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联合国儿童基金会发佈《6个月地区进展报告》 「非洲之角」近日取得进展 但前景仍不乐观

2012-04-11

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奈洛比,肯尼亚/香港,2012年4月11日——联合国儿童基金会(UNICEF)2011年在「非洲之角」采取的大规模人道救援行动虽成功阻截饥荒蔓延,但当地最新状况正威胁进展成果。

「非洲之角」大部分地区在3月至5月的雨量依然低于正常水平。而索马里持续的暴力冲突及肯尼亚部分地区对救援人员的袭击,亦大大窒碍了人道救援行动的进度。本年度,UNICEF唿吁港币32.3亿元(即4.14亿美元)的善款,以继续支持及稳定当地的救援行动。

想了解更多UNICEF的重建工作及进展,请参阅《6个月地区进展报告:非洲之角救援行动》。(只提供英文版本)

Militia members, holding guns and standing on a truck with a heavy machine gun, cast shadows against a wall in central Somalia. They have been hired by the local government to provide security in the community. Though the immediate area is currently peaceful, nearby hostilities are present a constant threat to stability. By April 2009 in Somalia, drought and armed conflicts had displaced some 1.2 million people, contributing to a nutrition crisis that leaves one in six children under the age of five acutely malnourished. The country remains one of the three poorest in the world, and is the second-worst affected by recent volatility in food prices. Forty-three per cent of the population including 1.4 million children requires humanitarian assistance, but chronic conflict among armed groups limits humanitarian access to vulnerable populations. UNICEF and partners currently provide water to 250,000 displaced people and nutritional support to over 100,000 children per month. Nevertheless, over 300,000 children are expected to experience acute malnutrition over the course of the year. The region worst affected by the drought and conflict is the Central and Southern Zone, where humanitarian aid workers are also being targeted.
Christian Schneider, Executive Director, German National Committee chats with newly arrivals Somali refugees in the outskirts of Ifo refugee camp in north eastern Kenya, September 2, 2011. Photo by Antony Njuguna/UNICEF