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By Margaret Besheer
United Nations
02 October 2007


The U.N. Security Council has condemned 1 an attack on African Union peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region that killed 10 of them, but could not agree on language for a formal statement. From U.N. headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more.


Ghanaian Ambassador Leslie Christian 2, who chairs the Security Council this month, told reporters Monday evening following the lengthy 3 closed-door meeting that the council was unable to reach an agreement and would continue its consultations 4 on Tuesday.


"The recent attack on AU peacekeepers in Haskanita, South Darfur was condemned and there was a demand that no effort should be spared so that the perpetrators are identified and brought to justice," said Leslie Christian.


Ambassador Christian declined to say why the council was unable to reach an agreement, but South Africa's envoy 5, Dumisani Kumalo, told reporters that some members felt strongly rebels were responsible, while others preferred to conduct an investigation 6 before accusing any group.


"The reason we could not come to an agreement was because most of us feel this was a terrorist act," said Dumisani Kumalo. "Every report that we have received points out it was done by rebels. We would have preferred a very specific statement. The others argued that of course they wanted an investigation to find out what happened."


U.N. officials say the small encampment in Haskanita came under heavy attack Friday evening and then again before sunrise on Saturday. The camp was destroyed and at least 10 peacekeepers were killed and several more were injured. A number more went missing, but Sudanese troops have since found several of them.


No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, which the Sudanese government blames on the two main rebel groups - the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM).


Sudan's U.N. Ambassador Abdalmahmood Mohamad:


"Factions 7 of SLM and JEM," he said. "It is very clear, the African Union said it, not only the Sudan government… The evidence is there: they were active in (the) area, they did it, the African Union said it, so they are very visible, it is not necessary to reinvent [the] wheel to know it is them."


The attack comes just weeks ahead of peace negotiations 8 scheduled for October 27 in Libya. Ambassador Mohamad said the attack targets the peace process, and should harden everyone's resolve to make the Tripoli meeting a success.


The violence could also complicate 9 plans to deploy 10 a 26,000 - member African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force to Darfur later this year. The president of Senegal says he is considering withdrawing his country's troops from the force, after one of his nation's soldiers was killed in the Haskanita attack.




adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
adj.漫长的,冗长的
  • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
  • The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。
n.磋商(会议)( consultation的名词复数 );商讨会;协商会;查找
  • Consultations can be arranged at other times by appointment. 磋商可以通过预约安排在其他时间。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Consultations are under way. 正在进行磋商。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.使节,使者,代表,公使
  • 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。
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
组织中的小派别,派系( faction的名词复数 )
  • 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
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
vt.使复杂化,使混乱,使难懂
  • There is no need to complicate matters.没有必要使问题复杂化。
  • These events will greatly complicate the situation.这些事件将使局势变得极其复杂。
v.(军)散开成战斗队形,布置,展开
  • 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。
学英语单词
Achinsk
anomalous specific heat
anti-knock index
avshalom
balli
Ban Na Sao
bedrizzle
beta-receptor
binomial differential
black Irish
bronislaw
bulbectomizes
camera with eyepiece
church slavics
collectivized
compression-type valve lifter
copper(ii) sulfite
d-p-d-t
daily administration
delistable
down-wind leg
drag torque
drill jig
eirena
established flow
ethmoidal nerve
ets (education testing service)
fall-linest
Faraday's electromagnetic induction law
fishin'
floor deck
free of capture&seizure clause
geometry of interface
heat exchange equipment
home-healthcare
home-heating
idolizations
intercontinental circuit
intravillous
isolated nonspecific ulcer
Kembridzh, Proliv
kochan
launch zone
law of nature
Lemele
Lepidothamnus fonkii
Lower Saxony
made a long nose
mallocs
millimetric wave magnetron
minimizers
mixed set of repeats
moisture-proof construction
moment peak
monoclinic unit prism
multivariate dispersion parameter
nigrospora
Notre-Dame-du-Monts
omphalolith
oofless
overpressure disconnector
overthrowing
paparazzoes
petroleum engineer
phosphate-sugar chain
physiologic incompatibility
politicos
portable lamp
post-detection integral
privilgis
procrastination strategy
pseudohalter
radial fluid flow
radio-frequency acceleration
reiswigs
repolishings
river alluvium
role playing
rumming
salahis
scarpered
Sea-scurvy
shot into
soundproof wall
South Australia, State of
static pressure difference
stop-off core
subsidiary rod
substantivalism
summary of reinforcement
tell me about
the Association for Payment Clearing Services
The Ranking of Claims
tobbed
transit-type
trapezoid rule
tuberculin hypersensitivity
two-core
unclusters
value-driven
waste can
xylobolus princeps