VOA常速英语:Cooperation Needed for Demining Efforts(翻译)

For people living in former conflict zones, war may not end for years after the last shot has been fired and the peace agreement is signed.Land mines and unexploded munitions, remnants of the war between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the Colombian government,stand in the way of post-accord stabilization and reconstruction, and inhibit long-term development.
对于那些生活在曾经发生过冲突的土地之上的人们来说,战火平息、和平协议签订数年之后，战争可能还未结束。地雷和未引爆弹药—哥伦比亚革命武装力量和政府军交战所留下的战争残余，妨碍了哥伦比亚达成和平协定之后的稳定和重建、并且阻碍了该国的长期发展。

They render millions of hectares of land unusable, preventing farmers from tending their fields and herders from pasturing their cattle. In many regions of Colombia,ordinary travel is dangerous because roads are lined with minefields and a misstep could cost a passerby his or her life. Even everyday activities like gathering wood or forest fruits, hauling produce to the market, or even taking a short-cut through the fields are fraught with danger.Too many children have lost their lives and limbs chasing a stray soccer ball into a mine field.
这些战争残余使得数百万公顷的土地无法使用、使得农民不能侍弄田地、牧民不能放养牲畜。在哥伦比亚许多地区，普通的旅行都非常危险，因为道路两旁都是危险的雷区，而一步走错就可能导致行人失去生命。甚至一些日常活动，例如收集木材和树果、运输产品到市场上去、抄近路穿过田野都充满了危险。有太多的孩子因为追逐跑动的皮球误入雷区，而失去了他们的生命或手脚。

The United States and Norway have long worked together to remove and destroy landmines and unexploded ordnance.This partnership has saved thousands of lives and helped rebuild post-conflict communities around the world.
美国和挪威长久以来一直在联手拆除或销毁地雷以及未引爆弹药。这项合作行动已经拯救了成千上万人的生命，并且在全世界帮助重建后冲突社区。

In February, the two countries founded the Global Demining Initiative for Colombia, a program to help Colombia rid itself of explosive remnants of war left over from more than five decades of conflict, which has ended with a peace agreement announced August 24. Since then, 22 countries plus the European Union have committed to the Initiative.And in late July, the two partner countries created the U.S.-Norwegian Demining Initiative,which will support mine clearance in Syrian and Iraqi areas that have been liberated from ISIL.
今年二月，美国和挪威成立发起了“哥伦比亚全球排雷行动”，该计划旨在帮助哥伦比亚摆脱50多年冲突遗留下来的爆炸性战争残余物，而哥伦比亚交战双方目前已经于8月24日达成了一项和平协议。自那以来，全球22个国家以及欧盟已经承诺参与该项行动。在七月下旬，美国和挪威发起了“美国-挪威排雷行动”，该计划将支持利比亚和伊拉克境内伊斯兰国解放区的排雷工作。

“While more government-to-government cooperation is important, we need all the help we can get to address the challenges of landmines and unexploded ordnance,” wrote Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security in a recent blog post.
“目前更多的政府间合作非常重要，我们需要我们所能够得到的一切帮助，从而解决地雷和未引爆弹药的问题，”主管军备控制和国际安全事务的副国务卿罗斯·戈特莫勒最近在其博客上如是写道。

The Colombia initiative has shown the importance of engaging many partners, including governments, NGOs, civil society, and the private sector in the demining effort. Regional public-private partnerships can generate fresh ideas, find new ways to help safely clear unexploded ordnance in post-conflict countries.
哥伦比亚行动已经展示了多个合作伙伴共同参与的重要性，其中包括政府、非政府组织、公民社会、以及参与排雷行动的私人部门。区域性公私合作伙伴关系能够产生新的想法、寻找新的方法来帮助更加安全地在后冲突国家清理未引爆弹药。

“International support, not only from governments,is essential to saving lives and preventing injuries in the aftermath of war,” wrote Under Secretary Gottemoeller. “Nations and civil society, including businesses, can work together to ensure that all people are able to walk the earth in safety.”
“国际支持不仅仅来自各国政府，国际支持在战争之后拯救生命、防止受伤的行动中必不可少，” 副国务卿戈特莫勒如是写道。“国家和公民社会，包括企业，可以共同努力来确保全人类都可以安全地生活在地球上。”