VOA标准英语2009年-UN Protests Expulsion of Aid Agencies from Darf

UN aid agencies strongly protest the expulsion of 13 leading non-governmental organizations from Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur. The agencies warn of catastrophic consequences if the government of Omar al-Bashir does not rescind² this decision.
　
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir waves his cane³ in front of thousands of supporters at the entrance of the presidential palace in Khartoum, 05 Mar¹ 2009

The United Nations calls the expulsion of 13 leading international non-governmental organizations from Darfur catastrophic. It says it will be impossible to administer humanitarian⁴ aid to millions of civilians⁵ in this strife-torn region without their assistance.

It says this action by the Sudanese government is totally unacceptable. The government of Omar al-Bashir told the private aid agencies to leave the country after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the Sudanese president.

He is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the six-year Darfur conflict.

The UN High Commissioner⁶ for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, joins the UN secretary-general in condemning⁷ the expulsions. She says this could prove disastrous⁸ given the life-saving work performed by private aid agencies, such as Oxfam, Save the Children and Care International.

Her spokesman, Rupert Colville, says the U.N. Human Rights Office will examine whether Sudan's decision to expel aid groups violates basic human rights and could constitute a war crime.

"To knowingly and deliberately⁹ deprive such a huge group of civilians of the means to survive is a deplorable act," he said. "Humanitarian assistance has nothing to do with the ICC [International Criminal Court] proceedings¹⁰. To punish civilians because of the decision of the ICC is a grievous dereliction of the government's duty to protect its own people."
　
Displaced Darfurians arrive in the Zamzam refugee camp in northern Darfur, Sudan, 26 Feb 2009

Aid operations in Darfur are the largest humanitarian emergency in the world. The United Nations reports up to 4.7 million people, including 2.7 million internally displaced persons are in need of assistance.

The U.N. says private aid agencies are vital to its humanitarian operations. It says they distribute much of the relief to the needy¹¹. It warns the loss of these non-governmental organizations means that more than one million people will be without food, 1.5 million without health care, and over one million without drinkable water.

A spokeswoman for the World Health Organization, Fadela Chaib, says the expulsion of the aid agencies could lead to increased mortality and morbidity¹² due to the interruption of health services.

"And, also can include declining immunization coverage¹³ and increasing mortality among children if they do not have access to therapeutic¹⁴ feeding and nutrition services," she said. "And, also what is very important for WHO, these NGO's were helping¹⁵ us also do surveillance of infectious diseases."

Chaib warns of possible outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as diarrhea and respiratory infections, if the NGO's no longer are available to monitor the emergence¹⁶ of disease.

The United Nations reports the expulsion order came as aid agencies were battling an outbreak of meningitis in Kalma Camp in southern Darfur, home to 90,000 people.

1 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 rescind   

v.废除，取消

参考例句：

• They accepted his advice and rescinded the original plan.他们听从了他的劝告，撤销了原计划。
• Trade Union leaders have demanded the government rescind the price rise.工会领导已经要求政府阻止价格上涨。

3 cane   

n.手杖，细长的茎，藤条；v.以杖击，以藤编制的

参考例句：

• This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
• English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。

4 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。

5 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

6 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

7 condemning   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的现在分词 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
• I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

8 disastrous   

adj.灾难性的，造成灾害的；极坏的，很糟的

参考例句：

• The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。
• Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨，血本无归。

9 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

10 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

11 needy   

adj.贫穷的，贫困的，生活艰苦的

参考例句：

• Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷，但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
• They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。

12 morbidity   

n.病态；不健全；发病；发病率

参考例句：

• MC's also significantly reduce the morbidity and mortality induced by honeybee venom. 肥大细胞同样也能显著降低蜜蜂毒液诱发疾病的发病率和死亡率。 来自互联网
• The result shows that incidence of myopia morbidity is 44.84%. 结果表明：近视眼的发病率为44.84%。 来自互联网

13 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

14 therapeutic   

adj.治疗的，起治疗作用的；对身心健康有益的

参考例句：

• Therapeutic measures were selected to fit the patient.选择治疗措施以适应病人的需要。
• When I was sad,music had a therapeutic effect.我悲伤的时候，音乐有治疗效力。

15 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

16 emergence   

n.浮现，显现，出现，（植物）突出体

参考例句：

• The last decade saw the emergence of a dynamic economy.最近10年见证了经济增长的姿态。
• Language emerges and develops with the emergence and development of society.语言是随着社会的产生而产生，随着社会的发展而发展的。