VOA标准英语2008年-Sudan President Begins Darfur Tour After ICC Ru

Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, has begun a visit to the country's western Darfur region. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the trip comes as the Sudanese government is attempting to rally international support for rejecting an effort by the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor¹ to bring charges against President al-Bashir.

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir began his trip in El Fasher, the capital of north Darfur, where he danced and addressed a rally of thousands. He pledged support for peace in Darfur but said Sudanese could only achieve such peace themselves.

The president's trip will also take him to the capitals of Darfur's two other provinces, Nyala in South Darfur and El Genaina in the west.

The president will visit development projects sponsored by the government and meet with local government administrators².

The trip also appears designed to bolster³ an image of positive engagement in Darfur, as the International Criminal Court considers whether to indict⁴ President al-Bashir for crimes committed in the region.

An advisor⁵ to president Bashir, Bona Malwal, currently on a visit to the Kenyan capital Nairobi, said the Sudanese government continues to reject any possibility of cooperating with the court.

"Under no circumstances will President Bashir or Sudan negotiate the handing over of any Sudanese citizens. You know president Bashir is the president for all the Sudanese. He has a jurisdiction⁶ over all the Sudanese including the system of legal administration. The Sudanese courts are competent. If anybody has a complaint against any Sudanese he only needs to present his complaint to the Sudanese court," he said.

He said the people of Darfur share the government's opposition⁷ to an international indictment⁸.

"I know that the people of Darfur support their president. More than supporting the president as a person, the people of Darfur support their independence and their sovereignty as a country, as a people," added Malwal.

But Darfur's rebel groups reject that claim. Ibrahim Beng, deputy chairman of a breakaway faction⁹ of the Justice and Equality Movement led by Idris Azraq, says public rallies in Darfur are not an accurate indication of support for President Bashir.

"He just tries now to fool some people to state that he has some support in Darfur. But actually he doesn't have any support and they force people to come out and welcome him now. And everybody not come out, he's going to sack him from his job or his school," said Beng.

While Darfur's rebels have applauded the move to indict the president, the former rebels in South Sudan, who are sharing power with president Bashir's party in a coalition¹⁰ government following a 2005 peace agreement, have expressed caution.

On a visit to the Ugandan capital Kampala Wednesday, south Sudan's president Salva Kiir said the court should hold off on an indictment of President Bashir, so as to avoid difficulties with the peace agreement. National elections are scheduled for next year, followed by a referendum on southern secession in 2011, and there are fears that an ICC indictment, would make the government less likely to cooperate.

The African Union's Peace and Security Council, has also called for the U.N. Security Council to seek a suspension of the request for an arrest warrant. And the Arab League has expressed concern with the possibility of an indictment.

The ICC's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo is seeking an arrest warrant for President Bashir on charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide for the government's policies in Darfur.

The U.N. estimates that between 200,000-300,000 people have died in the conflict and some 2.5 million displaced by conflict in Darfur since 2003. The Sudanese government says no more than 10,000 have been killed.

 

 

1 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。

2 administrators   

n.管理者( administrator的名词复数 )；有管理（或行政）才能的人；（由遗嘱检验法庭指定的）遗产管理人；奉派暂管主教教区的牧师

参考例句：

• He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself. 他手下有管理人员，但重要的决策仍由他自己来做。 来自辞典例句
• Administrators have their own methods of social intercourse. 办行政的人有他们的社交方式。 来自汉英文学 - 围城

3 bolster   

n.枕垫；v.支持，鼓励

参考例句：

• The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

4 indict   

v.起诉，控告，指控

参考例句：

• You can't indict whole people for the crudeness of a few.您不能因少数人的粗暴行为就控诉整个民族。
• I can indict you for abducting high school student.我可以告你诱拐中学生。

5 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

6 jurisdiction   

n.司法权，审判权，管辖权，控制权

参考例句：

• It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
• Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。

7 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

8 indictment   

n.起诉；诉状

参考例句：

• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
• They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。

9 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。

10 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。