A Security Council resolution and international negotiation efforts had paved the way to end the 20-year war in southern Sudan – a breakthrough that in fact led to a deal signed by the government and southern rebels in January 2005.

安理会决议以及国际谈判努力都为结束长达20年之久的苏丹南部战争铺平了道路。这一突破实际上让苏丹政府和南部的叛乱武装在2005年1月签署了协议。

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They must seek sequential, cumulative change rather than a single, all-inclusive breakthrough.

他们应当追求连续累积的变化，而非包罗万象、一蹴而就的突 破。

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