VOA常速英语2007年-Bashir Pledges Peace in Southern Sudan

By Scott Bobb
Johannesburg
07 November 2007

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir says he is fully¹ committed to a peace accord with former southern Sudanese rebels.  The Sudanese leader made the remark during a three-day visit to South Africa that concluded Wednesday.  Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from Johannesburg.

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, says the 21-year-old war with the southern rebels is over.  Speaking through an interpreter during a dinner Tuesday in Capetown, Mr. Bashir said his government was committed to the implementation³ in letter and in spirit of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, called C.P.A.

"We would like to assure you that there will be no return to war, whatsoever⁴ the differences between the CPA parties," Mr. al-Bashir said.

Tensions between the Bashir government and the former southern rebels have risen since the southerners withdrew from the government of national unity⁵.  They accuse the Bashir government of failing to implement² the Agreement by not withdrawing government troops from their oil-rich region.

The Sudanese government says these are technical problems.

Mr. Bashir held lengthy⁶ talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki during which they discussed the north-south tensions as well as violence in western Sudan's Darfur region.

Negotiations⁷ between the Sudanese government and various rebel groups in Darfur stalled last month after two major groups refused to attend peace talks in Libya.

Mr. Mbeki urged the factions⁸ to join the talks and called for a speedy end to the conflict in Darfur.

"The international community should take firm action against anybody who willfully absents themselves from these negotiations, choosing to engage in violent actions against (the) innocent people of Darfur," Mr. Mbeki said.

An estimated 200,000 people have been killed in Darfur in clashes and raids by government-backed militias⁹ and various rebel groups.

After lengthy negotiations, the Sudanese government agreed to the deployment¹⁰ early next year of a joint¹¹-peacekeeping force of 26,000 troops under the African Union and the United Nations.  The troops are to strengthen a seven-thousand troop African peacekeeping force already in place.

The Bashir government wants most of the new troops to come from African countries.

Mr. Mbeki said the joint force should be deployed¹² to Darfur without delay.

He said South Africa would consider increasing its contribution of 600 peacekeeping troops, but he added that this was subject to constraints¹³ posed by South Africa's troop commitments in other African countries.

1 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。

2 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。

3 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。

4 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

5 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。

6 lengthy   

adj.漫长的，冗长的

参考例句：

• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
• The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。

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 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

9 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

10 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

11 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。

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。

13 constraints   

强制( constraint的名词复数 )； 限制； 约束

参考例句：

• Data and constraints can easily be changed to test theories. 信息库中的数据和限制条件可以轻易地改变以检验假设。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
• What are the constraints that each of these imply for any design? 这每种产品的要求和约束对于设计意味着什么？ 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓