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199 肯尼亚团体组织呼吁免除贫穷国家债务


Kenyan Group Urges Debt Relief for Poor Countries
Katy Salmon
Nairobi
19 Jul 2001 15:09 UTC


Among the thousands in Genoa Friday for the summit of the leading industrialized countries. Members of a Kenyan group that is pressing for debt relief for the poor countries in Africa. At a news conference in Nairobi, members of the group said that many African countries are forced to spend more on debt 1)repayment 1 than on the health of their people.
Kenya has a total foreign debt of more than $4 billion. The Kenya Debt Relief Network argues that it is immoral 2 to expect Kenya and the other debt-ridden countries in Africa to continue repaying debts when Africans are dying of hunger and millions of children cannot afford to go to school.
Vitalice Meja of the Debt Relief Network says Kenya cannot 2)invest in its future development because it is spending so much money on servicing its debt. "Currently the government spends 12 times more on debt repayment than on education," Mr. Meja explains. "Four times more is spent on debt repayment than on health. Seven times is spent more on debt repayment than providing for 3)infrastructure and energy. As you know, this economy is an 4)agricultural economy. At the moment we do not provide people with roads. Crops are 5)rotting there in the farm. The 6)impact actually is so big."
Much of Kenya's debt was 7)acquired in the late 1980's, when the country was a one party state. The 8)campaigners charge that the money either disappeared into the pockets of Kenya's ruling 9)elite or was 10)misspent on poorly thought out development projects that were never completed.
Debt Relief Network member Githii Mweru says a major reason for Kenya's debt problem is that international lenders gave money without caring where it was going. "In debt cancellation 3, you also acknowledge the lenders' responsibility to the whole thing because they were also lending irresponsibly," Mr. Mweru says. "They knew that most of the debt that was incurred 4 in Kenya was incurred during the most 11)repressive period. Why should citizens have an 12)obligation to pay for something that they were not involved? And even some of the money may have gone into buying weapons for 13)repression and yet people have to pay for that. It is even a moral issue."
The Debt Campaign Network says the money that would be freed by the 14)cancellation of Kenya's debt should be put into a fund to reduce 15)poverty in Kenya.



(1) repayment[ri:`peImEnt,rI-]n.偿还的款项, 报答, 报复
(2) invest in v.投资于, 买进
(3) infrastructure[5InfrEstrQktFE(r)]n.下部构造, 基础下部组织
(4) agricultural[A^rI5kQltFEr(E)l]adj.农业的, 农艺的
(5) rot[rRt]v.(使)腐烂, (使)腐败n.腐烂, 腐败
(6) impact[5ImpAkt]n.碰撞, 影响, 效果vt.撞击, 压紧, 对...发生影响
(7) acquirability [E9kwaIErE`bIlEtI]n.可得, 可获
(8) campaigner[kAm`peinE(r)]n.从军者, 出征者, 竞选者
(9) elite[eI5li:t]n.精华, 精锐, 中坚分子
(10) misspend[mIs5spend]vt.浪费
(11) repressive[rI`presIv]adj.压抑的, 压制的
(12) obligation[RblI5^eIF(E)n]n.义务, 职责, 债务
(13) repression[rI5preF(E)n]n.镇压, 抑制, 抑压
(14) cancellation[kAnsE5leIF(E)n]n.取消
(15) poverty[5pRvEtI]n.贫穷, 贫困, 贫乏, 缺少


 



n.偿还,偿还款;报酬
  • I am entitled to a repayment for the damaged goods.我有权利索取货物损坏赔偿金。
  • The tax authorities have been harrying her for repayment.税务局一直在催她补交税款。
adj.不道德的,淫荡的,荒淫的,有伤风化的
  • She was questioned about his immoral conduct toward her.她被询问过有关他对她的不道德行为的情况。
  • It is my belief that nuclear weapons are immoral.我相信使核武器是不邪恶的。
n.删除,取消
  • Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大,可能须要取消渡轮服务。
  • Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。
[医]招致的,遭受的; incur的过去式
  • She had incurred the wrath of her father by marrying without his consent 她未经父亲同意就结婚,使父亲震怒。
  • We will reimburse any expenses incurred. 我们将付还所有相关费用。
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