VOA常速英语2008年-International Diplomats Seek Solution in Secess
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2008年（二月）
Nairobi
26 February 2008
A team of international diplomats 1 has flown to a rebel island of the Comoros to try to avoid a military intervention 2 by the central government. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from Nairobi the delegation 3 is to meet with leaders on the island of Anjouan who are seeking to secede 4.
The spokesman for the Comoros government, Foreign Minister Abdurahman Said Bakar, tells VOA that the purpose of the mission is to persuade Colonel Mohamed Bacar to relinquish 5 power so elections can be organized on the island of Anjouan.
"We will never accept that a part of the country will secede," Abdurahman said. "Therefore either we manage to do it peacefully if they agree. Otherwise the other alternative is to move in militarily to restore the authority of the union in the island."
He said the delegation, which reportedly includes representatives of the African Union and the French and U.S. embassies in Comoros, is proposing new internationally monitored elections.
Six years ago, Mohamed Bacar was elected president of Anjouan, one of four main islands that make up the Comoros federation 6. Comoros, with a population of 700,000, is an archipelago lying between Madagascar and the Mozambican coast.
Bacar was re-elected president last year in a vote that the central government does not recognize. He wants independence for the island, but the African Union views it as secession and has imposed sanctions. The African Union says it supports military intervention if negotiations 7 do not succeed.
About 1,200 African troops, spearheaded by Tanzanian forces, have mustered 8 on a nearby island and the Comoros government has hired Ukrainian helicopters to support them.
A political analyst 9 in Nairobi, Agina Ojwang, says the problem involves yet another small nation with few resources.
"The case of Comoros is that of a state with a very weak state apparatus 10, what nowadays we call the failing state," Ojwang said.
But he said the Comoros lies in a strategic area of the Indian Ocean not far from the island of Diego Garcia, which is British but has a U.S. military base. He says there are worries that if such mini-states split, they could come under the influence of foreign elements that might seek to use them for military operations.
He said the solution is to institutionalize democracy and strengthen the delivery of public services to all the islands in the archipelago.
- These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
- The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
- Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。
- The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
- We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。
- They plotted to make the whole Mississippi Valley secede from the United States.他们阴谋策划使整个密西西比流域脱离美国。
- We won't allow Tibet to secede from China and become an independent nation.我们决不允许西藏脱离中国独立。
- He was forced to relinquish control of the company.他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。
- They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。
- It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
- Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- We mustered what support we could for the plan. 我们极尽所能为这项计划寻求支持。
- The troops mustered on the square. 部队已在广场上集合。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。