2007年VOA标准英语-UN Envoy Urges Sudanese Rebel Leaders to Partic

By Alisha Ryu
Nairobi
08 August 2007

The U.N. envoy¹ to Darfur, Jan Eliasson, says he fears the start of what he calls "a new and dangerous phase" in the four-year-old conflict in western Sudan unless all warring parties take part in a United Nations-African Union mediated² political process.  As VOA correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi, the absence of two important rebel leaders from that process is hampering³ efforts to reach a final agenda for peace talks with the Sudanese government, due to begin in two months.

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Faction leaders for SLM Khamis Abdalla Abakar, left, and SLA Ahmed Abdulshafi chat during a session of AU-UN sponsored negotiations in Tanzania, 06 Aug 2007

Speaking to VOA by telephone from Sudan's capital Khartoum, the U.N. Darfur envoy says he is pleased that three days of unity⁶ talks in Arusha, Tanzania succeeded in the goal of producing a common platform among more than a dozen quarreling Darfur factional leaders.     

The meeting, organized by Eliasson and his African Union counterpart, Salim Ahmed Salim, concluded Monday with an agreement on land issues and power and wealth-sharing. 

"All movement leaders came, except one, and this is the most representative meeting we have had since the Abuja talks last year," he said

At those talks in Nigeria, the Sudanese government signed a peace deal, but only one Darfur rebel group endorsed⁷ it.  The endorsement⁸ fractured the rebels into myriad⁹ splinter groups and sparked a new round of violence in the region.

The rebel leader who boycotted¹⁰ the Arusha talks is Abdel Wahid Mohammed Nur, founder¹¹ of the Sudan Liberation Army, which started the rebellion against Khartoum in 2003.

Nur, living in exile in Paris, refused to attend, arguing that a ceasefire should be in place and a no-fly zone established in Darfur ahead of any peace talks.

Eliasson says he remains¹² hopeful that Nur will join the others at the negotiating table.  The rebel leader's participation¹³ in the political process is considered crucial because he has a huge following among Darfur's largest tribe, the Fur.

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A chair reserved for the Sudan Liberation Movement's Abdel Wahid Mohammed Nur stands empty at the AU-UN sponsored conference to seek peace among Darfur's warring factions, 3 Aug 2007

"There is a chair available and the door is open for Abdel Wahid.  I hope that the rebel leaders and the field commanders who were in Arusha with us will communicate to Abdel Wahid and to the people of Darfur that we have a meaningful and serious process," he added.

Another key rebel leader absent from the Arusha talks was the Sudan Liberation Army's humanitarian¹⁵ coordinator¹⁶, Suleiman Jamous.  

Jamous, who is highly regarded as a consensus¹⁷ builder among rebel commanders, could not leave the U.N. hospital in Darfur, where he has been virtually imprisoned¹⁸ for more than a year.  Sudan accuses Jamous of being a terrorist and has threatened to arrest him if he left the hospital. 

On Tuesday, Sudan's foreign ministry¹⁹ said Jamous could join the peace process if the international community guarantees he will not rejoin the armed rebellion in Darfur.

The U.N. envoy says he believes every effort must be made to bring all of the leaders together and quickly find an end to the bloodshed in Darfur, which has killed some 200,000 people and displaced 2.5 million others in the past four years.  

"If we do not take this opportunity now, I am worried about the frustration²⁰ and anger in the camps that could take different forms," he noted²¹.  "I worry about tribal²² clashes that are going on right now.  And I worry about settlers taking over land, which is owned by other people.  This will mean that we may enter a new dangerous phase of the situation in Darfur.  So, here is a crucial time."

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected in Khartoum Saturday to discuss ways to move the Darfur peace process forward.

1 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。

2 mediated   

调停，调解，斡旋( mediate的过去式和过去分词 )； 居间促成； 影响…的发生； 使…可能发生

参考例句：

• He mediated in the quarrel between the two boys. 他调解两个孩子之间的争吵。
• The government mediated between the workers and the employers. 政府在工人与雇主间搞调和。

3 hampering   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• So fraud on cows and development aid is seriously hampering growth. 因此在牛问题上和发展补助上的诈骗严重阻碍了发展。
• Short-termism, carbon-trading, disputing the science-are hampering the implementation of direct economically-led objectives. 短效主义，出售二氧化碳，进行科学辩论，这些都不利于实现以经济为主导的直接目标。

4 faction   

n.宗派，小集团；派别；派系斗争

参考例句：

• Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
• I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境，在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。

5 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

6 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。

7 endorsed   

vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 endorsement   

n.背书；赞成，认可，担保；签(注)，批注

参考例句：

• We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
• His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。

9 myriad   

adj.无数的；n.无数，极大数量

参考例句：

• They offered no solution for all our myriad problems.对于我们数不清的问题他们束手无策。
• I had three weeks to make a myriad of arrangements.我花了三个星期做大量准备工作。

10 boycotted   

抵制，拒绝参加( boycott的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Athletes from several countries boycotted the Olympic Games. 有好几国的运动员抵制奥林匹克运动会。
• The opposition party earlier boycotted the Diet agenda, demanding Miyaji's resignation. 反对党曾杯葛国会议程，要宫路下台。

11 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

12 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

13 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

14 factions   

组织中的小派别，派系( faction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别

15 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。

16 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？

17 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

18 imprisoned   

下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
• They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。

19 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。

20 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

21 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

22 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。