VOA常速英语2007年-Mediators Seek Wider Participation in Darfur Ta

By Derek Kilner
Nairobi
06 November 2007

International mediators are trying to secure the participation¹ of key rebel leaders for peace negotiations³ on the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan.  As Derek Kilner reports for VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, rebels are seeking to move the talks from Libya to another country.

U.N. and African Union mediators have sent a delegation⁴ from the site of the peace talks in Sirte, Libya to consult with rebel representatives in Darfur and the southern Sudanese capital of Juba . Negotiations were to begin October 27, but after several key groups declined to attend, mediators postponed⁵ the talks while they attempt to bring the rebels on board.

At a press conference Monday in New York, a spokesman for the U.N.-AU mediation⁶ team, Ahmed Fawzi, said he hoped the current consultations⁷ with rebel groups would be completed within four weeks.  He also said that the rebels should, quote, "get their act together."

Suleiman Jamous, of the Sudan Liberation Army-Unity rebel faction⁸, says his group is firmly committed to negotiation², but believes the talks would be more effective at a new location, such as Chad, closer to rebel bases in the field.

"Keeping them out of the field and keeping them in Juba or Tripoli, I do not advise that," Jamous said. "They should get the rebels to come in to the field and to negotiate with each other and to sit with each other and to make their own effort of unification.  That would be better than keeping them out and trying to compel them to come to any kind of compromise."

Other rebels, including the Justice and Equality Movement, have said there are too many rebel factions⁹.  Monday, Reuters news agency quoted the Justice and Equality Movement's spokesman as saying his group would not participate in negotiations unless only two groups are present - his and a united delegation from the Sudan Liberation Army.

But the United Nations says there are at least 16 rebel groups and their unification is a major goal of the U.N. and AU consultations.  It was also the focus of a rebel gathering¹⁰ in Juba in October.

Jamous  says his group is working to unite the various rebel factions, but that if groups cannot be brought into a unified¹¹ fold they should not be excluded from the talks.

"I think the reality on the ground is that there are other factions that should be addressed and should participate in the negotiations," Jamous said. "Any kind of trying to sideline someone will lead to another failure like happened in Abuja.  It is better for the international community and the rebels to accept each other and to sit together and to unify¹² themselves and to negotiate the matter of Darfur as one group.  If this is not achieved we should accept anyone who says that I am also a rebel group, if they have troops on the ground.  So we should not leave anyone out"

A previous peace deal in 2006 was signed by only one rebel faction, and consequently did little to stem the fighting.  Since then, the number of factions has multiplied, becoming a major challenge for peace efforts.

A joint¹³ U.N.-AU peacekeeping force is scheduled to deploy¹⁴ to Darfur by January, and mediators hope they will have secured a peace deal for the troops to support by then.

1 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

2 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

3 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。

4 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

5 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

6 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。

7 consultations   

n.磋商（会议）( consultation的名词复数 )；商讨会；协商会；查找

参考例句：

• Consultations can be arranged at other times by appointment. 磋商可以通过预约安排在其他时间。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Consultations are under way. 正在进行磋商。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 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。

9 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

10 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

11 unified   

(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的

参考例句：

• The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
• The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。

12 unify   

vt.使联合，统一；使相同，使一致

参考例句：

• How can we unify such scattered islands into a nation?我们怎么才能把如此分散的岛屿统一成一个国家呢？
• It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.很难想象南北双方在统一半岛的方案上究竟怎样才能达成一致。

13 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

14 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。