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By Peter Heinlein
United Nations
19 March 2007

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Sudan must accept a strong international peacekeeping force in its war-torn Darfur region. Mr. Ban made the comment in an exclusive VOA interview. Correspondent Peter Heinlein spoke1 to Mr. Ban, and reports the secretary-general is making preparations for eventual2 creation of a U.N.-backed hybrid3 peace mission.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
Mr. Ban told VOA he is consulting with many African leaders to pressure Sudan to live up to an agreement reached with the United Nations and the African Union last November in Addis Ababa. He pointed4 to growing international frustration5 at the lack of progress in halting the violence in Darfur, and said he will push the issue further when he meets Arab leaders at a summit later this month in Saudi Arabia.

The three-phase Addis Ababa deal calls for Sudan to allow a so-called "heavy support" package of 3,000 well-equipped U.N. military police into Darfur. They would prepare the way for eventual deployment7 of a 21,000 - member hybrid force of U.N. and African Union troops. That force would replace the financially-strapped 7,000 - member AU mission currently in Darfur.

In a letter to Mr. Ban this month, Sudan President Omar al-Bashir appeared to renege on the Addis Ababa deal. But the secretary-general told VOA President Bashir must not be allowed to back out of the commitments made in Addis Ababa, and in an earlier Darfur peace agreement reached in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

"It was regrettable that President Bashir has made several reservations to my proposals to deploy6 a heavy support package and the hybrid peacekeeping operations," said Ban Ki-moon. "This proposal was done in close coordination8 with the African Union, in accordance with the Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements. This is something they must accommodate."

The secretary general says he will continue to press for a political solution in Darfur that will allow distribution of humanitarian9 aid to desperately10 needy11 people in the region. He has appointed former Swedish foreign minister and U.N. General Assembly president Jan Eliasson as his special envoy12 for the political process. Eliasson will be traveling to Khartoum for talks next week, along with the U.N. humanitarian aid chief, Undersecretary General John Holmes.

In the meantime, Mr. Ban says he is also moving ahead with preparations for the deployment of a military force.

"I have also proposed the nomination13 of the joint14 representative and the force commander," said UN secretary-general. "We have laid out all preparations so we will be able to contribute to the resolution of the Darfur issue."

At least 200,000 people have died since Darfur rebels took up arms against the Khartoum government in early 2003. Some scholars put the death toll15 far higher.

Human-rights activists16 accuse the government of responding by unleashing17 Arab tribal18 militias19 blamed for widespread atrocities20 against ethnic21 African villagers. The government denies the charge.

The United States and some human-rights groups say the atrocities amount to genocide.

More than 2.5 million people have fled their homes to escape the killing22. Some of the violence has spilled over into neighboring Chad and the Central African Republic, where many Darfurians are living in squalid refugee camps.
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1 spoke XryyC     
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。
2 eventual AnLx8     
adj.最后的，结局的，最终的
参考例句：
  • Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
  • Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。
3 hybrid pcBzu     
n.(动，植）杂种，混合物
参考例句：
  • That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
  • The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。
4 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的，直截了当的
参考例句：
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
5 frustration 4hTxj     
n.挫折，失败，失效，落空
参考例句：
  • He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
  • He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
6 deploy Yw8x7     
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。
7 deployment 06e5c0d0f9eabd9525e5f9dc4f6f37cf     
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。
8 coordination Ho8zt     
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。
9 humanitarian kcoxQ     
n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者
参考例句：
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
10 desperately cu7znp     
adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地
参考例句：
  • He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
  • He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。
11 needy wG7xh     
adj.贫穷的，贫困的，生活艰苦的
参考例句：
  • Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷，但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
  • They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。
12 envoy xoLx7     
n.使节，使者，代表，公使
参考例句：
  • Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
  • The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
13 nomination BHMxw     
n.提名，任命，提名权
参考例句：
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
14 joint m3lx4     
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。
15 toll LJpzo     
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
16 activists 90fd83cc3f53a40df93866d9c91bcca4     
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
17 unleashing 8742c1b567c83ec8d9e14c8aeacbc729     
v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • Company logos: making people's life better by unleashing Cummins power. 公司理念：以康明斯动力建设更美好的生活！ 来自互联网
  • Sooner or later the dam will burst, unleashing catastrophic destruction. 否则堤坝将崩溃，酿成灾难。 来自互联网
18 tribal ifwzzw     
adj.部族的，种族的
参考例句：
  • He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
  • The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
19 militias ab5f9b4a8cb720a6519aabca747f36e6     
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
20 atrocities 11fd5f421aeca29a1915a498e3202218     
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》
21 ethnic jiAz3     
adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的
参考例句：
  • This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
  • The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
22 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

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