VOA标准英语2009年-Final Phase of Mauritanian Returns From Se

By Lisa Schlein
Geneva
24 October 2009

 
A refugee girl in Dodel, a Mauritanian refugee camp in Senegal (file photo)
 
The United Nations High Commissioner¹ for Refugees says it has begun the final stage of the organized voluntary repatriation² of Mauritanian refugees from Senegal. It says between 5,000 and 7,000 refugees are expected to return by the end of the year.

The U.N. refugee agency says the end of this repatriation will mark the conclusion of a UNHCR operation that began in 1989. The 2009 repatriation began in January.  But, it was suspended between mid-July and mid-October because of the rainy season, which made roads impassable.

UNHCR spokesman, Andrej Mahecic, says more than 14,000 Mauritanian refugees, comprising 3,634 families, had returned from Senegal to four regions in Mauritania before the operation was suspended.

"Strong support is needed for them to rebuild their lives," he said. "The Mauritanian national refugee organization and its partners are assisting in the reintegration process with a variety of programs allocating³ farm land, providing Arabic and French language courses, doing medical screening of the returnees, etc." 

"More challenges must still be addressed before the returnees enjoy the same conditions as other Mauritanian citizens, including deficiencies in health, education, water, and food security," he added. 

The returns follow a call by Mauritanian authorities in 2007 for their citizens to come home.  They fled to Senegal two decades ago to escape clashes between black African and Moorish⁴ communities in Mauritania.

The UNHCR says it is important to make sure the repatriation of the Mauritanian refugees is sustainable and that the returnees become self-sufficient. 

Mahecic says the UNHCR and its partners, including all UN agencies, will continue to implement⁵ income-generating activities and monitor returnees in 2010. He says the agencies are supplying water, distributing farming supplies, setting up cooperatives and implementing⁶ food-for-work projects.

Mahecic says it is likely that another organized voluntary operation of refugees in Mali to Mauritania could begin next year. He says a recent census⁷ in Mali found an estimated 8,000 out of 12,000 Mauritanian refugees may wish to return home. 

However, he says the repatriation operation cannot go ahead until the Mauritanian and Malian governments agree on how the returns will be carried out. 

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 repatriation   

n.遣送回国，归国

参考例句：

• The Volrep programme is the preferred means of repatriation. 政府认为自愿遣返计划的遣返方法较为可取。 来自互联网
• Arrange the cargo claiming and maritime affairs,crews repatriation,medical treatment,traveling so on. （六）洽办货物理赔，船舶海事处理，办理船员遣返，就医，旅游等。 来自互联网

3 allocating   

分配，分派( allocate的现在分词 )； 把…拨给

参考例句：

• Administrative practice generally follows the judicial model in allocating burdens of proof. 在分配举证责任方面，行政实践通常遵循司法模式。
• A cyclical multiplexing technique, allocating resources in fixed-time slices. 以固定的时间片分配资源的循环复用技术。

4 moorish   

adj.沼地的，荒野的，生[住]在沼地的

参考例句：

• There was great excitement among the Moorish people at the waterside. 海边的摩尔人一阵轰动。 来自辞典例句
• All the doors are arched with the special arch we see in Moorish pictures. 门户造成拱形，形状独特，跟摩尔风暴画片里所见的一样。 来自辞典例句

5 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。

6 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

7 census   

n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查

参考例句：

• A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
• The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。