2006年VOA标准英语-Ivorians Express Disappointment After Annan Vis

By Franz Wild
Abidjan
06 July 2006

People from several sides of Ivory Coast's conflict are disappointed at the results of a meeting between the government and rebels that was chaired by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. Franz Wild reports for VOA from Abidjan that highly politicized Ivorian newspapers said the meeting did not produce enough assurances presidential elections would be possible by the end of October, as scheduled.

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Kofi Annan, left, talks with Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, center, and Ivory Coast PM Charles Konan Banny in Yamoussoukro   
  

"Will Gbagbo be president after October?" reads the headline of Nord-Sud, a newspaper not usually associated with its support for Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo.  "We will assess in September," it quotes U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan as saying.
 
Across the Ivorian political spectrum¹, some feel Mr. Annan did little to rekindle² hope elections can still be held in war-divided Ivory Coast by October 31.  The United Nations had extended President Laurent Gbagbo's mandate³ for another year when elections did not materialize last year.
 
Mr. Annan told journalists he was confident elections could be held within the next four months.  When asked what would happen to Mr. Gbagbo if they were not, he said the leaders of the peace process would take stock in mid-September.

"The status of President Gbagbo will be discussed then.  We should not jump the gun," he said.

The rebel New Forces' Cisse Sindou says Mr. Annan did not deal with the issue of whether Mr. Gbagbo would remain president.  Amid allegations the United Nations interfered⁴ in Ivorian politics in January, Gbagbo supporters took to the streets in Abidjan and western Ivory Coast, attacking U.N. headquarters.
 
Pro-Gbagbo paper Notre Voie led with the headline, "Very Little Steps."  It characterizes Mr. Annan's attempts as "strange remedies."  Some Gbagbo supporters say the issue of disarmament was neglected.  Though western militias⁶ were given a deadline to disband by the end of the month, Gbagbo supporters feel there should have been more pressure on the New Forces to disarm⁵.

The leader of the pro-Gbagbo women patriots⁷, Genvieve Bro Grebe, says elections cannot be held, if the rebels are not disarmed⁸.

She says she cannot be happy with what was decided⁹, because, she says, Kofi Annan thinks there will be elections.  Though she agrees this is possible, she says, she asks how they can hold elections without disarming¹⁰ the rebels.
 
Under the agreement, Mr. Gbagbo is to issue a decree that will allow the independent electoral commission to amend¹¹ the electoral code in order to facilitate voting.
 
While millions of Ivorians are still without official documents, and would be unable to vote, the leaders agreed 50 mobile courts are to be deployed¹² within 10 days to identify people.
 
Mr. Annan said the situation will be reviewed, but he is content with the current progress.

"If the calendar is stuck to, we will be fine," he said.  "If there are any adjustments that have to be made, we will cross that bridge when we get there."

U.N. officials say the disarmament process is slowly moving ahead, but that deadlines have been missed before.  The new agreement calls for the so-called pre-regroupment of warring forces to end before the end of the month. 

Recent meetings between rebels and the army have ended in dispute, with rebels insisting the disarmament process should be a reintegration and remodeling of the Ivorian security forces.  Army leaders say disarmament should simply consist of rebels handing over their weapons and their territory.

1 spectrum   

n.谱，光谱，频谱；范围，幅度，系列

参考例句：

• This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
• We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成，我们已了解不少。

2 rekindle   

v.使再振作；再点火

参考例句：

• Nothing could rekindle her extinct passion.她激情已逝,无从心回意转。
• Is there anything could rekindle his extinct passion?有什么事情可重燃他逝去的热情呢？

3 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。

4 interfered   

v.干预( interfere的过去式和过去分词 )；调停；妨碍；干涉

参考例句：

• Complete absorption in sports interfered with his studies. 专注于运动妨碍了他的学业。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I am not going to be interfered with. 我不想别人干扰我的事情。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 disarm   

v.解除武装，回复平常的编制，缓和

参考例句：

• The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
• He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。

6 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

7 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。

8 disarmed   

v.裁军( disarm的过去式和过去分词 )；使息怒

参考例句：

• Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed. 大部分叛乱分子被俘获并解除了武装。
• The swordsman disarmed his opponent and ran him through. 剑客缴了对手的械，并对其乱刺一气。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

10 disarming   

adj.消除敌意的，使人消气的v.裁军( disarm的现在分词 )；使息怒

参考例句：

• He flashed her a disarming smile. 他朝她笑了一下，让她消消气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We will agree to disarming troops and leaving their weapons at military positions. 我们将同意解除军队的武装并把武器留在军事阵地。 来自辞典例句

11 amend   

vt.修改，修订，改进；n.[pl.]赔罪，赔偿

参考例句：

• The teacher advised him to amend his way of living.老师劝他改变生活方式。
• You must amend your pronunciation.你必须改正你的发音。

12 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。