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1、MobilizingtoEndChildHunger动员起来,拯救饥荒儿童 EndingchildhungeristhegoalofameetinghereinWashingtonMonday.Governmentofficials,nutritionandhealthexpertsandmembersofcivilsocietyfromaroundtheworldarepromotingthe1,000DaysPartnership.Thegoalistosavethelivesofmillionsofchildren.终结儿童饥荒是周一在华盛顿举行的一次会议的目标。其中
2、,来自世界各地的政府官员,营养健康专家们以及民间团体成员共同推动了千日合作计划。计划目标是拯救亿万儿童生命。“The1,000DaysPartnershipisreallyacalltoactiontoaddressthisissue.ItwaslaunchedinSeptember2010bySecretaryClintontoreallyfocusinternationalattentiononthe1,000days,whichisreallythewindowofopportunityfromthetimeawomangetspregnanttothetimeach
3、ildisagetwo,”saidU.S.UnderSecretaryofStateMariaOtero.WeknowwhattodoThescienceandknow-howexist,shesaid,toendchildhunger.Oteroaddedwhenchildrengohungrytheeffectsarewidespreadandlong-lasting.“Thefiguresarereallyquitestriking.Globally,weknowthatabout200millionsufferfromchronicundernutrition.An
4、deveryyearweseethatundernutritioncancostuptothreeandahalfmillionchilddeaths.Thisrealityisunacceptable,”shesaid.What’smore,shesaidthatwhenchildrenareundernourishedbeforeagetwo,theyaremorelikelytohavelong-termhealthproblems.They’realsomorelikelytodopoorlyinschoolandhavelowereconomicprospects
5、asadults. 3Two-year-oldNyagodKuelattemptstoeatonherbedinahospitalwardinAkobo,southeasternSudan,December2010.TheU.N.hadoncecalledtheregionthe"hungriestplaceonearth."AmongthosesupportingthepartnershipisWorldFoodPrizelaureateandBreadfortheWorldPresidentRev.DavidBeckmann.Hesaid,“It’saboutnewho
6、peforreducingchildmalnutritionintheworld.Worldhungerhasincreasedoverthelastseveralyears,mainlybecauseofhighpricesforgrains.Governmentbudgetsaretight.ButIthinkprovidentially,theworldalsohasnewknowledgeaboutthebestways,themostimpactfulwaystoreducechildmalnutrition.Andsomeoftheworld’sleadersa
7、reinfactleadingaonethousanddaycampaigntogetthesenewideasputintopracticeinthecountrieswheremalnutritionisconcentrated.”G8promisePaulWeisenfeldofUSAID,theU.S.developmentagency,saidworldleaderspledgedattheL’Aquilasummittoensurefoodsecurity.In2009,attheG8summit,th