VOA标准英语2012--Britain Criticized For Rwanda Aid Donation
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十月)
Britain Criticized For Rwanda Aid Donation
Rebels from the March 23 Movement, known as the M23, in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Tutsi militia 1 continues to fight DRC government troops - and staged a deadly attack on United Nations peacekeepers in July.
A United Nations report leaked earlier this month concluded that the Tutsi-led Rwandan government was supporting the M23 rebellion - and even sending its own soldiers to help. The report states that Rwanda’s defense 2 minister is the group's effective commander.
Carina Tertsakian is from the African division of Human Rights Watch.
“We’ve documented many serious abuses by the M23 against the civilian 3 population in the areas they control. These include deliberate killings 4 of civilians 5, summary executions - particularly of people who have tried to escape. There have also been numerous cases of rape 6 of women and even young girls, as young as eight," she said.
Rwanda and the M23 rebels both deny the militia is supported by Kigali.
But the accusations 7 of involvement led many donors 9 to suspend aid donations to Rwanda earlier this year.
Then in early September, Britain decided 10 to unfreeze $26 million of its aid.
“The reason it had been suspended was because of Rwandan support to the M23. And in the intervening period that support had continued throughout August and early September . So it’s very difficult to understand the rationale for this resumption of aid," said Tertsakian.
The then-British secretary of state for international development, Andrew Mitchell, moved to another government office the day after signing off the aid. He has since been forced to resign from the government after swearing at a policeman.
The British parliament will now investigate the Rwanda donation. Ivan Lewis is the opposition 11 shadow secretary of state for international development.
“One has to reach the conclusion that the close friendships and links that exist between [British Prime Minister] David Cameron, Andrew Mitchell, the (ruling) Conservative party and the government of Rwanda, played a significant part in this decision," he said.
In written evidence to parliament at the time, Andrew Mitchell said ”Rwanda has engaged constructively 12 with the peace process.”
No one was available to interview from the Department of International Development, but they did give this statement:
"The International Development Secretary will be looking extremely closely at the issue of budget support to Rwanda before our next decision in December."
“Britain should not stand apart and make unilateral decisions from the international community. We should send a united strong message to the government of Rwanda: we are serious, no more interference in DRC, otherwise there will be consequences," said opposition lawmaker Ivan Lewis.
Britain is Rwanda’s biggest bilateral 13 donor 8, allocating 14 $130 million this year. Last week, British Prime Minister David Cameron praised Rwanda as proof that the ‘cycle of poverty’ can be broken.
- 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 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。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- 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。
- 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。
- There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
- He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
- In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
- The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。
- Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
- About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- Collecting, by occupying spare time so constructively, makes a person contented, with no time for boredom. 如此富有意义地利用业余时间来进行收藏，会使人怡然自得，无暇烦恼。
- The HKSAR will continue to participate constructively in these activities. 香港会继续积极参与这些活动。
- They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
- There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。
- Administrative practice generally follows the judicial model in allocating burdens of proof. 在分配举证责任方面，行政实践通常遵循司法模式。
- A cyclical multiplexing technique, allocating resources in fixed-time slices. 以固定的时间片分配资源的循环复用技术。
