VOA常速英语2017--美国助力非洲消除贫穷

Hunger is a result of poverty, but it also causes poverty. People who do not have sufficient food and nutrition are less able to escape from poverty. In many countries women, although they do much of the farming, lack access to training, credit or la

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President Jimmy Carter's address at 2004 Democratic National Convention 7月26日傍晚，美国民主党全国代表大会在波士顿正式开幕,第一个上台演讲的1977-1981年担任美国总统

VOA标准英语2012--US Drought Impacts Global Food Security

US Drought Impacts Global Food Security The United States is the leading producer of corn and soybeans two commodities that developing countries rely on. However, over the past two months, prices have risen sharply as the U.S. experiences its worst d

VOA标准英语2012--World Food Prize Laureate Heads Global Food Security Center

World Food Prize Laureate Heads Global Food Security Center Gebisa Ejetas air conditioned office at Purdue University is a world away from the one-room thatched hut with mud floors where he grew up in Ethiopia. There wasnt any school in the community

VOA标准英语2011--Trade Barriers Impede Food Security

Trade Barriers Impede Food Security When the food crisis began several years ago, with soaring prices and supply shortages, governments agreed to invest much more in agriculture. And with predictions of a global population of nine billion by 2050, th

VOA标准英语2012--Numerous Global Security Challenges Await Next President

Numerous Global Security Challenges Await Next President For Obama, there have been security triumphs. We ended the war in Iraq, refocused our attention on those who actually killed us on 9/11. And as a consequence, al Qaida's core leadership has bee

VOA标准英语2013--Scientists Ponder 'Epoch' of Damage to Global Water System

Scientists Ponder 'Epoch' of Damage to Global Water System Scientists say a new geologic epoch has begun whereby humans are causing major damage to global water systems. They warn of a planetary transformation comparable to the retreat of the glacier

NATO chief calls for more active dialogue with China

LONDON, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) expressed his hope on Wednesday that NATO would seek a more active dialogue with China. We must expand the range of nations with whom

Stronger Asia-Europe economic cooperation takes center stage at ASEM

Vientiane, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Pledges for stronger trade promotion as well as reducing protectionism to put the world's economy on a sustainable path was the main focus of the 9th Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) that concluded here on Tuesday. Leaders of

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Chief Says Global Food Crisis Needs Quick Re

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 04 June 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that dealing with the current global food crisis is a fight the international community cannot afford to lose. The U.N. chief is attending a world food sec

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Few people believe any individual has a silver bullet capable of solving the world's problems overnight. And yet the postholder of the top job at the United Nations is often asked to provide exactly that kind of all-in-one approach, and is often then

Annual general debate at UN ends with popular topics

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The annual（每年的） general debate in the 192-member General Assembly concluded on Wednesday after six days of discourse on topics ranging from the global economy to UN reform, from peacekeeping to nuclear n

VOA标准英语2008年-Global Fund for Women 'Waters' Grassroots in 16

Around the world, women are far more likely than men to be poor, ill-housed, under-educated and victimized by war and discrimination. To help women help themselves and their communities, the Global Fund for Women, or GFW, a San Francisco-based organ

Australia, U.S. to hold discussion on energy

CANBERRA, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Australia and the United States will have a bilateral discussion on energy supply and security in 2013, Australian Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson said in a statement on Friday. This bilateral discussio

Russia calls for global unclear terror prevention mechanism

Russia calls for global unclear terror prevention mechanism MOSCOW, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Russia on Friday called for a preventive mechanism to counter nuclear terrorism threats at the end of international exercises in countering nuclear terrorism. Hi

VOA标准英语2010年-AU to Ask UN to Focus on Somalia's Glo

The African Union is urging the United Nations to boost its support for Somalia's fragile government in view of the rise of terrorist activity in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula. AU Commission Chairman Jean Ping calls the overall securit

World Food Prize Laureate Heads Global Food Security Center

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana Purdue University scientist Gebisa Ejeta is known in agriculture for enhancing sorghum crops in Africa. The 2009 World Food Prize Laureate is on a quest to help the world better understand the causes of global food insecurity

2018年CRI Experts highlight China's role in Asia security

An international security forum is getting underway in Beijing, with China's role in Asia Pacific and global governance being discussed by those involved. CRI's Yu Yang brings the details. The Wanshou Dialogue on Global Security has attracted around

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ROME, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published the State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO) 2015-2016 on Wednesday, calling for a pragmatic approach that would align agricultural and tra