VOA标准英语2008年-Bush Wants to Keep Working With Sudanese Presid

U.S. President George Bush says the United Nations should keep working with the Sudanese government to get more African Union peacekeepers into the troubled Darfur region, despite Monday's arrest warrant for Sudan's president from the International Criminal Court. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story.
　
President Bush meets reporters during news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, D.C., 15 Jul 2008

President Bush has long criticized Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for permitting many of the same human rights abuses included in his ICC indictment¹.

But the United States is not part of that court and has long questioned its jurisdiction² to prosecute³ government officials or military personnel serving as peacekeepers.

Asked about President Bashir's indictment, President Bush told a White House news conference that the court's action should not affect ongoing⁴ negotiations⁵ with Khartoum to get more African Union troops into Darfur.

"My thought on Sudan is that the United Nations needs to work with this current government to get those troops in to help save lives," he said.

President Bush says it is a very difficult and unacceptable situation in Sudan where violence between rebels, local militia⁶, and government troops has led to the deaths of some 300,000 people since 2003. More than two million people have been displaced by the fighting in Darfur.

Deployment⁷ of a joint⁸ United Nations - African Union peacekeeping force has been slowed by resistance from Khartoum and a lack of equipment. So far, only 9,000 police and soldiers are on the ground out of the 26,000 troops planned.
　
Omar al-Bashir (file photo)

Aid officials are concerned that President Bashir's indictment could further slow that deployment and worsen the humanitarian⁹ situation in Darfur.

The U.S. State Department says Washington makes its own decisions about prosecuting¹⁰ war crimes and is in no way bound by ICC actions since President Bush refused to sign on to the court six years ago.

President Bush says he will keep working with President Bashir, along with all the other parties concerned, to end the violence in Darfur.

"We are trying to work with the rebel groups so that they speak more with one voice," he said. "We are trying to work with Bashir to make sure that he understands there will be continued sanctions if he doesn't move forward. We are trying to help get these AU troops throughout Africa into Sudan. We are working with the French on the issue of Chad."

Chad and Sudan have both accused each other of trying to destabilize their governments.

President Bush says he talked about Sudan with heads of state from the Group of Eight leading industrial nations in Japan last week. During the G8 summit, Mr. Bush discussed Darfur with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and the current chairman of the African Union, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete.

Tanzania's Foreign Ministry¹¹ Tuesday said President Bashir's indictment will have serious negative consequences on peace efforts and will complicate¹² security on the ground.

　

 

1 indictment   

n.起诉；诉状

参考例句：

• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
• They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。

2 jurisdiction   

n.司法权，审判权，管辖权，控制权

参考例句：

• It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
• Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。

3 prosecute   

vt.告发；进行；vi.告发，起诉，作检察官

参考例句：

• I am trying my best to prosecute my duties.我正在尽力履行我的职责。
• Is there enough evidence to prosecute?有没有起诉的足够证据？

4 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

5 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

6 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

7 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。

8 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

9 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。

10 prosecuting   

检举、告发某人( prosecute的现在分词 )； 对某人提起公诉； 继续从事（某事物）； 担任控方律师

参考例句：

• The witness was cross-examined by the prosecuting counsel. 证人接受控方律师的盘问。
• Every point made by the prosecuting attorney was telling. 检查官提出的每一点都是有力的。

11 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

12 complicate   

vt.使复杂化，使混乱，使难懂

参考例句：

• There is no need to complicate matters.没有必要使问题复杂化。
• These events will greatly complicate the situation.这些事件将使局势变得极其复杂。