VOA常速英语2007-South Sudan Faults Khartoum For Unity Government

By Nick Wadhams
Nairobi
15 October 2007

South Sudan says it was forced to suspend its participation¹ in the unity² government with Sudanese leaders in Khartoum because no amount of negotiation³ could get President Omar al-Bashir to implement⁴ key parts of a 2005 peace deal. As Nick Wadhams reports from Nairobi, the move raises fears that a peace process once so full of hope has collapsed⁵.

The South Sudanese ambassador tells VOA News that his leaders had run out of patience with the Khartoum government's actions, which he said included raids on offices of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement and harassment⁶ of its members.

John Andruga Duku says that the ball is now in Khartoum's court. South Sudan is ready to come back into the government and avoid conflict. But he says Mr. Bashir must reverse course, quit stalling and implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005.

"It is they who are really in charge because we are not the one who are holding this process, it is they. If they want to push the button to go to war, it is they do it. But on our side, we have no intention to go to war. Ours really its to say that there are some difficulties and there is obstruction⁷ in implementation⁸ of CPA. We want to come forward and implement them so that we move forward," he said.

The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement between north and south Sudan ended more than two decades of civil war between the largely Christian⁹ Sudan People's Liberation Army in the south and the forces of the Sudanese government in the north, which is mostly Muslim.

But the deal had shown signs of strain in recent months, especially after the United Nations concluded that the north was refusing to withdraw some of its troops from areas of the south it had agreed to vacate. Tensions rose to a peak last week, when the Sudan People's Liberation Movement suspended its cooperation with the unity government.

In the days since, Khartoum has repeatedly urged it to drop its opposition¹⁰. Government officials say they are committed to the comprehensive peace agreement and the various requirements of the deal will just take time.

Mr. Duku says the international community also shares some of the blame for the crumbling¹¹ of the peace deal. He says it is too focused on the Darfur conflict in Sudan's west, and has not delivered some of the billions of dollars promised in Oslo, Norway, after the peace deal was signed.

"We are disappointed because there is this focusing on Darfur and a lot of feeling from the international community that maybe in the South there is now agreement and let us focus on Darfur and that allow the sit to arrive where it is today. And we believe the international community must have an obligation because in Oslo when they pledge the so-called fopur-point-five-billion U.S. dollars for peace dividend¹², they did not live to that obligation," he said.

Earlier this year, the United States accused Sudan's government of delaying implementation. According to the peace deal, south Sudan gets six years of autonomy leading up to a referendum in 2011. Its people will then decide whether to secede¹³ from Sudan.

1 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

2 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。

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 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

5 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

6 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

7 obstruction   

n.阻塞，堵塞；障碍物

参考例句：

• She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
• The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。

8 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

9 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

10 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

11 crumbling   

adj.摇摇欲坠的

参考例句：

• an old house with crumbling plaster and a leaking roof 一所灰泥剥落、屋顶漏水的老房子
• The boat was tied up alongside a crumbling limestone jetty. 这条船停泊在一个摇摇欲坠的石灰岩码头边。

12 dividend   

n.红利，股息；回报，效益

参考例句：

• The company was forced to pass its dividend.该公司被迫到期不分红。
• The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent.第一季度的股息增长了近 4%。

13 secede   

v.退出，脱离

参考例句：

• They plotted to make the whole Mississippi Valley secede from the United States.他们阴谋策划使整个密西西比流域脱离美国。
• We won't allow Tibet to secede from China and become an independent nation.我们决不允许西藏脱离中国独立。