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WHO Chief Says World Faces Three Growing Threats(1/2)

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A yearly meeting of all the member countries in the World Health Organization is this week in Geneva, Switzerland. Delegates from the 193 countries discuss progress and set policy for the coming year. The W.H.O., a United Nations agency, is 60 years old this year.

这周，世界卫生组织成员国年度会议在瑞士的日内瓦举行。来自193个国家的代表讨论了未来的发展并制定了来年的政策。世界卫生组织，作为一个联合国机构，已有60年的历史了。

But Director-General Margaret Chan, as she opened the World Health Assembly, noted that the delegates are meeting at a time of tragedy. She expressed sympathy to the millions of people affected by the recent cyclone in Burma, also known as Myanmar, and the earthquake in China.

但正如总干事Margaret Chan在出席世界卫生大会开幕时提到的，代表们是在一个令人感到悲伤的时刻来参加了会议。她向最近缅甸（Burma即Myanmar）受风暴袭击以及中国遭地震影响的数百万灾民表示同情。

Doctor Chan said 3 crises lie ahead that are international security threats and will all affect human health. One is food security, another is climate change and the third is the threat of a worldwide outbreak of influenza.

Chan博士指出，三大危机摆在了国际安全威胁面前，并将影响人类的健康。一是食品安全危机，二是气候变化问题，第三是流行性感冒的全球性爆发危机。

She said the world produces enough food to feed everyone - in fact, she added, far too many people are overfed. Yet now, food prices have risen sharply. She noted that the crisis hits the poor the hardest, and that the more a family spends on food, the less it has for health care.

她认为，全球生产的食物完全可以供给每个人。她补充道，事实上，是太多的人吃得过多了。尽管目前食物价格急剧攀升。她指出，穷人受这些危机的打击最严重，并且一个家庭在食品上花费的越多，在卫生保健上就会越少。

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