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时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2005（上）--国政军事聚焦

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Sudan Rejects Calls for International War Crimes Tribunal on Darfur

In a joint 1 Security Council appearance Tuesday, Sudanese vice-president Ali Osman Taha, southern rebel leader John Garang and special U.N. envoy 2 Jan Pronk painted a horrific picture of the continuing bloodshed in Darfur. Mr. Pronk described conditions as dismal 3, and said six months of negotiating had led nowhere. He told the Council, we urgently need a breakthrough.

Mr. Pronk: Fighting on the ground continues. The ceasefire has not been kept. Those responsible for atrocious crimes on a massive scale still go unpunished. Militias 5 continue to attack, claiming they are not part of any agreement. The government has not stopped them.

The Security Council has also failed to come up with a solution that would stop the killing 6 and bring the perpetrators to justice. Since a commission of inquiry 7 concluded last month that war crimes no less serious than genocide had been committed in Darfur, diplomats 8 have been debating competing proposals for a war crimes tribunal.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan and several Security Council member countries favor referring the case to the International Criminal Court. The United States, which opposes the I.C.C., has proposed instead using a tribunal set up in Tanzania to try Rwandan genocide cases.

But Sudan's vice-president Taha told the Council Tuesday that his county's judicial 9 system is capable of handling the prosecutions 10 itself.

Taha: We are here to persuade the Security Council to see the wisdom and rationale in bringing those accused to before trial in Sudan. We strongly believe that there are no grounds to warrant taking suspects outside the country, and we strongly feel that such an action would very much help pushing things down, it will push things to degenerate 11, rather than help people reconcile or maintain peace.

The rebel leader, John Garang said he agreed that Arab militias known as janjaweed, who are accused of ethnic 12 cleansing 13 in Darfur must be prosecuted 14. But he argued that the trials should be delayed until the fighting stops.

John Garang: The Janjaweed militia 4 should be reined 15 in and those among them who are eventually proven to have committed serious crimes and atrocities 16, eventually punished. After peace is achieved in Darfur, not before, as that would be putting the cart before the horse, in which case both the cart and the horse would not move.

Mr. Garang, who is to become a vice-president in a new Sudanese government, has suggested formation of a 30-thousand strong peacekeeping force including 10-thousand African Union troops, 10-thousand Sudanese government troops, and 10-thousand members of his Sudan People's Liberation Army.

He said he is encouraged that the north-south accord he and vice-president Taha negotiated could be used as the basis for settling conflicts in Darfur and in eastern Sudan.

Mr. Garang: Despite what remains 17 a grim picture in Darfur, there is reason to believe, and I am optimistic, that the comprehensive peace agreement signed on January ninth has now considerably 18 improved prospects 19 for resolution of the Darfur conflict.

As they searched for a way to address the Sudan issue Tuesday, Security Council diplomats privately 20 admitted that estimates of the number killed in Darfur may be understated.

The United Nations has put the figure at about 70-thousand, while saying at the same time that as many as 10-thousand a month may be dying. Several doctors and other experts have suggested the actual figure may be several times higher.

The U.S. special envoy for war crimes issues Pierre Richard Prosper 21 briefed Council diplomats Tuesday on Washington's war crimes tribunal proposal. Afterward 22, he told reporters he had no account of the number killed in Darfur, but said the key is to recognize that a response is needed now to ensure effective accountability.