非洲－非盟高峰会议解决领土间冲突
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2005（上）--国政军事聚焦
African Union Summit Tackles Conflicts on Continent
African leaders at a summit in Gabon are trying to find breakthroughs to stop the three major conflicts remaining on the continent - in Ivory Coast, in Sudan's western Darfur region, and in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Long-time Gabonese President Omar Bongo opened the two-day summit in Libreville by saying the three conflicts are undermining growth throughout Africa.
About a dozen heads of state are attending the African Union Peace and Security Council meeting, including a surprise arrival, Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo.
South African President Thabo Mbeki, who has been mediating 1 the Ivory Coast crisis since violence erupted for several days in November, was also present.
The current head of the African body, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, praised his work.
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo: Definitely a step has been made. I want also to thank President Gbagbo and all the members of the Ivorian national assembly and all the leaders of the rebels and the other side for the restraint they have exercised and for the positive steps they have taken and for the collaboration 2 and the cooperation they have given to President Thabo Mbeki.
But Ivory Coast opposition 3 leaders outside the meeting hall distributed a document alleging 4 Mr. Gbagbo was preparing a return to war. They also called for sanctions to be imposed against him and his supporters, accusing them of blocking implementation 5 of successive peace deals.
Mr. Gbagbo has called for rebels to disarm 6 immediately.
President Obasanjo said renewed tensions in the D.R.C and intensified 7 fighting in Darfur are also of grave concern.
The African Union has been trying to become more assertive 8 in ending African wars, but many diplomats 9 at the summit said African states lack funds and equipment to carry out this mandate 10.
Nico Colombant, VOA news, Abidjan.
注释：
Gabon [^a5b] n. [国名]加蓬(位于非洲中西部，首都利伯维尔)
Libreville [7li:brE5vi:l] 利伯维尔[加蓬首都]
Nigerian [nai5dViEriEn] n. 尼日利亚人
assembly [E5sembli] n. 集会
successive [sEk5sesiv] adj. 连续的
mandate [5mAndeit] n. (书面)命令，训令，要求
- So many factors are mediating. 如此众多的因素在起作用。
- The contrast in mediating noted in the sitting room. 客厅中注重了调和中的对比。
- The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
- He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes. 由于报上一篇文章声称他曾逃税，他的名誉受到损害。
- This our Peeress declined as unnecessary, alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be sufficient. 那位贵人不肯，还说不必，只要有她老表唐希尔保荐就够了。
- The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
- He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。
- Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
- The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She always speaks an assertive tone.她总是以果断的语气说话。
- China appears to have become more assertive in the waters off its coastline over recent years.在近些年，中国显示出对远方海洋的自信。
- These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
- The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
- The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。