首页
登录
职称英语
The global humanitarian system is under "unprecedented strain"—with reaction
The global humanitarian system is under "unprecedented strain"—with reaction
游客
2023-08-05
33
管理
问题
The global humanitarian system is under "unprecedented strain"—with reactions to crises such as the threat of famine coming too late, according to David Miliband, head of the humanitarian relief group the International Rescue Committee.
Citing fresh figures showing that the 2017 humanitarian appeal for the crisis facing Somalia had achieved just 0. 4% of the $863. 5m requested last month, the former UK foreign secretary said that rather than intervening early, the world was in grave danger of repeating the mistakes of the past when famine hits. Miliband was speaking as other figures from the humanitarian community warned that famine is looming in four different countries, threatening unprecedented levels of hunger.
Asked about the slow response of donors—not just to Somalia but to the appeals for Yemen, Nigeria and South Sudan—he said: " Overseas aid has not kept pace with the growing challenge of fragile states and displacement. The UK actually has a very proud record, but too many other governments have not been able to increase their funding and they fund on a very fragmented and reactive basis. One of the challenges of the international humanitarian system is to move on to a much more strategic, coordinated basis that would be a more proactive and pre-emptive basis of funding. "
As conflicts prevented aid getting to those in need in at least three of the four looming famine areas, and particularly in South Sudan where aid workers complain of being denied access, Miliband said there was a need for what he described as "muscular diplomacy" (强力外交). "Peacemaking and diplomacy are at an absolute premium. Obviously the military context is very important, the security framework is very important, but what I see in somewhere like South Sudan is a desperate need for an effective political and diplomatic process," he added.
On reports that the Trump administration is preparing to order sweeping cuts in funding to the UN and other global bodies, he said: " Obviously we have all read the draft executive order that went around, but it has not yet been issued and I hope that means there is serious inter-agency thought—involving the defence department and state department too—about the importance of the US contribution to the UN. "
Miliband, who backed the review being undertaken by the new UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, added. " Far from walking away from support for the UN, now is the time to build up support for multilateral institutions. Some parts of the UN work life-savingly well and I think it’s important to acknowledge that. In other ways the humanitarian aid system needs more than just more aid. It needs to be about better aid. " [br] According to Miliband, the delay of humanitarian relief is mainly caused by________.
选项
A、frequent attacks of grave natural disasters
B、the underestimate of the overall hunger levels
C、the retarded development of the fund-raising system
D、failure to establish an international alliance
答案
C
解析
由题干中的delay of humanitarian relief和mainly caused定位至第三段细节理解题。定位段指出,国际援助在应对饥荒方面反应过缓的原因在于国际援助未能跟上饥荒国家日益严峻的挑战和被迫迁徙,除英国外,很多国家都没办法增加筹款。可见国际援助过于迟缓的主要原因在于筹资体系的发展跟不上形势需要,故答案为C)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2898740.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Thegreatestimpetusforglobalizationtodayisnodoubtthe
A、Americahasthebesteducationsystems.B、Femalelawyersarerespectedthere.
A、Theirdistributionmodel.B、Theirdeliverysystem.C、Theircashregisterrecei
K根据publicschoolsystem、wipedouthurricane和educationalprogress定位到K段。飓风Katrina摧毁
J根据educationchancellor和theteachers’uniononaschoolsystem定位到J段。哥伦比亚特区的教育局局长
[originaltext]Youngwomenarelosingfaithintheuniversitysystemwithne
[originaltext]Youngwomenarelosingfaithintheuniversitysystemwithne
[originaltext]The2010GlobalHungerIndexreportwasreleasedtodaybythe
[originaltext]Anewsystemhasbeendevelopedtomeasurethehealthofthe
[originaltext][9]TheAmericanpatentsystem,providedforintheConstitut
随机试题
[img]2013w35/ct_eusj_euswriting_0005_20138[/img]1.简单描述图表内容2.分析变化的原因3.总结这种变化的趋
喝水的时候,感激挖井的人,饮水思源,我们更加_甜美的泉水;收获的时候,感激播种
脑脊液鼻漏确诊依靠葡萄糖定量分析,其含量需超过:()A.10mg/dl
拆卸便捷,压缩、回弹性好,密封性能较好,在石油化工工艺管道上被广泛应用的垫片是(
我国标准分为()。A.国家标准、专业标准、地方标准和企业标准 B.国家标
关于苯妥英钠用途的叙述,错误的是()A.尿崩症有效 B.中枢疼痛综合征有效
下列各项,与子宫破裂无关的因素是()A.横位 B.胎头下降受阻 C.面
A.分层B.转相C.絮凝D.破裂E.酸败乳化剂失效可致乳剂
维系蛋白质分子中α-螺旋结构的主要化学键是()。A.肽键 B.氢键 C
某工业厂房经历强烈地震后,其结构仍能保持必要的整体性而不发生倒塌,此项功能属于结
最新回复
(
0
)