2007年VOA标准英语-Libya Chosen as Site of Darfur Peace Negotiatio

By Lisa Schlein
Khartoum
06 September 2007

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says new peace negotiations¹ aimed at bringing an end to the four-year-old conflict in Darfur will start October 27 in Libya. Ban made this announcement at the end of talks with Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir in Khartoum. Lisa Schlein has more from the Sudanese capital.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, is welcomed by Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir in Khartoum, 06 Sep 2007

Emerging from his meeting with Sudanese President, Omar Al-Bashir, U.N. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon told journalists the talks were very useful and that he and the president have taken a big step toward their shared goal of bringing peace to Darfur.

"We are pushing very hard to bring the various parties to the Darfur conflict to the negotiating table," he said. "We need a peace to keep. That means an immediate² cease fire and an end to violence."

In a joint³ communiqué issued after the meeting, the government of Sudan pledged to do its best to implement⁴ the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which ended more than 20 years of civil war between the North and the South. It pledged an end to hostilities⁵ in Darfur if circumstances permit and agreed upon a ceasefire.

It also pledged to work toward a peace agreement and to facilitate the timely deployment⁷ of the 26,000-strong hybrid⁸ African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force to Darfur.

For its part, the United Nations pledged to support these efforts. It welcomed the renewed peace talks for Darfur and promised to deploy⁶ the hybrid operation in a timely fashion.

Secretary-General Ban said the situation surrounding the Darfur crisis has changed and the time is now ripe to launch new peace talks. He said everyone involved in the conflict must seize this opportunity.

He said the Libyan government, which has been playing a very constructive⁹ role in facilitating the peace process, had been chosen over five other countries to host the negotiations.

"Tripoli could provide a good venue¹⁰ and could work as a good place to facilitate these peace negotiations," he said. "At this time I would again urge that all those concerned, the Sudanese government and major players in the region, particularly representatives of all movements should participate."

Eight key rebel groups have agreed to participate in the talks. However, the popular leader of the Sudan Liberation Army, Abdul Wahid, told the BBC that he would not attend. He said there was no point in talks until the fighting stops. Wahid did not sign on to the Abuja accord because he disagreed with a number of the provisions.

Ban said Wahid has great influence in the peace process and hopes he will come on board. The Sudanese Foreign Minister, Lam Akol Ajawin, also said he hoped he would turn up.

"My advice to Abdul Wahid is that great leaders in history are the ones who take the right decision at the right time," he said.

Ajawin said violence in Darfur results from the lack of security. He said insecurity can be stemmed either through the peace talks or the peacekeeping operation. He reiterated¹¹ Sudan's support for the hybrid force and said the government would accept heavy equipment from wherever it comes.

1 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。

2 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

3 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。

4 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。

5 hostilities   

n.战争；敌意(hostility的复数)；敌对状态；战事

参考例句：

• Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
• All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。

6 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

7 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。

8 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。

9 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。

10 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

11 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。