03-07-08

联合国世界粮食计划署向阿富汗提供紧急粮食救援 (WFP Distributes Emergency Food Assistance in Afghanistan)

联合国世界粮食计划署表示，他们正在向无法支付小麦或面粉的数百万阿富汗人提供紧急粮食救援。世粮署星期四在一份声明中说，阿富汗人迫切需要食物帮助他们渡过小麦价格上涨的困境。去年阿富汗的小麦价格上涨幅度超过70%。

该机构说，阿富汗的春季洪水是另一个隐患，特别是经过一个严寒的冬天后，融化的雪水和春季降水预计会威胁成千上万人的生活。世粮署阿富汗事务负责人科尔西诺说，这个机构打算在未来三个月把物资送到250万人的手中，并在险情更严重的地区囤积1万5千吨粮食。自从去年6月以来，全球的粮食价格上涨了40%。

The U.N. World Food Program says it is providing emergency food assistance to millions of Afghans who cannot afford to buy wheat and wheat flour. The WFP said in a statement Thursday Afghans urgently need food to help them overcome increases in wheat prices that have exceeded 70 percent during the past year.

The agency said spring floods are a further concern, especially after a harsh winter with melting snow and spring rains expected to threaten tens of thousands of people. WFP Country Director in Afghanistan Rick Corsino said the agency plans to reach two-and-a-half-million people in the next three months, positioning 15-thousand tons of food in areas at greatest risk. Global food prices have risen by 40 percent since last June.

中国称达尔富尔危机不应与北京奥运挂钩 (China Says Darfur Crisis Should Not Be Linked to Olympics)

中国苏丹问题特使刘贵今说，一些国际人士把即将举行的北京奥运会与苏丹达尔富尔危机挂钩的做法没有道理。刘贵今星期五在北京对记者说，苏丹政府可以做出更大努力，以“展示诚意”。但是刘贵今同时指责达尔富尔反政府团体继续袭击苏丹的村庄和警察局，企图在与喀土穆当局的谈判中具有更大的影响力。

刘贵今说，他已经4次出访苏丹，与苏丹政府领导人就如何以外交手段持久性解决这场危机举行了会谈。北京与苏丹当局有密切的外交和商业联系，包括石油交易以及军火销售等。刘贵今说，中国只是作为一个合伙人，与其它亚洲国家一起和苏丹达成石油交易。他还说，中国只是7个向喀土穆当局提供武器的国家当中的一个。

China's Special Envoy to Sudan Liu Guijinsays attempts by international activists to link the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games to the crisis in Darfur are nreasonable. Speaking to reporters Friday in Beijing, Liu Guijin says the Sudanese government could do more to "show its sincerity." But Liu accuses Darfur rebel groups of continuing to attack Sudanese villages and police stations, in an effort to gain greater influence in negotiations with Khartoum.

Liu says he has paid four visits to Sudan to talk to Sudanese government leaders about reaching a lasting diplomatic solution to the crisis. Beijing has close diplomatic and business ties with Sudan, including oil deals and weapons sales. Liu says China is simply a partner with other Asian nations in the oil deals. And he says his country is one of seven countries supplying arms to Khartoum.