2007年VOA标准英语-EU Foreign Ministers Okay Planning for Chad Pea

By Teri Schultz
Brussels
23 July 2007

European Union foreign ministers have given the go-ahead on planning for the potential deployment¹ of a short-term force to protect refugees in the border area between Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic. Teri Schultz this report for VOA from Brussels.

Last week the United Nations peacekeeping chief urged the European Union to do more to help militarily in the violent triangle where Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic meet. Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees and displaced Chadians have been trapped in the area and suffer frequent attack from marauding militias².

EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels have responded by ordering their military planners to draw up an operational blueprint³ for sending forces to help U.N. police struggling to get control of the situation.

Javier Solana, 23 Jul 2007

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana says the idea is not new.

"That would be as you know an evolution of an idea that has been floating around for some time and we are going to be doing the strategic planning for the possibility of that operation," he said.

If approved, the expectation is that 1,500 to 3,000 soldiers would be be deployed⁴ this fall with a mandate⁵ of up to a year. The EU force would help protect humanitarian⁶ workers and U.N. staff as well as refugees.

Some reports say France would likely be the largest contributor of troops.

A U.N. Security Council resolution would be needed before any deployment could begin. Solana says he has spoken with the Chadian president Idriss Deby, who supports the idea.

"He [Deby] gave the green light to continue working on that direction so we are going to see how we can get engaged on that," said Solana.

At the same time, however, Solana said the EU's priority is to get 26,000 peacekeepers from the U.N. and the African Union in place and implementing⁷ a shaky ceasefire in Sudan's troubled Darfur region.

"I would like to underline that the most important thing for us now is to get ready for the deployment of the hybrid⁸ force from the United nations in Sudan that as you know has already been accepted by President [Omar] Bashir from Khartoum," he said.

If it is deployed, the hybred U.N.- EU force will replace the undermanned African Union force of 7,000 has been trying without success to halt the four-year conflict, which has killed at least 200,000 people and left millions homeless.

1 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。

2 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

3 blueprint   

n.蓝图，设计图，计划；vt.制成蓝图，计划

参考例句：

• All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
• The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。

4 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

5 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

6 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。

7 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

8 hybrid   

n.(动，植）杂种，混合物

参考例句：

• That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
• The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。