International Agencies Regret US Decision to Abort Burma Mercy Mission

援缅被拒 美舰队撤离缅甸外海

　



United States naval ships with relief supplies for cyclone victims in Burma are leaving the area, because the Burmese government refused their help. International agencies trying to help more than two million storm survivors regret the loss of the navy's resources.

　

满载救助缅甸强热带风暴灾民的救援物资的美国海军舰队离开这个地区，因为缅甸政府拒绝他们的帮助。试图帮助两百多万风灾幸存者的国际援助机构对失去美国海军提供的救灾物资表示遗憾。

The USS Essex and several support vessels are leaving the seas near Burma after spending three weeks trying to deliver aid to the survivors of Cyclone Nargis.

　

美国海军舰艇“埃塞克斯”号以及其它几艘辅助舰艇驶离缅甸附近的公海，这几艘舰艇在这里已等候了三个星期，曾试图向缅甸纳尔吉斯强热带风暴的灾民运送救灾物品。

The French navy also has given up efforts to send in aid and is heading away from the Bay of Bengal.

　

法国海军也放弃了向缅甸灾区运送救灾物资的努力，离开了孟加拉湾。

Burma's government has rejected offers to use other country's military helicopters to carry relief supplies.

　

缅甸政府还拒绝接受其它国家提供军用直升机运送救援物资的提议。

Instead, in the past week the World Food Program received two helicopters from Africa, but aid experts say that is not enough.

　

在过去的一个星期中，世界粮食计划署只收到了来自非洲的两架直升机，援助专家说，这是远远不够的。

WFP spokesman Paul Risley says it is unfortunate that U.S. Navy helicopters will not be available to bring aid across the Irrawaddy Delta.

　

世界粮食计划署发言人保罗.里斯利说，不幸的是，世界粮食计划署将无法使用美国海军的直升机把救援物资运到整个伊洛瓦底江三角洲。 他说：

"And this is truly unfortunate because these helicopters represented immediate heavy lift capacity in the area and would have been a standard operating procedure for the U.N. for relief agencies in responding," he said.

　

“这非常令人遗憾，因为这些直升机能够立即在灾区发挥重型起重能力，同时也能够作为联合国及救援机构在救灾反应方面的标准作业步骤。”

Military helicopters from several nations played a vital role in relief efforts in Indonesia after the 2004 tsunami. They also helped in the aftermath of a cyclone that hit Bangladesh last year.

　

2004年印尼发生海啸之后，几个国家提供的军用直升机在救灾中发挥了至关重要的作用。去年孟加拉国发生强热带风暴之后，军用直升机也帮助了救灾工作。

Burma's state media say the government rejected the U.S. military aircraft because it feared an invasion, despite U.S. assurances that wanted only to provide aid.

　

缅甸国家控制的媒体说，政府拒绝美国军用飞机的帮助，是因为政府担心美军入侵，尽管美国保证只提供灾害援助。

The cyclone that hit a month ago left more than two million people in need of food, shelter and medical care. The storm killed 78,000 and left 56,000 missing.

　

一个月前的纳尔吉斯强热带风暴造成200多万人缺少粮食，住房和医疗服务。风暴造成7万８千人死亡，5万6千人失踪。

International donors have condemned the Burmese government's roadblocks to relief efforts. U.S. officials say the delays may have cost "tens of thousands of lives."

　

国际捐助者谴责缅甸政府为救灾工作设置障碍。美国官员说，这种延误可能造成“数以万计的生命”丧失。

The United Nations and ASEAN recent reached an agreement with Burma to allow international aid workers more access to the areas worst hit by the storm.

　

联合国和东盟最近与缅甸达成了协议，允许更多的国际援助工作者进入受风灾影响最严重的地区。

But U.N. officials said Wednesday relief efforts need to expand rapidly, since just one point three million people had gotten any sort of assistance.

　

但联合国官员星期三说，救灾工作需要迅速扩大，因为只有130万人得到了某种形式的援助。

The Irrawaddy Delta is Burma's main rice-growing region, but U.N. officials said Wednesday that 60 percent of the paddy fields were damaged in the storm. About 16 percent are too badly damaged for the next planting season, in July.

　

伊洛瓦底江三角洲是缅甸的主要稻米种植区，但联合国官员星期三说，60%的水稻田在风暴中遭到破坏。大约16%的稻田遭到的破坏过于严重，以至在７月下一个播种季节开始时无法耕作。

The WFP's Risley says international food aid to the hardest-hit areas could last a year.

　

世界粮食计划署的里斯利说，向受灾最严重的地区提供援助可能会持续1年。 他说：

"In a situation such as this it would be very typical for the World Food Program to continue providing food rations through general deliveries for families and farmers in the delta area, certainly through the next six months, certainly through the next harvest. It is likely that harvest will not be able to take place for an entire year," he said.

　

“在这种情况下，世界粮食计划署通常会继续通过普遍分发形式向伊洛瓦底江三角洲灾区的农民及其家庭提供定量口粮，在未来的6个月内必然会这样做，这一做法一直会持续到农作物下一次收获季节。而很有可能在整整一年里不会有任何收获。”

U.N. officials say few farmers have returned to their land because they have no food, shelter or farm tools. In addition, roads throughout the region remain unusable.

　

联合国官员说，少数农民已返回他们的土地，因为他们没有食物、住所或农具。此外，整个区域内的道路仍然无法使用。