VOA常速英语2007-UNHCR Security in Darfur Not Possible Without Pe

By Lisa Schlein
Geneva
06 October 2007

The United Nations High Commissioner¹ for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, warns that thousands of African Union and UN peacekeepers will be unable to guarantee security in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur without a comprehensive peace agreement.  He says the international community must pressure Sudan's government and the rebel movements in Darfur to negotiate in good faith when peace talks open later this month.  Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva.

UN agencies that are providing humanitarian² assistance to some 2.5 million internally displaced people in Darfur say security in the camps and the region continues to deteriorate³.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, says he is pleased that Sudan has signed on to a UN Security Council decision to send thousands of peacekeepers to the region.  A 26,000 strong hybrid⁴ force composed of African Union and United Nations soldiers is to go to Darfur early next year. 

But, Guterres says Darfur has many complex problems.  He says it will be difficult for the peacekeepers to fully⁵ deliver security in Darfur if there is no peace agreement.

"That is why we are, I would say, desperately⁶ willing that these peace negotiations⁷ come to a positive result, outcome," he said.  "Because without a meaningful, comprehensive peace agreement between the government of Khartoum and the relevant groups acting⁸ in the region, rebel groups acting in the region, it will be very difficult even for a peace force to be able to guarantee the security of the people." 

Peace negotiations between the government of Sudan and key rebel groups are to begin on October 27 in Libya. 

But, since the deal was concluded by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a month ago, several of the groups have said they will not attend.  And, complicating⁹ matters even more, some of the groups have splintered into competing factions¹⁰. 

Guterres says he understands the complications, but that everything must be done to bring the warring factions together around the negotiating table.

"My opinion, of course, both to the government of Khartoum and to the movements and to the international community to put all pressure on both sides for this peace agreement to be reached," he added.  "Without it, we see a lot of concern for the future of the population, and we see lots of limitations in the capacity to protect them even with a force on the ground." 

Earlier this week, rebels overran an African Union base in Darfur, killing¹¹ at least 10 peacekeepers.  This was the deadliest attack on the AU force since it deployed¹² in June 2004.

Darfur rebels have grown increasingly hostile to the 7,000 AU soldiers, saying they favor the government, a claim the African Union denies.

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 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。

3 deteriorate   

v.变坏；恶化；退化

参考例句：

• Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗？
• He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为，这只会使局势更加恶化。

4 hybrid   

n.(动，植）杂种，混合物

参考例句：

• That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
• The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

6 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

7 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

8 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

9 complicating   

使复杂化( complicate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• High spiking fever with chills is suggestive of a complicating pylephlebitis. 伴有寒战的高热，暗示合并门静脉炎。
• In America these actions become executive puberty rites, complicating relationships that are already complicated enough. 在美国，这些行动成了行政青春期的惯例，使本来已经够复杂的关系变得更复杂了。

10 factions   

组织中的小派别，派系( faction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别

11 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

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。