2006年VOA标准英语-US Congress Approves Sudan Sanctions
时间:2019-01-12 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(九月)
By Dan Robinson
Capitol Hill
26 September 2006
Legislation imposing 1 sanctions against the government of Sudan and Arab militia 2 responsible for killing 3 tens of thousands of people in Darfur, has been approved by Congress. The House of Representatives approved a measure passed earlier by the Senate, as lawmakers urged intensified 4 U.S. and international efforts to overcome Sudanese government resistance to a U.N. force for Darfur.
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The Darfur Peace and Accountability Act won House approval earlier this year and then went to the Senate, where it sat until just last week.
Sen. Richard Lugar
That is when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, headed by Republican Senator Richard Lugar, removed from the bill a provision referring to state divestment from Sudan.
Lugar and like-minded senators asserted the single paragraph would have doomed 5 chances of getting the legislation to President Bush's desk before Congress adjourns 6 at the end of this month.
The full Senate approved the change, sending the legislation back to the House, where lawmakers focused on challenges facing U.S. Special Envoy 7 for Sudan Andrew Natsios.
Congressman 8 Chris Smith is chairman of the House Subcommittee on Africa and Global Human Rights.
"The special envoy's mandate 9 should include all efforts to consolidate 10 peace throughout Sudan, including by ensuring full implementation 11 of the Darfur Peace Agreement, and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement [for Sudan]," he said.
Rep. Tom Lantos
Tom Lantos, ranking Democrat 12 on the House International Relations Committee, says the Darfur situation will require aggressive diplomacy 13.
"Sustained and intensive diplomatic efforts at the highest levels are needed," he said. "The special envoy must not only engage the parties to the conflict in Darfur, he will also need to galvanize the international community to bring lasting 14 peace to Darfur."
The sanctions in the Darfur Act include freezing the assets and banning entry of Sudan government officials or members of Arab militias 15 found to be complicit in atrocities 16 and banning them.
It would also ban the U.S. from providing assistance other than for humanitarian 17 needs to countries providing military aid to the government in Khartoum.
Sanctions would remain in effect until, among other things, Khartoum takes concrete steps to disarm 18 Arab militia blamed for killing and displacing tens of thousands of civilians 19.
"We continue to say to Khartoum that they must stop the genocide, it will not be tolerated," said Donald Payne, a New Jersey 20 Democrat. "President Bashir, the National Congress Party officials, Janjaweed [Arab militia] commanders and murderers, and others responsible for genocide must be held accountable and will be brought to justice."
On the issue of divestment, lawmakers such as Congresswoman Barbara Lee say they are not finished, and have proposed separate legislation to keep international companies operating in Sudan from receiving U.S contracts.
"We are coming back on divestment, because it makes no sense to allow companies with holdings in Sudan to continue to do this type of business," she said. "Pension funds should not have blood in their banks, and that is exactly what has happened."
The Darfur Act, which now goes to President Bush for signature, authorizes 21 the president to support expansion of the 7,000-strong African Union peace force sufficient to protect civilians and humanitarian operations.
It also calls for the U.S. and NATO to provide assets to help African peacekeepers deter 22 Sudan government air strikes, along with logistical and a range of other support.
- The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
- He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。
- First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面,其次是民兵。
- There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。
- 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。
- 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》
- The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
- A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。
- Congress adjourns in 3 weeks, we can't do this alone. 距国会开会只有3个星期,我们不能单干。
- And so, at six in the morning, a victorious Convention adjourns. 这样,早上六点,胜利的国民议会休会了。
- 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。
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
- 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。
- The two banks will consolidate in July next year. 这两家银行明年7月将合并。
- The government hoped to consolidate ten states to form three new ones.政府希望把十个州合并成三个新的州。
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后,他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
- The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
- This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。
- The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
- We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。
- 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
- They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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 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。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
- The dictionary authorizes the two spellings 'traveler' and 'traveller'. 字典裁定traveler和traveller两种拼法都对。
- The dictionary authorizes the two spellings "honor" and "honour.". 字典裁定 honor 及 honour 两种拼法均可。