2006年VOA标准英语-Annan Urges All Parties to Accept Darfur A

By Meredith Buel
Washington
05 May 2006
 

Kofi Annan  
  
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan says he hopes every party involved in Sudan's Darfur conflict will agree to a peace treaty designed to end three years of bloodshed that has killed at least 180,000 people and forced more than two million to flee their homes.  Mr. Annan made his remarks on the same day as the largest rebel faction¹ in Darfur signed a peace agreement with Khartoum.

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In a speech at George Washington University, Mr. Annan called on all groups in the Darfur conflict to agree to the peace plan announced Friday after talks in Abuja, Nigeria.

So far the government of Sudan and the main rebel faction in Darfur have signed the agreement, but two rebel groups have rejected the accord.

Mr. Annan urged all parties to end the fighting in the war-torn region of Western Sudan.

"I still hope that within the next day or two we may have an agreement embracing all parties," he said.  "Indeed, I appeal to all of them to seize this opportunity and to come to a peace agreement for the sake of their peoples who have suffered so much."

The U.N. secretary general calls the Darfur conflict an "inexcusable tragedy," and says people there are enduring "intolerable suffering."

Mr. Annan warns that even if all parties sign the peace agreement, the survival of the people of Darfur is still at risk.

"But even if an agreement is reached, we should not imagine that it would mean that the problem is solved," he added.  "A great deal remains² to be done to ensure that the people in Darfur can even survive, let alone return in safety to their homes and to growing their own food."

Mr. Annan says the next major step is to strengthen the African Union's peacekeeping force in Darfur with a much larger group of troops under control of the United Nations.

"We will be working around the clock with the Security Council to encourage the government of Sudan and the other parties to implement³ the agreement on the ground and with potential troop contributors to put together a United Nations force building on what is already in place, but larger and more mobile," he said.  "The longer this is delayed the greater the danger that the peace agreement will unravel⁴ and the bloodshed will continue."

The Sudanese government initially⁵ rejected calls for U.N. peacekeepers in Darfur, but has indicated it will support such a force once a peace agreement is in place.

1 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。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 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。

4 unravel   

v.弄清楚（秘密）；拆开，解开，松开

参考例句：

• He was good with his hands and could unravel a knot or untangle yarn that others wouldn't even attempt.他的手很灵巧，其他人甚至都不敢尝试的一些难解的绳结或缠在一起的纱线，他都能解开。
• This is the attitude that led him to unravel a mystery that long puzzled Chinese historians.正是这种态度使他解决了长期以来使中国历史学家们大惑不解的谜。

5 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。