联合国安理会3月24日一致通过决议，决定在苏丹南部地区部署一支由1万人组成的联合国维和部队。不过，安理会仍然未就法国提出的将苏丹西部达尔富尔问题提交国际刑事法院的决议案达成一致意见。外电报道如下：The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to authorize a 10,000-strong peacekeeping force for southern Sudan but remained deadlocked on any action for Darfur in the west.

　　The peacekeepers are to monitor a crucial agreement signed in January between the Khartoum government and southern rebels that ended a 21-year civil war. That conflict cost two million lives and forced four million people from their homes.

　　The council's resolution, drafted by the United States, calls for up to 10,000 military personnel and a civilian component of up to 715 police officers. U.N. officials say implementation will take several months.

　　Deadlock意为“死锁，僵局，平局”，作动词表示“致成僵局，（使）相持不下”，例如：The meeting deadlocked over the wage issue.（会议因工资问题而停顿下来。
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　　据悉，这支维和部队的主要任务是为苏丹政府和南部反政府武装落实和平协议提供支持。美国上个月向安理会提交一项决议案，要求根据联合国秘书长安南的建议，向苏丹南部派遣1万多人的维和部队，为落实这个结束苏丹长达21年内战的和平协议提供支持。

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