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By Nick Wadhams
Nairobi
23 August 2007

Envoys¹ from the AU and the United Nations have been working for weeks to prepare for peace talks between the government and rebels in Sudan's Darfur region. Yet one of the rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Movement, says it will reassess its decision to take part after a spate³ of government raids. From Nairobi, Nick Wadhams reports that an African Union official says Khartoum must take all steps necessary to ensure the talks take place.

The biggest raid occurred Tuesday in the Kalma refugee camp. Sudan's state news agency said police arrested 19 people on accusations⁴ that they were responsible for attacks on police stations in Darfur, including one in which a policeman was killed.

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Salim Ahmed Salim (Aug 2007)

The African Union envoy for Darfur, Salim Ahmed Salim, tells VOA News that the Kalma camp raid created more tension in Darfur.

"I'm concerned about what has happened in Kalma camp and I'm concerned about the implications of that," he said. "Anything which really creates more tension certainly cannot be helpful. The government has primary responsibility for security in the area and I think the government has to create the necessary conditions for these negotiations⁵ to start on good footing."

The Sudan Liberation Movement accuses Khartoum of trying to force people out of Kalma. Some 200,000 people have died in four years of fighting in Darfur, and more than two million have been displaced. Many have fled to Kalma.

Salim says he plans to discuss what happened in Kalma when he meets with officials from Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's government on Saturday.

Salim met Wednesday with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol. Afterward⁶, he said he believed the peace talks should take place in October, though U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will determine the final date.

Despite the raid on Kalma and the rebels' response, Salim says that the negotiations must take place as soon as possible.

"The longer the negotiations are delayed, the more difficult the situation becomes on the ground, the more desperate people become, especially in the IDP camps," he said.

"There's nothing worse than [for] people to lose hope. But I think it's all the more necessary when you have situations like this that you must start the negotiations because only through the negotiations will you be able to have durable⁷ settlements, sustainable arrangements to make sure that things like that don't happen," he added.

Salim and his counterpart from the United Nations, Jan Eliasson, oversaw⁸ a meeting of various Darfur rebel groups in Arusha, Tanzania earlier this month, in which the factions⁹ agreed to a unified¹⁰ position heading into talks with Khartoum. That came after the U.N. Security Council approved a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force for Darfur, which is expected to be deployed¹¹ by mid-2008.

1 envoys   

使节( envoy的名词复数 )； 公使； 谈判代表； 使节身份

参考例句：

• the routine tit for tat when countries expel each other's envoys 国家相互驱逐对方使节这种惯常的报复行动
• Marco Polo's travelogue mentions that Kublai Khan sent envoys to Malgache. 马可波罗游记中提到忽必烈曾派使节到马尔加什。

2 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。

3 spate   

n.泛滥，洪水，突然的一阵

参考例句：

• Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。
• Refugees crossed the border in full spate.难民大量地越过了边境。

4 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

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 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

7 durable   

adj.持久的，耐久的

参考例句：

• This raincoat is made of very durable material.这件雨衣是用非常耐用的料子做的。
• They frequently require more major durable purchases.他们经常需要购买耐用消费品。

8 oversaw   

v.监督，监视( oversee的过去式 )

参考例句：

• He will go down as the president who oversaw two historic transitions. 他将作为见证了巴西两次历史性转变的总统，安然引退。 来自互联网
• Dixon oversaw the project as creative director of Design Research Studio. 狄克逊监督项目的创意总监设计研究工作室。 来自互联网

9 factions   

组织中的小派别，派系( faction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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

10 unified   

(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的

参考例句：

• The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
• The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。

11 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。