联合国人道主义系统面临破产
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The United Nations High Commissioner 1 for Refugees is warning the world's humanitarian 2 system is facing potential bankruptcy 3.
With wars raging in Syria, Iraq and other countries, the UN estimates that 50 million people are currently displaced around the world.
This is the highest number since World War II.
Speaking at an international meeting in Jordan, Antonio Guterres says the UNHCR has already been forced to cut spending in non-refugee areas by 7 percent to meet the demand.
联合国人道主义系统面临破产
"So it's clear we need a universal humanitarian multilateral system that should be able to respond to these dramatic needs. The point is that today's humanitarian system is no longer able, as it is today, to respond to these dramatic situations."
The UN estimates there are close to 4 million Syrian refugees currently living in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt and Iraq.
This current round of discussions in Jordan is one of a series of meetings being held in the run-up to a World Humanitarian Summit set to take place in Istanbul in May, 2016.
n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
n.破产；无偿付能力
- You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
- His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
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