美国呼吁南苏丹直接政治谈判

 　　WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United States urged South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and former Vice¹ President Riek Machar to end hostilities² and begin mediated³ political talks, according to a statement issued by State Department on Tuesday.

　　U.S. Special Envoy⁴ to Sudan and South Sudan, Donald Booth, is in the South Sudanese capital Juba to secure final commitment from Kiir and Machar to begin talks that could begin "in the coming days", State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said in the statement.

　　Booth is working with leaders from the Inter-Governmental Authority for Government nations to arrange for the negotiations⁵, Psaki added.

　　Kiir said he was ready to begin talks with Machar "without preconditions" to end the current crisis in South Sudan, Booth told reporters on Monday.

　　Deadly clashes have escalated⁶ in South Sudan since Dec. 15, following what Kiir's government claimed was an attempted coup⁷ by soldiers loyal to Machar, who was dismissed in July.

　　"The U. S. urges all parties in the crisis in South Sudan to implement⁸ an immediate⁹ cessation of hostilities," Psaki said.

　　An end to hostilities will offer critical humanitarian¹⁰ access to people in dire¹¹ need and open a space for a mediated political dialogue between the opposing sides, she added.

　　The U.S. also warns the leaders of South Sudan that those who seek to take or hold power by violence will not have U.S. support and may violate international law, according to the statement.

　　The U.S. moved additional Marines and aircraft from Spain to the Horn of Africa on Monday to provide embassy security and help with evacuations from South Sudan.

　　A defense¹² official told reporters that the extra forces moved to Djibouti would bring the total U.S. troops in the region to 150, with 10 aircraft. Of those forces, about 45 U.S. Army troops are in South Sudan providing security.

　　The U.S. State Department said on Sunday some 380 U.S. officials and citizens as well as about 300 citizens of other countries had been airlifted out of South Sudan.

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 hostilities   

n.战争；敌意(hostility的复数)；敌对状态；战事

参考例句：

• Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
• All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。

3 mediated   

调停，调解，斡旋( mediate的过去式和过去分词 )； 居间促成； 影响…的发生； 使…可能发生

参考例句：

• He mediated in the quarrel between the two boys. 他调解两个孩子之间的争吵。
• The government mediated between the workers and the employers. 政府在工人与雇主间搞调和。

4 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• 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。

5 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• 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。

6 escalated   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
• The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police. 示威逐步升级，演变成了一场同警察的混战。

7 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

8 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

9 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• 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。

10 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• 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。

11 dire   

adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的

参考例句：

• 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。

12 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• 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。