2007年VOA标准英语-Sudan Won't Allow Darfur Peacekeepers to Use Al

By Nick Wadhams
Nairobi
23 July 2007

Sudan's government is warning that it will not accept a joint¹ United Nations and African Union force that has the mandate² to use all means necessary - including force - to keep the peace in Darfur. As Nick Wadhams reports from Nairobi, a foreign ministry³ spokesman says he believes a compromise can be found even though the demand may be a deal-breaker for the U.N. Security Council.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ali Sadiq Ali says Sudan is in consultations⁴ about the mandate for a force of 26,000 troops sent to Darfur by the African Union and the United Nations.

France and Britain have drafted a resolution that would allow the peacekeepers to use all necessary means, including force, to protect itself as well as civilians⁵ in Darfur. Some 200,000 people have been killed and more than 2 million have fled since fighting began there in 2003.

Yet Sudan is bristling⁶ at this idea and wants a weaker mandate that would constrict⁷ the force's action. Sudan describes a stronger mandate as a violation⁸ of its sovereignty.

The foreign ministry spokesman, Ali Sadiq Ali, says peacekeepers should focus only on making sure a peace agreement from last year is kept, and nothing else.

"We believe that comp language is possible," Ali said. "We are engaging in consultations with the security council, we hope we will come to an agreement. The main mandate of the African Union mission in Darfur and the mandate of the hybrid⁹ force which is to come very soon to Sudan is to implement¹⁰ the peace agreement and to keep peace, not to enforce peace."

Last year, Sudan rejected a Security Council resolution that would have deployed¹¹ 22,000 U.N. troops to Darfur with a robust¹² mandate. The 7,000 African Union peacekeepers now in place are under-funded and have failed to stem the violence.

The hybrid force was supposed to be a compromise but could stall over the disagreements about how much strength the troops will be allowed to show.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir

The dispute comes as Sudan's president, Omar Al-Bashir, made his first trip through Darfur since the fighting broke out in 2003. His government is accused of having fueled the Darfur crisis by unleashing¹³ Arab horsemen who have terrorized villagers across the vast western province.

The Sudanese leader taunted¹⁴ the United States and Britain while he was there, saying that the two were exaggerating the region's problems to hide what he called their failure in Iraq.

Bashir said President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Gordon Brown would never announce a visit to Iraq before it was over. He dared them to appear before crowds of Iraqis, just like he was doing in Darfur.

In characteristically blunt terms, Bashir also lashed¹⁵ out at aid groups. He accused them of collecting money in the name of Darfur and spending it elsewhere. He also suggested that the groups were turning refugee camps into museums where human misery¹⁶ was put on display for the rest of the world to see.

1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 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。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 consultations   

n.磋商（会议）( consultation的名词复数 )；商讨会；协商会；查找

参考例句：

• Consultations can be arranged at other times by appointment. 磋商可以通过预约安排在其他时间。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Consultations are under way. 正在进行磋商。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

6 bristling   

a.竖立的

参考例句：

• "Don't you question Miz Wilkes' word,'said Archie, his beard bristling. "威尔克斯太太的话，你就不必怀疑了。 "阿尔奇说。他的胡子也翘了起来。
• You were bristling just now. 你刚才在发毛。

7 constrict   

v.压缩，收缩，阻塞

参考例句：

• Men and women alike have been constricted by traditional sexual roles.男性和女性同样受到传统性别角色的束缚。
• Severe migraine can be treated with a drug which constricts the blood vessels.严重的偏头疼可以用一种收缩血管的药物进行治疗。

8 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

9 hybrid   

n.(动，植）杂种，混合物

参考例句：

• That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
• The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。

10 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。

11 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。

12 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

13 unleashing   

v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Company logos: making people's life better by unleashing Cummins power. 公司理念：以康明斯动力建设更美好的生活！ 来自互联网
• Sooner or later the dam will burst, unleashing catastrophic destruction. 否则堤坝将崩溃，酿成灾难。 来自互联网

14 taunted   

嘲讽( taunt的过去式和过去分词 )； 嘲弄； 辱骂； 奚落

参考例句：

• The other kids continually taunted him about his size. 其他孩子不断地耻笑他的个头儿。
• Some of the girls taunted her about her weight. 有些女孩子笑她胖。

15 lashed   

adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
• The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。