VOA标准英语2010年-UN Security Council Authorizes 3,500 N

The U.N. Security Council has authorized² a request from the U.N. chief for as many as 3,500 new peacekeepers and police to be sent to Haiti.  This will boost the U.N. force in Haiti to more than 12,000. 

Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yesui said the council's unanimous decision to authorize¹ 1,500 more police and 2,000 troops for the next six months demonstrates the importance it attaches to supporting the post-disaster situation in Haiti. 

"We believe that the adoption³ of this resolution will facilitate more effectively the implementation⁴ by MINUSTAH of important tasks, to maintain peace and stability in Haiti, to support disaster relief efforts, and to help restore capacity-building and post-disaster reconstruction," Zhang said.

MINUSTAH is the French acronym⁵ for the U.N. stabilization⁶ mission in Haiti.

After the vote, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon told reporters these are extraordinary times that call for extraordinary measures and decisiveness.  He said the Council's decision to approve his request for more peacekeepers sends the message to the people of Haiti that the world is with them.

"I am sure member states will respond positively⁷ and quickly as well," Mr. Ban said. "We must do all we can to get these extra forces on the ground as soon as possible, so that they can help maintain order and deliver humanitarian⁸ assistance."

It has been one week since the quake rocked the Caribbean island nation, leaving about one million people homeless and many more in need of aid.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon inspects the damage at the U.N. Headquarters in Port-au-Prince, 17 Jan 2010

Mr. Ban said relief distribution of items such as tents, medical supplies and water is improving, and food distribution is growing daily.

"We distributed daily food rations⁹ yesterday for nearly 200,000 people.  We expect to be reaching approximately one-million within a week," Mr. Ban said.

The additional forces for the U.N. mission will help the 9,000 troops there to secure humanitarian corridors and escort aid convoys¹⁰. 

Peacekeeping officials say a battalion¹¹ from the Dominican Republic could be in Haiti by the end of the week.  Details of which countries will contribute the remaining forces are still under discussion and must be approved by the Haitian government.

In the meantime, the U.N. has shifted about 400 peacekeepers from other parts of the country to Port-au-Prince to fill the gap in numbers of troops helping¹² with the relief effort.  

1 authorize   

v.授权，委任；批准，认可

参考例句：

• He said that he needed to get his supervisor to authorize my refund.他说必须让主管人员批准我的退款。
• Only the President could authorize the use of the atomic bomb.只有总统才能授权使用原子弹。

2 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

3 adoption   

n.采用，采纳，通过；收养

参考例句：

• An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
• The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。

4 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。

5 acronym   

n.首字母简略词，简称

参考例句：

• That's a mouthful of an acronym for a very simple technology.对于一项非常简单的技术来说，这是一个很绕口的缩写词。
• TSDF is an acronym for Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities.TSDF是处理，储存和处置设施的一个缩写。

6 Stabilization   

稳定化

参考例句：

• The position of barycentre on plane directly impacts the stabilization and manipulation of plane. 飞机重心位置直接影响飞机的稳定和操纵特性。
• With the higher olefins, stabilization of the energetic intermediates occurs more easily. 在较高的烯烃情况下，高能的中间物稳定作用更易出现。

7 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

8 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。

9 rations   

定量( ration的名词复数 )； 配给量； 正常量； 合理的量

参考例句：

• They are provisioned with seven days' rations. 他们得到了7天的给养。
• The soldiers complained that they were getting short rations. 士兵们抱怨他们得到的配给不够数。

10 convoys   

n.（有护航的）船队( convoy的名词复数 )；车队；护航（队）；护送队

参考例句：

• Truck convoys often stop over for lunch here. 车队经常在这里停下来吃午饭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys. 一名联合国官员说将会暂停援助项目，直到援助车队能够得到充分的保护为止。 来自辞典例句

11 battalion   

n.营；部队；大队(的人)

参考例句：

• The town was garrisoned by a battalion.该镇由一营士兵驻守。
• At the end of the drill parade,the battalion fell out.操练之后，队伍解散了。

12 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。