VOA标准英语2008年-Security Council Formally Condemns Darfur Attac
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（一月）
United Nations
12 January 2008
The U.N. Security Council has formally condemned 1 Monday's attack on a U.N.-African Union supply convoy 2 in Sudan's Darfur region, and threatened action against any party obstructing 3 the peace process. From U.N. headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more.
Security Council members unanimously approved a U.S.-sponsored statement that strongly condemned the attack carried out by "elements of the Sudanese Armed Forces as confirmed by the UN African Union Mission in Darfur" known as UNAMID.
The Council warned that any attack or threat against the peacekeepers is unacceptable, and welcomed the Sudanese government's offer to conduct a joint 4 investigation 5 of the incident with the United Nations and African Union.
U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad says it must be determined 6 why the attack happened and those responsible for it must be brought to justice. Pending 7 the outcome of the investigation, Ambassador Khalilzad says the Council could take a variety of steps.
"Further decisions by the Security Council; assigning responsibility on particular parties; taking punitive 8 actions also is in that mix, including sanctions. It covers a broad range of possible steps that the Security Council could decide on," he said.
The ambassador says there are a variety of sanctions the Council could choose from, including economic, political or military ones.
The Sudanese government has waffled on whether its military was responsible for the attack. First Khartoum denied it, then its defense 9 minister issued a statement accepting responsibility but saying it was a mistake. Friday, he distanced himself from that statement.
Sudanese Ambassador Abdalmahmood Mohamad says his government did not authorize 10 the attack, and he dismissed the Security Council's statement. "We don't think that there is condemnation 11 against Sudan's government. The text itself is speaking about "elements", [and] "elements" can mean anything," he said.
In its statement the Council also expressed concern about the deterioration 12 of security and humanitarian 13 conditions in Darfur and called for all member states to help accelerate the deployment 14 of the peacekeeping force. The force currently stands at nine thousand troops, but its goal is 26,000.
- The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
- Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。
- You can't park here, you're obstructing my driveway. 你不能在这里停车，你挡住了我家的车道。
- He was charged for obstructing the highway. 他因阻碍交通而受控告。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- 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。
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
- The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
- He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。
- They took punitive measures against the whole gang.他们对整帮人采取惩罚性措施。
- The punitive tariff was imposed to discourage tire imports from China.该惩罚性关税的征收是用以限制中国轮胎进口的措施。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- He said that he needed to get his supervisor to authorize my refund.他说必须让主管人员批准我的退款。
- Only the President could authorize the use of the atomic bomb.只有总统才能授权使用原子弹。
- There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
- The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。
- Mental and physical deterioration both occur naturally with age. 随着年龄的增长，心智和体力自然衰退。
- The car's bodywork was already showing signs of deterioration. 这辆车的车身已经显示出了劣化迹象。
- 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。
- He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
- Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。