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Iraq, Syria Face Aid Shortages 伊拉克、叙利亚面临援助不足
The United Nations says Iraq and Syria need more aid to deal with the huge humanitarian1 crisis in the area.
Millions of people in Syria and Iraq need humanitarian aid. Many of these men, women and children fled violence with only the clothes they were wearing.
The United Nations is calling the situation in Syria and Iraq the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world today. Baroness2 Emma Nicholson is with the AMAR International Charitable Foundation. She says donors3 are not reacting to appeals for more donations.
“For a reason I cannot understand, I cannot explain, the world has barely shifted in its response. The big funders haven’t come across, yet there are 1.4 million new refugees, IDPs (internally displaced persons) inside Iraq alone. And you know what’s going on in Syria. And this is spreading.
Joel Charny is with InterAction, an alliance of more than 180 non-governmental organizations.
“I think part of it is that there are so many emergencies right now.”
He adds that donors may be facing difficult decisions about where to send their money.
“So some of it is competition or sort of donors trying to figure out, do we respond in Syria and Iraq? Do we respond in South Sudan? Do we respond in the Central African Republic? We now have the Ebola crisis.”
Some countries have donated large amounts. Since 2012, the United States has provided more than $1.5 billion to help Iraqis and Syrians. Saudi Arabia recently gave the United Nations $500 million. But Joel Charny says more than just money is needed to ease the crisis.
“Yes, if we had more aid, we could provide more services. But let’s face it. Fundamentally, this is a crisis that can only be solved diplomatically, and the whole diplomatic process has ground to a halt.”
As winter starts to arrive, humanitarian groups are exploring ways to raise interest in the general public so people will donate more. But the groups say they have not yet succeeded.
Words in this Story
aid - n. help, assistance
crisis - n. an extremely important time when something may become much worse or better; a dangerous situation
winter - n. the coldest time of year, between autumn and spring
violence - n. the use of force to cause injury, death or damage
1 humanitarian | |
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者 | |
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n.男爵夫人,女男爵 | |
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n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 );献血者;捐血者;器官捐献者 | |
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