2006年VOA标准英语-Somalia's Islamist Leaders Denounce UN Peace Pl

By Alisha Ryu
Nairobi
07 December 2006

Islamist leaders in Mogadishu, Somalia have angrily denounced the U.N. endorsement¹ of an African peacekeeping force for the troubled country, vowing² to resist the deployment³ at all costs. But rival interim⁴ government leaders say regional military support is the only way to keep Somalia and the region from descending⁵ into war. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu has the story from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi.

 
Cars burn after a bomb exploded at a check point in Baidoa, 30 Nov 2006
The U.N. Security Council resolution authorizes⁶ African peacekeepers to protect Somalia's beleaguered⁷ interim government in the town of Baidoa and to train government forces. But it does not allow border states, such as Ethiopia and Kenya, to contribute troops.

The resolution also urges the resumption of dialogue between government officials and rival Islamists to create a unity⁸ government.

But the foreign affairs official for the Somali Islamic Courts Union, Ibrahim Adow, tells VOA his movement views the peacekeeping plans as nothing more than a seal of approval for Ethiopia to attack Somalia.

"Deploying⁹ forces is seen as a program of Ethiopia, supported by the United States and this is opposed by the majority of the Somali people," he said.

 
Ibrahim Adow (Sep. 2006)
"Therefore, we have to state very clearly, this is seen as invading forces and Somalis have no other option but to defend themselves from these invading forces," he continued.

Adow, who is a U.S. citizen and considered a moderate member of the courts, did not repeat earlier threats made by militant¹⁰ Islamist members to summon Muslim fighters to resist the deployment.

But he warned that chaos¹¹ and violence could come to the region, if the Islamist movement meets resistance in the form of peacekeepers.

Leaders of the rival interim government praised the U.N. Security Council for approving the resolution and thanked its main backer, the United States, for a plan they described as the only route to achieving peace and stability in a country that has been without a central government for more than 15 years.

 
Al Mohamed Gedi (June 2005)
During a visit to Nairobi, Interim Government Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi issued a warning of his own to Islamist leaders, some of whom the Somali government, Ethiopia, and the United States believe have strong ties to terrorist groups.

"This resolution is a tool to be properly used to prevent any further expansion or terrorist actions," he said. 

"We have no fear of the so-called Islamic Courts or their allies. Any hindrance¹², any attempt to sabotage¹³ the peace process and the stabilization¹⁴ of Somalia will not be tolerated," he added.

Gedi's secular¹⁵ government was formed two years ago, but it has not had enough power to move from the town of Baidoa, about 250 kilometers northwest of the capital, Mogadishu.

The government has faced ever-increasing marginalization by the Islamists, who took over the capital Mogadishu six months ago and have since installed strict clerical rule in large areas of southern and central Somalia.

Alarmed by the rise of the Islamists, neighboring Ethiopia is believed to have sent thousands of troops to support the government. Ethiopia's rival in the Horn, Eritrea, is also believed to have sent troops and weapons in support of the Islamists, raising the specter of a regional war.

In a recent U.N. report, both countries were named as the biggest violators of a widely-ignored, 14-year-old U.N. arms embargo¹⁶.

The just-passed U.N. resolution officially eases that embargo, so the peacekeepers can legally bring in weapons to train and equip local security forces.

1 endorsement   

n.背书；赞成，认可，担保；签(注)，批注

参考例句：

• We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
• His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。

2 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

3 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

4 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

5 descending   

n. 下行 adj. 下降的

参考例句：

• The results are expressed in descending numerical order . 结果按数字降序列出。
• The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain. 登山者先停下来确定所在的位置，然后再下山。

6 authorizes   

授权，批准，委托( authorize的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The dictionary authorizes the two spellings 'traveler' and 'traveller'. 字典裁定traveler和traveller两种拼法都对。
• The dictionary authorizes the two spellings "honor" and "honour.". 字典裁定 honor 及 honour 两种拼法均可。

7 beleaguered   

adj.受到围困[围攻]的；包围的v.围攻( beleaguer的过去式和过去分词)；困扰；骚扰

参考例句：

• The beleaguered party leader was forced to resign. 那位饱受指责的政党领导人被迫辞职。
• We are beleaguered by problems. 我们被许多困难所困扰。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

9 deploying   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
• Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。

10 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

11 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

12 hindrance   

n.妨碍，障碍

参考例句：

• Now they can construct tunnel systems without hindrance.现在他们可以顺利地建造隧道系统了。
• The heavy baggage was a great hindrance to me.那件行李成了我的大累赘。

13 sabotage   

n.怠工，破坏活动，破坏；v.从事破坏活动，妨害，破坏

参考例句：

• They tried to sabotage my birthday party.他们企图破坏我的生日晚会。
• The fire at the factory was caused by sabotage.那家工厂的火灾是有人蓄意破坏引起的。

14 Stabilization   

稳定化

参考例句：

• The position of barycentre on plane directly impacts the stabilization and manipulation of plane. 飞机重心位置直接影响飞机的稳定和操纵特性。
• With the higher olefins, stabilization of the energetic intermediates occurs more easily. 在较高的烯烃情况下，高能的中间物稳定作用更易出现。

15 secular   

n.牧师，凡人；adj.世俗的，现世的，不朽的

参考例句：

• We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
• Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。

16 embargo   

n.禁运（令）；vt.对...实行禁运，禁止（通商）

参考例句：

• This country put an oil embargo on an enemy country.该国对敌国实行石油禁运。
• During the war,they laid an embargo on commerce with enemy countries.在战争期间，他们禁止与敌国通商。