聯合國將就加強南蘇丹維和兵力進行表決

The United States says all members of the U.N. Security Council support a proposal to send 5,500 peacekeepers to South Sudan in order to protect civilians from worsening violence.

The Security Council is due to vote Tuesday afternoon on a resolution to transfer troops from other U.N. missions in Africa, following the proposal from U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon.

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power said late Monday that South Sudan is "in jeopardy" and that its leaders can either choose to engage in dialogue or tear the nation apart.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir said Monday in a meeting with U.S. special envoy for South Sudan Donald Booth that he is willing to hold talks with his former vice president Riek Machar without preconditions.

The country's Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin told VOA that Mr. Kiir stressed in remarks to parliament that he will never again take South Sudan to war and that talks are the way to end the violence.美國說，聯合國安理會所有成員國都支持一項有關派遣5千5百名維和人員到南蘇丹保護平民免遭更多暴力的提議。

聯合國安理會將於星期二下午就一項決議案進行表決。在聯合國祕書長潘基文提出上述提議後，這項決議案規定將非洲其他地區的聯合國維和部隊派到南蘇丹。

美國常駐聯合國代表鮑爾星期一晚間說，南蘇丹目前面臨危局，南蘇丹領導人要麼選擇對話，要麼讓國家陷於分裂。

南蘇丹總統基爾星期一會見美國特使布思時說，他希望在沒有任何先決條件的情況下
與前副總統馬查爾進行談判。

南蘇丹外交部長本傑明對美國之音說，基爾總統向議會強調指出，他決不會再把南蘇丹推向戰爭，談判是結束暴力的唯一途徑。