国际组织动向—联合国象牙海岸特派寻求方法停止对维和部队的袭击

UN Mission in Ivory Coast Seeking to Stop Attacks on Peacekeepers

联合国象牙海岸特派寻求方法停止对维和部队的袭击

 

The head of the U.N. mission in Ivory Coast is appealing to President Laurent Gbagbo to intervene to halt attacks on U.N. personnel. The U.N. official says the president has promised to speak out against the attacks and control his supporters.

 

A communique from President Gbagbo, published Wednesday, said his supporters should let the United Nations do its work without restriction¹ in Ivory Coast.

 

A day later, two United Nations military observers were attacked by dozens of youths in the southern town of Gagnoa. Their car was destroyed, and the two observers were forced to seek shelter in a local government office, and wait for Bangladeshi peacekeepers to rescue them.

 

The United Nations Special Representative to Ivory Coast, Pierre Schori, told VOA, he expects Mr. Gbagbo to control his supporters, known as the Young Patriots², who the U.N. representative believes are responsible for blocking U.N. peacekeepers in several instances. Made up of groups of largely unemployed³ youths, the Young Patriots have sometimes violently demonstrated in the streets and are against any involvement of the former colonial power, France, in Ivory Coast.

 

Mr. Schori: I have raised this now directly with the president in a serious conversation and I have received assurances from him and all his concerned ministers that they deplore⁴ this, that they will repeatedly state to the population that we are here on their invitation, we are here to assist the peace process, and, personally, my conclusion is that, only by direct message to the Young Patriots, who are the followers⁵, they say, to the president, that we will get a stop to this.

 

Mr. Schori says some elements from the Ivorian defense⁶ forces have also obstructed⁸ the U.N. mission in its work.

 

Last month, United Nations peacekeepers were blocked, first by government forces and later by local villagers, from entering the town of Agboville, where they went to investigate reports of killings⁹.

 

Ivorian newspapers supporting President Gbagbo have been increasingly hostile toward the United Nations in recent weeks. Opposition¹⁰ papers say that supporters of President Gbagbo are trying to obstruct⁷ the election process ahead of polling scheduled for October.

 

Mr. Schori says, most Ivorians do not resent the U.N. mission and are sympathetic to its mandate¹¹.

 

Mr. Schori: There is a very strong feeling of sympathy of the people of the Cote D'Ivoire towards the United Nations. I can see and hear myself that we are appreciated here, basically, for security reasons, but also for the amount of humanitarian¹² and other aid projects going on.

 

Around 6,000 U.N. peacekeepers and 4,000 French troops are deployed¹³ in Ivory Coast under a U.N. mandate to monitor a cease-fire between government forces in the south and rebels in the north. Part of the U.N. mandate is to assist the government in disarmament and demobilization, in preparation for the October elections.

 

Gabi Menezes for VOA News, Abidjan.

 

注释：

appeal to 呼吁，要求

intervene [7intE5vi:n] vi. 干预，介入

communique [kE5mju:nikei] n. 公报

restriction [ris5trikFEn] n. 限制，约束

Bangladeshi [bAN^lE5deFi] adj. 孟加拉国的

rescue [5reskju:] vt. 援救，营救

demonstrate [5demEnstreit] vi. 示威

assurance [E5FuErEns] n. 保证，担保

deplore [di5plC:] v. 表示悲痛，悔恨

obstruct [Eb5strQkt] v. 妨碍

hostile [5hCstail] adj. 有敌意的，不友好的

resent [ri5zent] v. 愤恨，憎恶

sympathetic [7simpE5Wetik] adj. 合意的，赞成的

mandate [5mAndeit] n. 命令，指令

Cote D'Ivoire 科特迪瓦

disarmament [dis5B:mEmEnt] n. 裁军

demobilization [di:5mEubilai5zeiFEn] n. 复员

1 restriction   

n.限制，约束

参考例句：

• The park is open to the public without restriction.这个公园对公众开放，没有任何限制。
• The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小时限速30英里适用于所有建筑物聚集区。

2 patriots   

爱国者，爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
• These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。

3 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

4 deplore   

vt.哀叹，对...深感遗憾

参考例句：

• I deplore what has happened.我为所发生的事深感愤慨。
• There are many of us who deplore this lack of responsibility.我们中有许多人谴责这种不负责任的做法。

5 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

6 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

7 obstruct   

v.阻隔，阻塞(道路、通道等)；n.阻碍物，障碍物

参考例句：

• He became still more dissatisfied with it and secretly did everything in his power to obstruct it.他对此更不满意，尽在暗里使绊子。
• The fallen trees obstruct the road.倒下的树将路堵住了。

8 obstructed   

阻塞( obstruct的过去式和过去分词 )； 堵塞； 阻碍； 阻止

参考例句：

• Tall trees obstructed his view of the road. 有大树挡着，他看不到道路。
• The Irish and Bristol Channels were closed or grievously obstructed. 爱尔兰海峡和布里斯托尔海峡或遭受封锁，或受到了严重阻碍。

9 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

10 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。

11 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

12 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。

13 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。