2007年VOA标准英语-Nepal's Maoists Postpone UN Troop Verification

By Liam Cochrane
Kathmandu
14 June 2007

Nepal's former rebel Maoist party has asked the United Nations to postpone¹ the verification of the number of their fighters, after two party leaders were killed in the country's south. The United Nations was scheduled to begin checking the age and date of recruitment of Maoist fighters as part of the peace process. Liam Cochrane reports from Kathmandu.

The senior members of the Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League were killed in Nepal's central southern district of Saptari.

They were traveling with journalists and human rights workers Wednesday when a group stopped their vehicle and abducted² them. The two were later killed, and one of the bodies was mutilated.

Police blame the attack on the Madheshi People's Rights Forum³, but the group denies responsibility.

Nepalese Maoist rebels train at a camp in Makwanpur, south of Kathmandu (File)

As a result of the killings⁵, the Maoist leadership has asked the United Nations to hold off on efforts to verify their troops.

It is the second time the Maoists have postponed⁶ the verification process, but a spokesman for the U.N. mission in Nepal, Kieran Dwyer, says the request was reasonable, considering the tensions in the south.

"This is a very particular matter and the Maoists are wanting to make sure, in their leadership here, that on the ground level their cadres are willingness to cooperate with us," said Dwyer. "They have told us that the sensitivities in the cantonments are extremely high and people are upset over these killings."

The Maoists' central committee is meeting Thursday to discuss how to react to the murders.

The Maoists fought a bloody⁷ 10-year insurgency⁸ to oust⁹ Nepal's monarchy¹⁰. After the king lost power last year, other political parties invited the Maoists to join an interim¹¹ multi-party government.

Under an agreement to bring peace to the country, the Maoists have moved 31,000 fighters to seven camps across the country and have locked up almost 3,000 weapons. The United Nations must verify that none of the troops are under 18 years old or were recruited after the peace process began.

The Maoists have not yet indicated how long they might postpone the verification of their troops, but Kieran Dwyer is hopeful that the process will move ahead soon.

"We would expect that verification process would begin in a couple of days," said Dwyer. "But of course we have to be aware that these sorts of killing⁴ were extremely serious matters in the peace process and that they serious erode¹² the confidence of the parties in the process."

Nepal's southern districts have seen an increase in violence since a peace deal was signed between the Maoists and the major political parties last year, with dozens of politically motivated killings.

1 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。

2 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

3 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

4 killing   

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。

5 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

6 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

7 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

8 insurgency   

n.起义；暴动；叛变

参考例句：

• And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
• Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网

9 oust   

vt.剥夺，取代，驱逐

参考例句：

• The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
• The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。

10 monarchy   

n.君主，最高统治者；君主政体，君主国

参考例句：

• The monarchy in England plays an important role in British culture.英格兰的君主政体在英国文化中起重要作用。
• The power of the monarchy in Britain today is more symbolical than real.今日英国君主的权力多为象徵性的，无甚实际意义。

11 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

12 erode   

v.侵蚀，腐蚀，使...减少、减弱或消失

参考例句：

• Once exposed,soil is quickly eroded by wind and rain.一旦暴露在外，土壤很快就会被风雨侵蚀。
• Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits.金融市场的竞争降低了利润。