VOA标准英语2009年-UN Aid Official Alarmed at Latest Sudan Stateme

The United Nation's official in charge of humanitarian¹ aid has expressed concern over Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir's remarks Monday that he wants all international aid groups out of his country within a year.
　
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir attends a graduation ceremony at an air force academy near Khartoum, 04 Mar² 2009

Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator³ John Holmes said President Bashir's remarks came as a surprise and the United Nations is urgently seeking clarification.

"We were taken by surprise by that statement," he said. "We had no notice of it. And we have not yet had any clarification of it. Obviously that is what we are seeking urgently - to clarify what it means, and two, our position will clearly be that this decision is not appropriate and it is a decision that should be reversed."

President Bashir told a rally of soldiers and police in Khartoum that national aid groups would take over the job of distributing relief in the country and that foreign organizations could just leave it at the airport.
　
U.N. humanitarian affairs chief John Holmes, 25 Feb 2008

Holmes said if the order is enforced it would have "enormous" consequences for the people in the western conflict zone of Darfur, as well as throughout the rest of Sudan.

"Foreign donors⁴ and aid organizations - whether they are U.N. organizations or NGOs - would not be prepared simply to hand over goods to the Sudanese government to distribute as they see fit because that would not fit with our humanitarian principles," he said. "And secondly⁵, there is a problem, certainly at least in Darfur, for example, in the camps, as I suggested earlier, the government workers are not welcome in those camps. It is not safe for them to go into those camps in present circumstances for all the political reasons you can imagine. So there are very severe problems that could arise."

Holmes said approximately 13,000 of the 14,000 relief workers in Darfur are already Sudanese. He said the United Nations would be happy to see Sudan's government take on a larger role in aid distribution in principle, but that it needs to be done in a practical way.

Meanwhile, the United States says it is reviewing the latest statement from Khartoum, and condemns⁶ it as it did Mr. Bashir's decision earlier this month to expel 13 international aid organizations. The State Department is sending the U.S. Charge D'Affaires in Khartoum to Darfur to assess the situation following the moves against the aid groups.

Earlier this month, President Bashir expelled 13 of the largest international aid organizations operating in Sudan, saying they were spies for the International Criminal Court - which handed down an arrest warrant for Mr. Bashir on charges of war crimes for atrocities⁷ committed in Darfur.

1 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。

2 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。

3 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？

4 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

6 condemns   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的第三人称单数 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age. 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The public opinion condemns prostitution. 公众舆论遣责卖淫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 atrocities   

n.邪恶，暴行( atrocity的名词复数 )；滔天大罪

参考例句：

• They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》