VOA常速英语:Assisting UXO Clearance in Laos

U.S. Ambassador to Laos Rena Bitter handed over fifteen new Toyota Landcruisers to the Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Program (UXO Lao) during a ceremony in Vientiane on January 12.
美国驻老挝大使Rena Bitter在1月12日老挝万象的一场仪式上将15名崭新的丰田陆地巡洋舰捐赠给老挝的国家未爆弹药计划。
The contribution, valued at approximately 490,000 dollars,included 15 sets of equipment for 15 new UXO Lao Clearance teams that are operating in Savannakhet, Khammouan and Attapeu provinces.These 15 new UXO Lao teams were recruited, trained and deployed in 2017 with financial support of the United States.
本次捐赠价值约49万美元，包括15套设备，提供给在Savannakhet、Khammouan 和Attapeu三省运作的15个新组建的未爆弹药清理小组。这15个新的未爆弹药清理小组是在美国的财政支持下于2017年经过招募、训练和部署后组建的。
The United States is supporting 51 of 96 UXO Lao Survey and Clearance teams,in addition to 3 Non-Technical Survey teams, 3 Regional Quality Management teams,the organization’s provincial offices, and some operational costs of the National Office.
在老挝96个未爆弹药调查与清理小组中，美国对其中的51个提供支持。此外，美国提供支持的还包括3个非技术调查小组、3个区域质量管理小组、组织内部的省级办事处以及一些国家机关的运营成本。
Currently, approximately 600 of UXO Lao’s staff are funded by the United States Government.Approximately 940 additional Lao national staff work fulltime on the U.S.-funded national UXO survey and clearance projects implemented in partnership with the Mines Advisory Group, HALO Trust, and Norwegian People’s Aid.
目前，约有600名老挝国家未爆弹药计划的员工受到美国政府的资助。另外约940名老挝本国工作人员全职工作于美国资助的国家未爆炸弹药调查和清理项目，这些项目是同排雷咨询组、光环信托组织和挪威人民援助组织合作执行的。
Sterling International Group, a contractor of the U.S. Department of State,also provides technical advisory support to the Lao PDR National Regulatory Authority for UXO/Mine Action and to UXO Lao in the areas of Survey and Clearance Operations, Field Management, Quality Management and Information Management.
斯特林国际集团是美国国务院合作的一个承包商，也为老挝人民民主共和国未爆弹药/排雷行动以及老挝未爆弹药清理小组提供技术咨询支持，涉及领域包括调查与清理行动、现场管理、质量管理和信息管理等。
Since 1995, the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Political-Military Affairs (PM/WRA) and U.S. Embassy Vientiane have worked closely with the Government of Laos to invest more than 135 million dollars toward risk education,support for victims of UXO accidents, surveying and clearing of UXO within Laos.
自1995年以来，美国国务院政治军事事务办公室的武器去除与削减办公室（PM / WRA）和美国驻万象大使馆已经与老挝政府密切合作，投资超过1.35亿美元，用于风险教育、为未爆弹药事故的受害者提供支持、以及调查和清除老挝境内的未爆弹药。
“This program supporting clearance of contaminated land reflects the close partnership between the United States and the Government and people of the Lao PDR for over two decades to address war legacy issues,” said Ambassador Bitter.This new contribution to UXO Lao, she said, “is part of the United States’ commitment of 90 million dollars over three years to fund a national cluster munitions survey, in addition to ongoing clearance of UXO.”
“这项对清理被污染土地提供支持的项目反映了美国与老挝政府和人民二十多年来在解决战争遗留问题上的密切合作，”Bitter大使说。她表示，这项对老挝国家未爆弹药计划的新捐赠“是美国承诺在三年内捐助9000万美元的一部分，用于资助该国国家集束弹药调查、以及对未爆弹药的持续清理工作。”