VOA常速英语2008年-UN Security Council Considers Somalia Options
时间:2019-02-05 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(三月)
United Nations
20 March 2008
The U.N. Security Council is looking at options, proposed by the secretary general, for stabilizing 1 Somalia. They include the possibility of sending a U.N. peacekeeping force to that country to take over from the small African Union force currently there. From United Nations headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more.
Diplomats 2 say sending a U.N. peacekeeping force to Somalia is not an immediate 3 possibility. But it is one of several options Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has laid out for the council to consider in a new report on the situation in Somalia.
Zalmay Khalilzad is the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
"We are not close to deploying 4 the peacekeeping forces, but we are looking at a variety of options: the political presence of the U.N., what you could do in terms of maritime 5 activities, what you could do in terms of strengthening AMISOM [The African Union Mission in Somalia], and considering under what circumstances one might do peacekeeping," he noted 6.
Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet, expressed concern to the council about sending peacekeepers into Somalia while the security situation remains 7 inconsistent throughout the country and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) is unable to maintain law and order.
"The security situation in many parts of Somalia, and particularly Mogadishu, remains complex, volatile 8 and unpredictable," he noted. "Due to the complexity 9 of the conflict, shifting alliances and extremist activity, the situation in south and central Somalia can change daily, making any location that is safe one day, potentially dangerous the next."
In his report, Mr. Ban laid out four scenarios 11 for possible future developments in Somalia. Two include international troop deployments, but only if key conditions on the ground are met.
In one of those scenarios, Mr. Ban envisages 13 improvements in both the political and security situations resulting in the consideration of a phased withdrawal 14 of Ethiopian troops from Mogadishu. Ethiopian forces have been assisting Somalia's transitional government for more than a year in its battle against an Islamist-led insurgency 15.
Under this scenario 10, Mr. Ban foresees a stabilization 16 force of about 8,000 troops and police to prevent a security vacuum.
In another scenario, the U.N. chief says a viable 17 political process, involving a power sharing agreement among the parties and the renunciation of violence, could lead to the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces and the deployment 12 of more than 28,000 U.N. peacekeeping troops to succeed the current African Union mission. That mission is made up of about 2,300 troops from Uganda and Burundi.
But in the current political and security climate, the secretary-general is only recommending the relocation of a limited number of U.N. staff from Kenya to Mogadishu and other parts of south and central Somalia. He also proposes the possibility of a Maritime Task Force, which would expand current French and Danish efforts to protect ships carrying humanitarian 18 aid from pirates off Somalia's coast.
Somalia has been without an effective central government since 1991, when President Mohammed Siad Barre was overthrown 19.
Since an Ethiopian military campaign ousted 20 Somali Islamists from power in December 2006, Islamist-led groups have been waging a violent anti-government insurgency.
The United Nations warns that violence and instability have left some two million Somalis in need of humanitarian assistance and displaced one million people from their homes.
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- These stabilizing design changes are usually not desirable for steady-state operation. 这些增加稳定性的设计改变通常不太符合稳态工作的要求。 来自辞典例句
- 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》
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
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- Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。
- Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
- The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定,投资冒着很大的风险。
- His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱,喜怒无常。
- Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem.直到现在他才明白这一问题的全部复杂性。
- The complexity of the road map puzzled me.错综复杂的公路图把我搞糊涂了。
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- This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。
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- The board envisages that there will be a high profit. 董事会预期将会获得高额利润。
- The paper reviews and envisages the development trend of carbon electrode. 本文对炭电极的发展方向做了回顾与展望。
- 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。
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- The position of barycentre on plane directly impacts the stabilization and manipulation of plane. 飞机重心位置直接影响飞机的稳定和操纵特性。
- With the higher olefins, stabilization of the energetic intermediates occurs more easily. 在较高的烯烃情况下,高能的中间物稳定作用更易出现。
- The scheme is economically viable.这个计划从经济效益来看是可行的。
- The economy of the country is not viable.这个国家经济是难以维持的。
- 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 was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
- He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。