2007年VOA标准英语-Ivory Coast's Prime Minister Says Voter Identif

By Phuong Tran
Dakar
26 May 2007

Ivory Coast's prime minister, Guillaume Soro, travelled to Burkina Faso Friday to assure the man who mediated¹ the latest agreement between's Ivory Coast's warring sides that efforts to implement² the agreement were continuing. Mr. Soro told Burkina Faso's president, Blaise Compaore, that next month he will resume the program to identify Ivorian citizens, a necessary step to hold the long-awaited presidential election. But as Phuong Tran reports from VOA's Central and West Africa bureau in Dakar, there is still some doubt that the twice-delayed election will happen anytime soon.

Ivory Coast PM Guillaume Soro (L) is greeted by Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore upon his arrival in Ouagadougou, 25 May 2007

Identification plans have a rocky history in Ivory Coast. One year ago a similar effort to identify undocumented citizens ended in bloody³ clashes between President Laurent Gbagbo's supporters and opposition⁴ members. The latest peace agreement was signed early in March in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, and many former fighters still do not have proper documentation and without that they are unable to vote.

Ivory Coast analyst⁵ Daniel Balint-Kurti, a researcher with the London-based Chatham House, says even though President Gbagbo signed the peace agreement, he and his supporters may still threaten the process.

"The underlying⁶ ideology⁷ and point of view of these people have not changed," he said.

But Prime Minister Soro, a former rebel leader, remains⁸ confident this peace agreement will do what the previous ones failed to do: stop the violence between the warring sides.

"This agreement can make peace in our country if everyone does what he has to do in order to go through the peace process. Now, we are on the point of implementing⁹ this agreement," he said.

Recognition has been a key rebel demand on behalf of millions of undocumented people living in Ivory Coast. Balint-Kurti says people without identification papers are the most vulnerable to abuse, by police and others.

"Extortion by security forces has become a major problem," he said. "They think you are a criminal if you do not have an identity card."

In the March peace accord, citizen identification is a key condition to holding the presidential election, now expected to take place early next year.

Balint-Kurti says the peace agreement makes it easier than it has been for people to prove their citizenship¹⁰.

"One of the stipulations of the accord was if you have a replacement¹¹ birth certificate, you can get yourself listed on the voter registration¹² list. It is a much more simple process than the procedures in place before," he said.

But Balint-Kurti adds there are still challenges to holding the presidential election.

He says Prime Minister Soro will need to find a way to revive mobile tribunals to issue replacement certificates, and to avoid the fraud that many critics said plagued previous identification efforts.

1 mediated   

调停，调解，斡旋( mediate的过去式和过去分词 )； 居间促成； 影响…的发生； 使…可能发生

参考例句：

• He mediated in the quarrel between the two boys. 他调解两个孩子之间的争吵。
• The government mediated between the workers and the employers. 政府在工人与雇主间搞调和。

2 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。

3 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

4 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。

5 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

6 underlying   

adj.在下面的，含蓄的，潜在的

参考例句：

• The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.小说隐含的主题是十分严肃的。
• This word has its underlying meaning.这个单词有它潜在的含义。

7 ideology   

n.意识形态，(政治或社会的)思想意识

参考例句：

• The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
• The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。

8 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

9 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

10 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

11 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

12 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？