VOA标准英语2009年-UN Chief Urges Sudanese President to Cooperate

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir should cooperate fully¹ with whatever decision the International Criminal Court, or ICC, issues regarding his case and ensure the safety of civilians² and U.N. peacekeepers in Sudan.
　
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon

The court is considering whether to issue an arrest warrant for Mr. Bashir on charges including genocide for atrocities³ committed in his country's Darfur region. A decision is expected any day.

Mr. Ban said he is awaiting the independent court's decision and urged Sudan's president to act responsibly.

"Whatever the circumstances or decision of the ICC may be, it will be very important for President Bashir and the Sudanese Government to react very responsibly and ensure the safety and security of United Nations peacekeepers and protect the human rights of all the population there, and also faithfully implement⁴ the Comprehensive Peace Agreement," Mr. Ban said. "And he should fully cooperate with whatever decision the ICC makes."

The International Criminal Court is expected to decide this month whether to grant chief prosecutor⁵ Luis Moreno-Ocampo's request for an arrest warrant for Mr. Bashir on 10 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide for atrocities committed in Darfur during the last five years.

Sudan has so far rejected the court's authority. If the judges call for Mr. Bashir's arrest and Khartoum does not comply, it could create a very difficult and complicated situation for the United Nations, which has some 20,000 peacekeepers in Darfur and southern Sudan.

Khartoum has said the safety of the peacekeepers is not in jeopardy⁶, but it has warned that it cannot control public outrage⁷ if an arrest warrant is issued for the president.

Since the court took up the case of President Bashir, Mr. Ban has sought to limit his personal contact with him. But the secretary-general told a press conference Tuesday that on his recent visit to Ethiopia for the African Union summit, it was necessary that they meet.

"I thought that during this Addis [Ababa] AU Summit meeting that it would be very crucially important as secretary-general, in discharging my duties as secretary-general, in ensuring peace and security and ensuring safety and security of our U.N. Mission and civil population, that I should meet President Bashir at this time," Mr. Ban said.

Mr. Ban credited their talks with fewer casualties in the Darfur town of Muhajiriya, where there were clashes between Sudanese forces and rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement. He said rebels withdrew from the area and the Sudanese military restricted their aerial attacks to the outskirts⁸ of the town, avoiding heavy casualties.

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 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。

3 atrocities   

n.邪恶，暴行( atrocity的名词复数 )；滔天大罪

参考例句：

• They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 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。

5 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

6 jeopardy   

n.危险；危难

参考例句：

• His foolish behaviour may put his whole future in jeopardy.他愚蠢的行为可能毁了他一生的前程。
• It is precisely at this juncture that the boss finds himself in double jeopardy.恰恰在这个关键时刻，上司发现自己处于进退两难的境地。

7 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

8 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。