联合国将就加强南苏丹维和兵力进行表决

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.

联合国安理会将于星期二下午就一项决议案进行表决。在联合国秘书长潘基文提出上述提议后，这项决议案规定将非洲其他地区的联合国维和部队派到南苏丹。

美国常驻联合国代表鲍尔星期一晚间说，南苏丹目前面临危局，南苏丹领导人要么选择对话，要么让国家陷于分裂。

南苏丹总统基尔星期一会见美国特使布思时说，他希望在没有任何先决条件的情况下
与前副总统马查尔进行谈判。

南苏丹外交部长本杰明对美国之音说，基尔总统向议会强调指出，他决不会再把南苏丹推向战争，谈判是结束暴力的唯一途径。