高中英语 voa常速听力2012年09月合辑文本supervised-independence-ends-in-kosovo素材.docVIP

VOA常速英语听力2012年09月合辑（文本）：Supervised-Independence-Ends-in-Kosovo Fewer than five years after becoming a country, Kosovo marks a milestone by bringing to a close a period of “supervised independence,” which saw international representatives having governing duties alongside local authorities. The plan for this interim period was the brainchild of a former special U.N. envoy and provided a framework for independence with some conditions. But one of the main goals set forth by the plan remains elusive. As international and local authorities marked the end of the 搒upervised?portion of Kosovo抯 independence - the ceremony put the country抯 government largely in charge of its own affairs. Daniel Serwer, at Johns Hopkins University抯 School of Advanced International Studies, says people govern best when they are held responsible. 揑 don抰 think there is any advantage any longer in not having the elected authorities clearly responsible and accountable for how Kosovo is governed, he said. Still, the European Unions rule of law mission will remain in the country and so will NATO peacekeeping troops. Kurt Volker, of Arizona State University抯 McCain Institute for International Leadership, says this latest step should not be seen as a major change. 揑t would be a shame and it would be risky for any particular party in Kosovo to try to take advantage of the ending of the international supervision, to press their particular view, or their particular interest right away in Kosovo, he said. One main feature of the international plan for Kosovo was decentralization - to insure garanteeing the rights of minorities, especially in the Serbian-populated north. Daniel Serwer says this challenge remains unresolved. 揟he north is controlled by Belgrade, not by Pristina, so that抯 not decentralization. It抯 de facto partition, and that抯 something I don抰 want to see. That抯 something I don抰 think Europe wants to see, I don抰 think the American government wants to see, he said. Serwer says the