2006年VOA标准英语-India Considers Pulling Back Peacekeepers From
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（八月）
By Anjana Pasricha
New Delhi
24 August 2006
India says it may withdraw its peacekeeping troops from southern Lebanon. The announcement comes as the United Nations tries to assemble a bigger international force to enforce the fledgling Middle East truce 1.
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An Indian unit from UNIFIL patrols a road near southern border town of Taibe, Lebanon, Aug. 23, 2006
Defense 2 Minister Pranab Mukherjee says India is considering withdrawing the nearly 700 soldiers deployed 3 along the Israeli-Lebanon border by the end of the month, when their current term expires. He gave no reason for the possible pullout.
Officials say the troops will remain in place until the positions they occupy are taken over by a new United Nations force.
The possible withdrawal 4 of the Indian contingent 5 comes as the U.N. scrambles 6 to put together a force of about 15,000 peacekeepers in Lebanon. They would oversee 7 the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese militant 8 group Hezbollah that ended more than a month of fighting.
The U.N. currently has 2,000 troops in the area. It has urged the international community to commit more troops.
But some countries are concerned that the mandate 9 of the new peacekeeping contingent is unclear.
Uday Bhaskar is a senior official at New Delhi's government-funded Institute of Defense Studies and Analysis. He says India, like other countries, wants the U.N. to clarify the mandate of the expanded force.
"There are different interpretations 10 between peace keeping and peace enforcement, that is something that needs to be resolved and many countries are waiting for this consensus 11 to emerge…All countries would have to really review how they would contribute because… there would be a certain element then of operational tasking, and issues like rules of engagement would have to be spelt with some clarity and most democracies would like this to be debated in their own parliaments," Bhaskar said.
Defense analysts 12 in India say several countries are worried that the peacekeepers may be allowed greater use of force if the focus in Lebanon moves from peacekeeping to peace enforcement - and do not want to be sucked into any fighting.
Officials in Bangladesh and Pakistan have also said they would be wary 13 of any deployment 14 to Lebanon that would involve the use of force. Both these Muslim countries are traditionally generous contributors to U.N. peacekeeping efforts.
India's peacekeeping contingent first went to Lebanon in 1998 to join the two-decade-old U.N. interim 15 force in that country. India has another contingent of more than 100 with the U.N. on the Golan Heights.
- The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
- She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- 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。
- The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
- They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
- The contingent marched in the direction of the Western Hills.队伍朝西山的方向前进。
- Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather.我们是否按时到达要视天气情况而定。
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- Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
- Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
- 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。
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- Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
- What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- He is wary of telling secrets to others.他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
- Paula frowned,suddenly wary.宝拉皱了皱眉头，突然警惕起来。
- He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
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