UN Peacekeepers Predict Instability if Rwanda Sends Troops i

 

Cathy Majtenyi

The U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo predicts much instability in the area if Rwandan troops are sent into DRC to flush out Hutu rebels as was announced over the weekend in Rwanda.
A spokeswoman for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in DRC, Eliane Nabaa, criticizes the threat by Rwandan President Paul Kagame to send troops into the neighboring DRC to capture Hutu rebels if the rebels continue attacking Rwanda in DRC.
Ms. Nabaa urges the Rwandan and DRC governments to talk face-to-face about how to capture and return to Rwanda Hutu militiamen and soldiers who fled Rwanda's 1994 genocide in which Hutu extremists killed up to 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. "So it is better to cooperate and to dialogue and to avoid, for instance, new clashes or new war that, only once again, the civilian¹ population will pay for," she says.
The peacekeeping mission and the Rwandan government disagree on several key issues.
Ms. Nabaa says the United Nations has not witnessed any preparations for, or received any reports of, Hutu rebels attacking Rwanda from DRC Borders or Burundi, contrary to what President Kagame said on state radio during the weekend.
But Rwandan army spokesman Colonel Patrick Karegeya says Hutu rebels attacked places along the DRC and Burundian borders on April 7, 8 and 9. He says that in one battle, 16 rebels were killed, and the rest ran back to DRC.
Colonel Karegeya estimates there are more than 15,000 Hutu rebels still hiding out in DRC. He says that contrary to what the United Nations says, no Hutu rebels have been disarmed² and repatriated³ back to Rwanda. The ones who have returned, he says, have come on their own.
Ms. Nabaa maintains that, since the signing of a regional peace deal in 2002, the United Nations has disarmed and repatriated some about 11,000 rebels back to Rwanda, with eight-thousand more rebels still hiding out in DRC.
Colonel Karegeya says the Rwandan foreign minister and other officials went to DRC several times to talk to that government about cooperating in capturing and returning the rebels, but that they do not respond. He also says that despite a meeting in South Africa late last year in which the presidents of both countries agreed to work together on the issue, nothing has happened.
Colonel Karegeya would not say exactly when or under what circumstances Rwanda would send troops into DRC, only that the troops would go in if the rebels continued with their attacks.
注释：
Congo [5kCN^Eu] n. 刚果（非洲国家）
Rwandan [ru5B:ndEn] adj. 卢旺达的
flush out（从隐藏的地方）赶出，逐出
Hutu　印尼前总统之子
peacekeeping [pi:s7ki:piN] adj. 执行（或监督）停火协定的
capture [5kAptFE] vt. 俘获，捕获
urge [E:dV] vt. 催促，强烈要求
militiamen [mi5liFEmen] n. 民兵组织，全体民兵
genocide [5dVenEu7said] n. 有计划的灭种和屠杀
extremist [iks5tri:mist] n. 极端主义者，过激分子
Burundi [bu5rundi] n. 布隆迪（非洲国家）
repatriate [ri:5pAtrieit] v. 遣返
circumstance [5sE:kEmstEns] n. 境况

1 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

2 disarmed   

v.裁军( disarm的过去式和过去分词 )；使息怒

参考例句：

• Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed. 大部分叛乱分子被俘获并解除了武装。
• The swordsman disarmed his opponent and ran him through. 剑客缴了对手的械，并对其乱刺一气。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 repatriated   

v.把（某人）遣送回国，遣返( repatriate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The refugees were forcibly repatriated. 难民被强制遣送回国。
• Ancient artworks were repatriated from the US to Greece. 古代艺术品从美国遣送回希腊。 来自《简明英汉词典》