2007年VOA标准英语-UN Secretary-General Presses for Quick Action o
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New York
16 July 2007
During a briefing about his just completed two-week trip to Afghanistan and Europe, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says Darfur dominated discussions. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara Schoetzau reports Mr. Ban says it is time to push the pace of progress.
Ban Ki-moon (file photo)
The secretary-general says he hopes the Security Council will pass a resolution authorizing 1 a hybrid 2 peacekeeping operation within the week.
Last month, Sudan unconditionally 3 accepted an U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force, which will include as many as 26,000 military personnel and civilian 4 police. The draft resolution also calls on member states to finalize 5 their contributions to the force within 90 days.
Mr. Ban says this is fast by U.N. standards, but not fast enough.
"The political situation of the ground is too fragile, the humanitarian 6 crisis too dire 7 to waste more precious time," he said.
Sudan objects to the draft resolution's stress on humanitarian issues and the threat of "further measures," possibly sanctions.
Mr. Ban says he intends to accelerate the U.N. timetable to the maximum on both the military and political fronts.
"Working with our many partners, chief among them the African Union, we must start preparing the ground for our peacekeepers immediately," he said. "The Chinese government will soon send a contingent 8 of military engineers to Darfur, where they will begin the essential communications and logistical work that must precede the mission. In fact, a preliminary reconnaissance group leaves for Sudan July 17. I am informed that several hundred international troops, or more, will be ready to deploy 9 by October. I will push for September."
Mr. Ban described initial talks in Libya between diplomats 10 and divided rebel groups as "successful". He said the goal is to step up the pace of negotiations 11 and bring all factions 12 - government, rebels and tribal 13 leaders - to the table by early September to find a political solution.
The secretary-general says he intends to visit Sudan, including Darfur, at the earliest possible moment.
- Letters of Marque: Take letters from a warning friendly power authorizing privateering. 私掠许可证：从某一个国家获得合法抢劫的证书。
- Formal phavee completion does not include authorizing the subsequent phavee. 阶段的正式完成不包括核准随后的阶段。
- That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
- The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。
- All foreign troops must be withdrawn immediately and unconditionally. 所有外国军队必须立即无条件地撤出。
- It makes things very awkward to have your girls going back unconditionally just now! 你们现在是无条件上工，真糟糕！ 来自子夜部分
- 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。
- Let us finalize tonight.让我们今天晚上干完
- 。At the same time,industrial designers work with engineers to finalize components and assembly.同时，工业设计师和工程师一道来完成部件和组装部分的工作。
- 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。
- There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
- We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。
- The contingent marched in the direction of the Western Hills.队伍朝西山的方向前进。
- Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather.我们是否按时到达要视天气情况而定。
- The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
- The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。
- 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》
- 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。
- The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
- rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别