2006年VOA标准英语-Ivory Coast's President Will Not Fully Apply UN

By Joe Bavier
Abidjan
02 November 2006
 
Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo has said he will not apply parts of a new U.N. Security Council resolution he considers unconstitutional. The resolution calls for greater powers to the transitional prime minister to pave the way for elections and help reunite the war-divided nation.

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Laurent Gbagbo  
  
Speaking on Ivory Coast state television Thursday, President Laurent Gbagbo said the U.N. resolution, which Security Council members voted unanimously in favor of Wednesday, removes what has been a chief point of contention¹ during nearly a year of political impasse².

Gbagbo said resolution 1721, as it is known, puts an end, once and for all, to the debate over whether the constitution of a sovereign state can be undermined. He said the Ivorian constitution will be applied³.

International mediators in the Ivorian conflict said in September that conflicts between international agreements and Ivory Coast's constitution had hindered the work of transitional Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny.

Banny was appointed last year with a U.N. mandate⁴ to disarm⁵ northern rebels and southern pro-Gbagbo militias⁶ and organize elections. But the polls, seen as a key step towards reuniting the country, divided in two since late 2002, fell through last month.

The new resolution extends the mandates⁷ of both President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Banny another year, and calls for elections to be organized by the end of October 2007.

The resolution recognizes the sovereignty, independence, territorial⁸ integrity and unity⁹ of Ivory Coast, but also significantly increases the prime minister's power. 

 
Charles Konan Banny 
  
Banny, the document says, is to have all necessary powers to carry out his job, including the power to issue laws by decree within governmental and cabinet meetings. It also states the prime minister will have all necessary authority over the country's army and defense¹⁰ forces.

Debate has raged in Ivory Coast over whether those powers, given to the prime minister, constitute in themselves a violation¹¹ of the constitution.

In his speech, President Gbagbo said, that debate is also over.

All attempts contained here and there in the text of the resolution, he said, and which constitute violations¹² of the Ivorian constitution will not be applied.

Mr. Gbagbo then went on to call upon the people to avoid demonstrations¹³. Many in the country's main city, Abidjan, have, for weeks, feared that the announcement of the Security Council's decision would be accompanied by violent street protests by either pro-Gbagbo militants¹⁴ or opposition¹⁵ youth.

But Mr. Gbagbo said he had given firm instructions to the police to maintain order and had issued a decree permitting the army to intervene if necessary.

1 contention   

n.争论，争辩，论战；论点，主张

参考例句：

• The pay increase is the key point of contention. 加薪是争论的焦点。
• The real bone of contention,as you know,is money.你知道，争论的真正焦点是钱的问题。

2 impasse   

n.僵局；死路

参考例句：

• The government had reached an impasse.政府陷入绝境。
• Negotiations seemed to have reached an impasse.谈判似乎已经陷入僵局。

3 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

4 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

5 disarm   

v.解除武装，回复平常的编制，缓和

参考例句：

• The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
• He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。

6 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

7 mandates   

托管（mandate的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• Individual mandates would require all people to purchase health insurance. 个人托管要求所有人都要购买健康保险。
• While I agree with those benefits, I'm not a supporter of mandates. 我同意上述好处，我不是授权软件的支持者。

8 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

9 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

10 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。

11 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

12 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

13 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

14 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

15 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• 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。