11-10-06

缺少清洁用水每年近两百万儿童死亡 (Nearly Two Million Children Die Each Year Due to Lack of Clean Water)

一份新的联合国报告说，每年有将近两百万儿童因为得不到清洁的水而死亡。星期四在南非发表的2006年人类发展报告说，大多数死亡原因是由于脏水导致的腹泻和痢疾。

报告的主要撰写人华特金斯说，水危机的原因并不是缺水，而是由于政府缺乏为人们提供清洁用水的意愿。该报告呼吁国际社会在清洁用水和卫生方面每年增加一倍的资金。

A new United Nations report says nearly two million children die each year because they have no access to clean water. The 2006 Human Development Report, released Thursday in South Africa, says most of the deaths are caused by diarrhea and dysentery brought on by dirty water.

The report's lead author, Kevin Watkins, said that the reason behind the water crisis is not a shortage of water, but a lack of will on the part of governments to provide water to people. The report calls on the international community to do more to help solve the problem by doubling annual contributions for water and sanitation.

世卫组织：中国将提供禽流感抽样 (WHO Says China To Hand Over Bird Flu Samples)

世界卫生组织说，中国同意向世卫组织递交该组织去年起就一直要求的禽流感病毒样本。世卫组织驻中国代表贝汉星期五说，中国农业部已经向他的办公室保证，中国送出了2004年到2005年的20份禽流感病毒样本。

与此同时，一名中国官员反驳最近一份有关禽流感的研究报告。该报告说，中国福建省出现了一种新的禽流感病毒类型。

The World Health Organization says China has agreed to hand over bird flu virus samples that W.H.O. scientists have been requesting since last year. The W.H.O.'s representative in China, Henk Bekedam, said Friday that the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has assured his office that it has shipped 20 bird flu virus samples from 2004 and 2005.

Meanwhile, a Chinese official is rejecting the results of a study on bird flu that says a new strain of the disease has emerged in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian.