2007年VOA标准英语-UN Secretary-General to Press for Troops to Pro

By Lisa Schlein
N'Djamena, Chad
07 September 2007

Before meeting Chadian President Idriss Deby, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told journalists he would discuss a proposal to deploy¹ thousands of European Union troops and U.N. police officers to help protect some 400,000 Sudanese refugees and Chadian internally displaced people. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA, the secretary general says he will discuss the Darfur crisis with government officials and humanitarian² workers.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) holds a news conference with Chadian President Idriss Deby in N'Djamena, 07 Sept 2007

U.N. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon calls Chad one of the important visionary players in addressing the situation in Darfur. Ban, who has just completed a four-day visit to Sudan, says he plans to continue to push his peace agenda for Darfur and will specifically address the plight³ of more than 240,000 refugees and another 180,000 internally displaced people.

He says the President of Chad previously⁴ rejected an offer of 10,000 U.N. peacekeepers. But, has accepted an initiative by the French government to send several thousand soldiers from the European Union to help protect the refugees and IDPs.

The head of U.N. peacekeeping, Jean-Marie Guehenno, says the camps themselves have not been attacked, but there is a lot of banditry, car-jacking and violence against civilians⁵ in East Chad.

"The EU mission is a military mission," he said. "The main purpose of the EU force would be to ensure that the area's security, and obviously to protect civilians in imminent⁶ danger. And, the planning of the EU is ongoing⁷."

The EU reportedly is considering sending about 3,000 troops to Chad. But, that remains⁸ to be confirmed.

Guehenno says the United Nations will play a complementary role to that of the EU. He says the U.N. will send up to 300 international police to train 850 Chadian police to protect the refugee camps and IDP sites.

"The situation of concentration of great numbers of people, crowds that can turn violent, lots of weapons in camps," he said. "Military units are not ideal to control the security in a camp. You need police. But, you need police that has the capacity to do effective crowd control."

Chad has been badly affected⁹ by a spillover of the Darfur conflict. Chad and Sudan share a 900-kilometer border, which is very porous¹⁰. Guehenno says it is not easy to patrol that area. He says Chad, Sudan and Libya have agreed to monitor the border they share. He says in any peacekeeping situation, it is always nice to have the neighbors on board.

1 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。

2 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。

3 plight   

n.困境，境况，誓约，艰难；vt.宣誓，保证，约定

参考例句：

• The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
• She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。

4 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

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 imminent   

adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的

参考例句：

• The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
• The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。

7 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。

8 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。

9 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

10 porous   

adj.可渗透的，多孔的

参考例句：

• He added sand to the soil to make it more porous.他往土里掺沙子以提高渗水性能。
• The shell has to be slightly porous to enable oxygen to pass in.外壳不得不有些细小的孔以便能使氧气通过。