VOA标准英语2008年-UN Security Council Presses Khartoum to Impleme

By Margaret Besheer
Khartoum
04 June 2008

A U.N. Security Council delegation¹ met with government officials in Khartoum Wednesday, pressing them to implement² the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement and to cooperate with the International Criminal Court which charges that some government officials are implicated³ in crimes against humanity in Darfur. VOA's Margaret Besheer is traveling with the delegation and files this report from the Sudanese capital.

Security Council ambassadors pressed Sudan's government to fully⁴ implement the 2005 peace agreement that ended the north-south civil war, pointing to recent clashes in the town of Abyei as evidence that frustrations⁶ are growing and threatening the wider peace.
　

Britain's UN Ambassador John Sawers (l), S. Africa's UN Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo, center, and Sudan's ambassador to the UN Abdalmahmoud Abdalhaleem Mohamed (r) in Khartoum, 04 Jun 2008

British Ambassador John Sawers led the delegation's meetings in Khartoum.

"The implementation⁷ is behind track, and there is a lot of frustration⁵, particularly in the south, and that frustration has contributed to the appalling⁸ events we saw in Abyei a few weeks ago, when an entire town was flattened⁹ and its population driven out," said Sawers.

He said parties to the talks reported there has been some progress, but there are still difficult issues to be resolved.

The delegation also took up the issue of western Sudan's war-torn Darfur region. Diplomats¹⁰ welcomed signs of improved cooperation from Khartoum regarding the deployment¹² of thousands of U.N. and AU peacekeepers, saying senior officials confirmed a verbal promise made to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that Khartoum would accept non-African battalions¹³ from Thailand and Nepal as long as Egyptian and Ethiopian troops deploy¹¹ first.

Darfur is at the top of the council's agenda, and it plans to visit the war-torn region on Thursday.

But the talks with the government were not all positive. Ambassador Sawers characterized discussions with senior presidential aides regarding Sudan's cooperation with the International Criminal Court as "unsatisfactory".

The Court's chief prosecutor¹⁴, Luis Ocampo, said in a report to the Security Council that he will bring charges against senior government members he alledges are implicated in crimes against humanity in Darfur, where more than 200,000 people have died in five years of conflict.

Sudan's U.N. Ambassador, who is in Khartoum, called the report "fictitious¹⁵ and vicious" and said Ocampo is wrecking¹⁶ the peace process.

Costa Rica's ambassador, Jorge Urbina, said it was very clear the Sudanese do not intend to fulfill¹⁷ their international obligations and cooperate with the ICC.

"That puts us and also the court in a very difficult position and I believe the government of Sudan in a very difficult position -- because you cannot ignore indefinitely the orders of the court; you cannot ignore indefinitely a resolution of the Security Council," said Urbina.

Ocampo is to brief Security Council members in New York Thursday, and council members said they will consider their options after that.

1 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

2 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。

3 implicated   

adj.密切关联的；牵涉其中的

参考例句：

• These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence. 这些组织与这起暴力事件有着极大的关联。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Having the stolen goods in his possession implicated him in the robbery. 因藏有赃物使他涉有偷盗的嫌疑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

5 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。

6 frustrations   

挫折( frustration的名词复数 )； 失败； 挫败； 失意

参考例句：

• The temptation would grow to take out our frustrations on Saigon. 由于我们遭到挫折而要同西贡算帐的引诱力会增加。
• Aspirations will be raised, but so will frustrations. 人们会产生种种憧憬，但是种种挫折也会随之而来。

7 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

8 appalling   

adj.骇人听闻的，令人震惊的，可怕的

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。

9 flattened   

[医]（水）平扁的，弄平的

参考例句：

• She flattened her nose and lips against the window. 她把鼻子和嘴唇紧贴着窗户。
• I flattened myself against the wall to let them pass. 我身体紧靠着墙让他们通过。

10 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 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。

12 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。

13 battalions   

n.（陆军的）一营（大约有一千兵士）( battalion的名词复数 )；协同作战的部队；军队；（组织在一起工作的）队伍

参考例句：

• God is always on the side of the strongest battalions. 上帝总是帮助强者。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Two battalions were disposed for an attack on the air base. 配置两个营的兵力进攻空军基地。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

14 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

15 fictitious   

adj.虚构的，假设的；空头的

参考例句：

• She invented a fictitious boyfriend to put him off.她虚构出一个男朋友来拒绝他。
• The story my mother told me when I was young is fictitious.小时候妈妈对我讲的那个故事是虚构的。

16 wrecking   

破坏

参考例句：

• He teed off on his son for wrecking the car. 他严厉训斥他儿子毁坏了汽车。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Instead of wrecking the valley, the waters are put to use making electricity. 现在河水不但不在流域内肆疟，反而被人们用来生产电力。 来自辞典例句

17 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。