联合国呼吁增加对非洲的经济援助

联合国呼吁增加对非洲的经济援助

UNCTD Calls for Doubling of Africa Aid
Michael Drudge
London
12 Sep 2001 19:57 UTC

The United Nations has called for a major 1)infusion of aid money to Africa as part of a global effort to 2)revive the continent's economy.
The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD) warns that poverty will only get worse in sub-Saharan Africa without a major 3)overhaul of international and domestic¹ policies.
The organization issued a report on Tuesday calling for aid to the continent to double. U.N. officials say Africa will need $100 billion over the next 4)decade.
The U.N. report also calls for massive² debt relief and fairer trade rules so that African farm 5)commodities can be sold at higher prices to developed countries.
The U.N.'s special trade 6)coordinator for Africa, Kamran Kousari, told reporters in London that African economies urgently need 7)stimulus. "We are not too optimistic about the future if there is not a major shift in policy with regard to Africa, both at the national level and at the international level," he said.
For Mr. Kousari, a top priority³ must be to relieve Africa of a continent-wide debt burden of $64 billion. "We propose," he said, "that a sort of independent commission⁴ of high-level experts be established to look at the sustainability of African debt and for donors⁵ and multilateral financial institutions to agree to write off debt that such a commission would consider as unsustainable."
U.N. officials say Africa faces a steep climb toward economic growth, since 8)per capita incomes are 10 percent lower now than they were in 1980.

(1) infusion[In5fju:V(E)n]n.灌输
(2) revive[rI5vaIv]v.(使)苏醒, (使)复兴, (使)复活
(3) overhaul[5EJvEhC:l]v.检查
(4) decade[5dekeId]n.十年, 十
(5) commodity[kE5mRdItI]n.日用品
(6) coordinator[kEJ`R:dIneItE(r)]n.协调者, 同等的人或物
(7) stimulus[5stImjJlEs]n.刺激物, 促进因素, 刺激, 刺激
(8) per capita income n.个人平均所得

 

1 domestic   

adj.家里的，国内的，本国的；n.家仆，佣人

参考例句：

• This is domestic news.这是国内新闻。
• She does the domestic affairs every day.她每天都忙家务。

2 massive   

adj.巨大的，大规模的，大量的，大范围的

参考例句：

• A massive sea search has failed to find any survivors.经过大规模的海上搜救仍未找到幸存者。
• He drank a massive amount of alcohol.他喝了大量的烈酒。

3 priority   

n.优先处理的事，居先，优先（权）

参考例句：

• The development of the national economy is a top priority.发展国民经济是应予以最优先考虑的事。
• Things should be taken up in order of priority.办事应有个先后次序。

4 commission   

n.委托，授权，委员会，拥金，回扣，委任状

参考例句：

• The salesman can get commission on everything he sells.这个售货员能得到所售每件货物的佣金。
• The commission is made up of five people,including two women.委员会由五人组成，其中包括两名妇女。

5 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》