句：

• China has not been totally unsuccessful apprehending corruption suspects. 在逮捕腐化分子方面，中国并非毫无进展。
• Apprehending violence is not an easy task. 惧怕暴力不是一件容易的事。

11 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

12 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。