VOA标准英语2011--UN Gears Up To Help Sudanese Returning T

The United Nations High Commissioner¹ for Refugees says it is preparing to help thousands of displaced Sudanese who will be returning from the capital, Khartoum, and other parts of northern Sudan to their new country in the south. Relief agencies anticipate as many as 800,000 southerners will return from the north this year.
Some 200,000 southerners have returned from the North over the past three months. And the U.N. refugee agency reports about 75,000 others living in Khartoum are registered to go back following the referendum granting independence to the South.
UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards says many of the hundreds of thousands of displaced Sudanese returning home will need help to restart their lives.
"Many of those heading back to the South have been away for decades," he said. "Others were born and raised in the north and are returning to locations that are going to be entirely² new to them. People tell us that their main reason for moving to the South is because they have concerns about their citizenship³ status. But, many also express keenness to be part of South Sudan's rebuilding."
Northern and southern Sudan must resolve a number of issues before the south declares independence in July. One is the issue of citizenship of minority populations.
Sudan's President, Omar Al-Bashir, says he will not allow joint⁴ citizenship after the split. So, many displaced people living in the north are taking the matter into their own hands by moving to the south.
UNHCR spokesman Edwards says many people remaining in the north are waiting for security conditions to improve before they head south.
"We are hearing about traveling south through areas in which there are tensions within local communities or within the army," he said. "Last week in Malakai, as you may recall, which is one of the major return hubs, a mutiny left nine civilians⁵ dead including one of our own colleagues, John James Okwath. He was killed in crossfire⁶ and was just 26-years-old. Calm seems to have returned to Malakal, but the situation is nonetheless tense."
Edwards says the UNHCR's main focus is on ensuring protection at transit⁷ points and in return areas for southerners going home.  He says the agency is setting up stations along major return routes where water and sanitation⁸, health services and rest facilities are being provided.
He says the U.N. Refugee agency is appealing to donors⁹ for $53.4 million to support its operation to help people move back to the south from the north.

1 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

2 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

3 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

4 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。

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 crossfire   

n.被卷进争端

参考例句：

• They say they are caught in the crossfire between the education establishment and the government.他们称自己被卷进了教育机构与政府之间的争端。
• When two industrial giants clash,small companies can get caught in the crossfire.两大工业企业争斗之下，小公司遭受池鱼之殃。

7 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

8 sanitation   

n.公共卫生，环境卫生，卫生设备

参考例句：

• The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。
• Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。

9 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》