Iraqi Officials Ask Donors to Speed up Distribution of Finan
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2004（上）--各类新闻
Iraqi Officials Ask Donors 2 to Speed up Distribution of Financial Assistance
Kerry Sheridan
Representatives from some 40 donor 1 countries financing Iraq's reconstruction 3 program open a two-day meeting in Abu Dhabi Saturday. Iraqi officials are asking the donors to speed up the distribution of about $33 billion that was pledged last year.
Iraq's interim 4 minister of planning and development, Mehdi al-Hafidh, opened the conference by urging donors to disperse 5 $4 billion this year.
He also said that negotiations 6 with lending countries have resulted in principle, in a 60 percent reduction of Iraq's overall $120 billion in debt. The minister said the official amount of debt reduction has not been announced yet.
Mr. al-Hafidh said Iraq's needs are enormous and urgent. Iraqi officials will present a list of some 700 key rebuilding projects to the group, which includes representatives from the United States, European Union, World Bank and International Monetary 7 Fund.
The donors met in October of last year, and pledged to provide $33 billion in loans and grants to Iraq, although Iraqis estimated the country would need $56 billion over the next three years.
The money will be distributed through a trust fund managed by the United Nations Development Group and the World Bank.
A World Bank official has said the fund would probably disperse some $500 million to the Iraqi government by the scheduled June 30 transfer of power from the U.S.-led Coalition 8 Authority to the interim Iraqi Governing Council.
Security concerns and ongoing 9 terror attacks inside Iraq are discouraging many foreign investors 10 from pouring money into the war-torn country until the situation stabilizes 11.
Iraqi officials say they need funds now to help rebuild schools, regulate the power supply and modernize 12 the agricultural industry.
注释：
donor [5dEJnE(r)] n. 捐赠人，赠与者
speed up 加速
pledge [pledV] v.允诺，保证
Mehdi al-Hafidh 伊拉克计划部部长。
disperse [dis5pE:s] v. 分散
World Bank 世界银行
International Monetary Fund 国际货币基金组织
loan [lEun] n. 贷款
grant [^rB:nt] n. 赠款
Development Group 发展小组
Coalition Authority 管理委员会
ongoing [5Cn^EuiN] adj. 正在进行的
regulate [5re^juleit] vt. 管制，控制
- In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
- The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。
- Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
- About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
- In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。
- The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
- The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
- The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
- Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
- The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
- a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
- a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
- The broadbased attachment of the mesenteric root stabilizes the small bowel. 肠系膜根部基底宽阔的附着面使小肠得以稳定。 来自辞典例句
- The available supply of industrial product and produce stabilizes growth. 工业品与农产品的有效供给稳定增长。 来自互联网