2006年VOA标准英语-Britain Calls for More Peacekeepers in Dar
时间：2019-01-04 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（一月）
By Michael Drudge 1
London
25 January 2006
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has told parliament the international community is failing to support the people of Sudan's war-ravaged western Darfur region. Mr. Blair says an African peacekeeping force needs more troops and money.
Tony Blair
Prime Minister Blair has faced new questions about the Darfur crisis during his weekly appearance in parliament.
"I think the international community is failing the people in Darfur, which is why it is so important that we take the measures that the development secretary, indeed the government, have been pressing for," he said. "And those measures have got to include not just the immediate 2 humanitarian 3 help, but also to make sure that the African Union peacekeeping force comes up to its full strength."
Mr. Blair says a number of steps need to taken to bring peace to Darfur, but he defends British policy on the issue.
"The only way that the situation in Darfur is going to improve is when there are sufficient numbers of peacekeeping forces on the ground to keep the combatants apart, when the process of dialogue and peace takes place, which we have been calling for, and obviously, where the measures are in place to improve humanitarian help," he added. "So we have to do more, but we are doing more and I would just point out we as the British government have been leading in this area and will continue to do so."
The United Nations has called the Darfur conflict the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
The U.N. says two million people have fled their homes and more than 180,000 have been killed in Darfur in two-and-one-half years of fighting between separatist rebels and government-backed militias 4.
The African Union has sent about 7,000 peacekeeping troops and security personnel to patrol a region bigger than France.
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is calling for a major new international effort to pacify 5 Darfur. In a newspaper commentary Mr. Annan says the U.N. Security Council has the responsibility to act to stop genocide, ethnic 6 cleansing 7, and war crimes. He also calls for more pressure on the rebels and the government to observe a ceasefire and undertake urgent peace talks.
- I feel like a real drudge--I've done nothing but clean all day!我觉得自己像个做苦工的--整天都在做清洁工作！
- I'm a poor,miserable,forlorn drudge;I shall only drag you down with me.我是一个贫穷，倒运，走投无路的苦力，只会拖累你。
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- 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。
- 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
- He tried to pacify the protesters with promises of reform.他试图以改革的承诺安抚抗议者。
- He tried to pacify his creditors by repaying part of the money.他为安抚债权人偿还了部分借款。