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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
2、周一在华盛顿举行的一次会议的目标。其中,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,whichisreallythewindowofopportunityfro
3、mthetimeawomangetspregnanttothetimeachildisagetwo,”saidU.S.UnderSecretaryofStateMariaOtero.WeknowwhattodoThescienceandknow-howexist,shesaid,toendchildhunger.Oteroaddedwhenchildrengohungrytheeffectsarewidespreadandlong-lasting.“Thefiguresarereallyquitestriking.Globally,we
4、knowthatabout200millionsufferfromchronicundernutrition.Andeveryyearweseethatundernutritioncancostuptothreeandahalfmillionchilddeaths.Thisrealityisunacceptable,”shesaid.What’smore,shesaidthatwhenchildrenareundernourishedbeforeagetwo,theyaremorelikelytohavelong-termhealthp
5、roblems.They’realsomorelikelytodopoorlyinschoolandhavelowereconomicprospectsasadults. 3Two-year-oldNyagodKuelattemptstoeatonherbedinahospitalwardinAkobo,southeasternSudan,December2010.TheU.N.hadoncecalledtheregionthe"hungriestplaceonearth."Amongthosesupportingthepartners
6、hipisWorldFoodPrizelaureateandBreadfortheWorldPresidentRev.DavidBeckmann.Hesaid,“It’saboutnewhopeforreducingchildmalnutritionintheworld.Worldhungerhasincreasedoverthelastseveralyears,mainlybecauseofhighpricesforgrains.Governmentbudgetsaretight.ButIthinkprovidentially,the
7、worldalsohasnewknowledgeaboutthebestways,themostimpactfulwaystoreducechildmalnutrition.Andsomeoftheworld’sleadersareinfactleadingaonethousanddaycampaigntogetthesenewideasputintopracticeinthecountrieswheremalnutritionisconcentrated.”G8promisePaulWeisenfeldofUSAID,theU.S.d
8、evelopmentagency,saidworldleaderspledgedattheL’Aquilasummittoensurefoodsecurity.In2009,attheG8summit,th