2015年CRI 也门和平谈判进入第三天

 

Delegates have not reached any breakthrough in Geneva's peace talks seeking to end the civil war in Yemen.

The talks have now entered a third day.

Head of the rebel delegation¹ Hamza al-Houthi indicates a truce² is still under negotiation³.

"A humanitarian⁴ truce is on the negotiating table based on the invitation of the Secretary-General of the United Nations who called for humanitarian aid. As for the internal affairs, we stress that the outside assault must stop immediately and the siege must end immediately."

Meanwhile, Yemen's exiled Prime Minister Khaled Bahah has met with the Arab League Chief in Cairo.

He has called for a permanent ceasefire, accusing the Houthi rebels of using the temporary humanitarian pause to seize more territory.

"The obstacles facing the talks in Geneva is that the Houthis have a large delegation of some 22 members and we are hoping to bring down the number to seven delegates. Hopefully we'll sit down together and solve our own national issues and go back together from Geneva to Yemen."

The unrest in Yemen has so far killed over 1,000 civilians⁵ and displaced more than a million.

In another development, the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for four car bombings in Yemen's capital Sanaa which killed at least 18 people and injured dozens.

The blasts happened as Saudi-led coalition⁶ forces continued air strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

1 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

2 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

3 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

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 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。