2006年VOA标准英语-Southern Sudanese Leader Works to End Regional

By Catherine Maddux
Washington
26 July 2006

The vice¹ president of Sudan's post-war unity² government, Salva Kiir Mayardit, who is also president of southern Sudan's regional government, has taken on a new role, using his position to help put an end to seemingly intractable regional conflicts.

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Salva Kiir Mayardit  
  
Salva Kiir says the reason he has taken on the challenge of leading efforts to resolve conflicts in and around Sudan is that they are hurting the already slow implementation⁴ of last year's peace accord that ended 21 years of war with Khartoum.

During a recent seminar in Washington, the first vice president said there are compelling reasons to become engaged in, and in some cases, lead - efforts towards peace in his turbulent region.

"Southern Sudan is bordering five countries; Central African Republic, [the] Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia," he said.  "These are five countries that have their own problems and if the government of Southern Sudan, then there will be a crisis in the whole region."

But it is the conflict in Uganda that most concerns Kiir.

Aside from his duties to ensure Sudan's North-South peace process stays intact and lead the regional government in the South, the Sudanese leader is currently deeply involved in getting Uganda and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army to engage in serious peace talks.

 
Joseph Kony (file photo) 
  
The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), led by Joseph Kony, who faces war crimes charges by the International Criminal Court, has waged a bloody⁵ 19-year war against the Ugandan government that has created a massive humanitarian⁶ disaster in the North. 

Kiir says there are practical and moral reasons for his Southern People's Liberation Movement to take on the job of mediating⁷ the Ugandan conflict.  One is that it is clear that while the Ugandan army has hurt the Lord's Resistance Army militarily, it has not been able to defeat the rebels entirely⁸. 

Kiir says another is that the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court are not realistic.  He says that is because there exists no mechanism⁹ to find Kony and his top associates, who are believed to be hiding in Congo, and bring them to court.   He says no country - Sudan, Uganda or the Democratic Republic of Congo - can implement³ such an order.

The other reason to push for the peace option is based on the fact that Kony's fighters are operating from bases in southern Sudan - and, as such, inflicting¹⁰ terrible abuses on Kiir's own people.

"The women and girls that were being raped¹¹ every day and abducted¹² were southern Sudanese," he added.  "And the same thing with looting, torturing and so forth¹³ - these were all southern Sudanese."

Kiir adds that when deciding to lead mediation¹⁴ efforts, he wanted first and foremost to send the message to Kony and his rebel fighters that they have options.

"The first option was for them [the Ugandan rebels] to take the initiative to negotiate with the government of Uganda so that they find a peaceful solution to the conflict," he said.  "And we can assist them to reach that agreement.  The second option in case they do not want to negotiate; then, they have to leave southern Sudan.  The third option would be if they do not negotiate and they do not leave southern Sudan, SPLA will be left with no choice but will have to fight them."

But that option is the least desirable, Kiir says, because defeating a guerilla movement such as the Lord's Resistance Army will merely result in more suffering for ordinary people.

International Crisis Group Senior Analyst¹⁵ John Prendergast says the efforts of the regional government of southern Sudan to end Uganda's civil war are noble.  But he adds that Kiir and his team cannot achieve this alone.

"International partners have to be involved in this very directly if it is going to work," he explained.  "But it has to be countries that have leverage¹⁶ and that means, first and foremost, the United States, which is missing in action on this one.  The U.S. needs an envoy¹⁷.  And the confusion about who is going to bring the kind of leverage the United States has, but is not exercising.  It really demands action very quickly on the part of President Bush to name somebody."

Nonetheless, Sudan's Salva Kiir says he will continue to play his newly adopted role as regional mediator¹⁸, saying if attention is needed to keep the peace in his own country, his government can and will take on the cause.

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

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 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 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

6 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。

7 mediating   

调停，调解，斡旋( mediate的现在分词 )； 居间促成； 影响…的发生； 使…可能发生

参考例句：

• So many factors are mediating. 如此众多的因素在起作用。
• The contrast in mediating noted in the sitting room. 客厅中注重了调和中的对比。

8 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。

9 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

10 inflicting   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。
• It's impossible to do research without inflicting some pain on animals. 搞研究不让动物遭点罪是不可能的。

11 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

12 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

13 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

14 mediation   

n.调解

参考例句：

• The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。
• The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。

15 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

16 leverage   

n.力量，影响；杠杆作用，杠杆的力量

参考例句：

• We'll have to use leverage to move this huge rock.我们不得不借助杠杆之力来移动这块巨石。
• He failed in the project because he could gain no leverage. 因为他没有影响力，他的计划失败了。

17 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

18 mediator   

n.调解人，中介人

参考例句：

• He always takes the role of a mediator in any dispute.他总是在争论中充当调停人的角色。
• He will appear in the role of mediator.他将出演调停者。