2007年VOA标准英语-As Refugees Return to Sudan, More Being Displac

By Noel King
Khartoum
06 June 2007

Officials of the United Nations and the International Organization for Migration¹, in coordination² with the Sudanese government, say they have returned 100,000 former refugees and internally displaced persons to southern Sudan since 2006.  But in Sudan's western Darfur region, violence continues to displace tens of thousands each month. For VOA, Noel King has more from Khartoum.
 
An estimated four million southern Sudanese were displaced during Sudan's 21-year civil war between the northern Islamist regime and southern rebels.
 
The war ended with the signing of a peace accord in 2005, enabling southerners to return home.
 
Robert Turner, director of the Returns, Reintegration and Recovery unit of the United Nations Mission in Sudan, spoke³ to reporters in Khartoum Wednesday about the return of the Sudanese who were refugees in other countries and those Sudanese who were internally displaced, known as IDPs.
 
"We've just surpassed 100,000 organized IDP and refugee returns since January 2006," Turner said. "This, in our view, is a fairly impressive achievement particularly given that Sudan represents probably the most difficult operational environment in the world."
 
Turner warned that funds for the returns program have nearly been exhausted⁴.
 
Most of southern Sudan's infrastructure⁵, including roads and bridges, was destroyed during the war, complicating⁶ the returns process.
 
Refugees and IDPs are being returned in trucks, planes, trains and river barges⁷ from areas in northern Sudan, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic.
 
But despite the successes in southern part of the country, Sudan remains⁸ far from peaceful.  The U.N. Mission warned on Wednesday that violence in Darfur continues to displace tens of thousands of people in the western region. 
 
George Somerwill, chief of public information for the U.N. mission spoke at a news conference in Khartoum.
 
"The situation in Darfur continues to be characterized by forced movement of civilians⁹, due to increased insecurity," Somerwill said. "Nearly 140,000 people have been identified as newly displaced since the beginning of the year, with at least 10,000 on the move during the month of May alone."
 
The Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended Sudan's north-south civil war in 2005, was used as a template for the 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement.
 
But while the north-south deal has seen considerable success, the Darfur accord failed to attract the support of most rebel factions¹⁰.  
 
Fighting has continued between Darfuri rebels, Sudan's armed forces and government-backed militias¹¹ known as janjaweed.
 
The conflict, in which an estimated 200,000 people have died, has raged for over four years.

1 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

2 coordination   

n.协调，协作

参考例句：

• Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
• The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

5 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

6 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。

7 barges   

驳船( barge的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The tug is towing three barges. 那只拖船正拖着三只驳船。
• There were plenty of barges dropping down with the tide. 有不少驳船顺流而下。

8 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

9 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

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 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