VOA标准英语2008年-Activists Press UN Security Council to End Darf

By Margaret Besheer
United Nations
17 June 2008

Human rights activists² are urging the U.N. Security Council to turn up the pressure on the Sudanese government and quickly complete the deployment³ of 26,000 U.N. peacekeepers to Sudan's war-torn Darfur region. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more.
　

Mia Farrow, 17 Jun 2008

At an informal meeting with Security Council members, activists and non-governmental organizations charged the 15-member body is not doing enough to help the people of Darfur, more than five years into a conflict that the world has called a genocide.

They said the council must force the government of Sudan to comply with the nine resolutions it has adopted on Darfur and if Khartoum remains⁴ obstinent, sanctions must be applied⁵.

"The failure to sanction Sudanese leaders for atrocities⁶ and commanding atrocities for some six years now, has simply encouraged the Sudanese government and its militias⁷ to continue to kill, loot and rape⁸ with impunity⁹. And they do that as we speak," said Georgette Gagnon, the Africa Director of Human Rights Watch.

American Actress and Activist¹ Mia Farrow blamed council member China, which is invested in Sudan's oil sector¹⁰, for protecting Khartoum with its Security Council veto-power. "I don't think the government of Sudan could have continued in this way for more than five years without the knowledge that it has the support of a giant - and that giant is China," she said.

John Prendergast, who co-chairs the ENOUGH project to end genocide and crimes against humanity, said because of its influence in Sudan, China has a larger responsibility to help end the conflict. "They must fulfill¹¹ that or we are going to see Sudan burn - and one of the first things that is going to burn is China's own economic interests," he said.

China has come under increasing international pressure to use its influence with the Khartoum government, especially as world attention turns to Beijing which is about to host the Summer Olympic Games.

The United States, which holds the rotating presidency¹² of the Security Council this month, organized Tuesday's informal meeting. U.S. Special Envoy¹³ for Sudan Richard Williamson said Washington is "disheartened" that the deployment of the 26,000 promised peacekeepers is moving so slowly and warned that if more is not done the killing¹⁴ will continue.

1 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

2 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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 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。

5 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

6 atrocities   

n.邪恶，暴行( atrocity的名词复数 )；滔天大罪

参考例句：

• They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 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

8 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

9 impunity   

n.(惩罚、损失、伤害等的)免除

参考例句：

• You will not escape with impunity.你不可能逃脱惩罚。
• The impunity what compulsory insurance sets does not include escapement.交强险规定的免责范围不包括逃逸。

10 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

11 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。

12 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

13 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

14 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。