2007年VOA标准英语-UN Envoy Warns Darfur Aid Operation on Verge of
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（三月）
Khartoum
26 March 2007
The U.N. Undersecretary for Humanitarian 2 Affairs has warned that the massive aid operation sustaining Sudan's war-torn Darfur region is on the verge 3 of collapse 4 if insecurity in the region continues. Noel King has this report from Khartoum.
Top U.N. envoy 5 John Holmes on Monday warned that humanitarian aid to Darfur has been endangered by continued insecurity and called for an end to restrictions 6 placed on aid workers by the Sudanese government.
Holmes spoke 7 to reporters in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, following a two-day visit to Darfur.
"If we do not nurture 8 the partnerships 9 between members of the humanitarian community and the government; and if the problems get worse this humanitarian effort could begin to unravel 10 with possibly catastrophic consequences for the population," he said.
Holmes faced restrictions during his visit.
The U.N. humanitarian chief was barred by Sudanese security at a military checkpoint from visiting the Kassab IDP camp in northern Darfur.
Darfur refugees, sitting under a make-shift shelter in this derelict section of Es Sallam camp, say they have been waiting nine months to be relocated to decent shelters, 25 Mar 2007
Residents of the camp have reported that they still face the threat of rape 11 by members of Arab militia 12 known as janjaweed.
The governor of north Darfur state later apologized to Holmes.
A series of violent attacks on aid agency compounds late last year by unknown armed assailants caused a massive withdrawal 13 of humanitarian workers across Darfur.
Some agencies have not yet returned to the region.
Sudan has also been accused of making humanitarian staff undergo lengthy 14 procedures in order to obtain visas and permits to work in the region.
Sudan is charged with arming the janjaweed militias 15 to crush a rebellion by African farmers that began four years ago.
Experts estimate 200,000 people have died and more than 2.5 million others have been displaced.
Holmes' visit to Sudan was the first leg of a three-nation tour that will also include trips to Chad and the Central African Republic.
Observers have warned that violence in Darfur is spilling over into those neighboring countries.
- It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
- Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。
- 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 country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
- 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。
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- The tree grows well in his nurture.在他的培育下这棵树长得很好。
- The two sisters had received very different nurture.这俩个姊妹接受过极不同的教育。
- Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句
- He was good with his hands and could unravel a knot or untangle yarn that others wouldn't even attempt.他的手很灵巧，其他人甚至都不敢尝试的一些难解的绳结或缠在一起的纱线，他都能解开。
- This is the attitude that led him to unravel a mystery that long puzzled Chinese historians.正是这种态度使他解决了长期以来使中国历史学家们大惑不解的谜。
- The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
- He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
- 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。
- The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
- They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
- We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
- The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。