유엔, 태풍 강타한 버마에 어린이 1백만 명 위험 (E)

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유엔의 국제아동기금이 태풍 나르기스로 큰 피해를 입은 버마에서 1백만 명에 이르는 어린이들이 신체적, 정신적 질병에 걸릴 위험이 있다고 경고했습니다.

유엔 국제아동기금의 태국 사무소는 버마 남부 이라와디 삼각주를 강타한 태풍으로 인한 이재민들의 최고 40%가 어린이들이라며 이같이 밝혔습니다. 

유엔 국제아동기금은 또 태풍 피해 지역에 식량과 식수가 부족하고 주택과 학교, 상하수도가 파괴돼 살아남은 어린이들의 건강을 위협하고 있다고 지적했습니다.

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The United Nations Children's Fund says as many as one million Burmese children may be at risk of physical and emotional illness following Cyclone Nargis.

A spokesman for UNICEF in Thailand (Shantha Bloeman) said today (Friday) that up to 40 percent of the victims of the deadly storm that hit the Irrawaddy River delta two weeks ago are children.

She says in addition to lack of food and, especially, clean water, the destruction of homes, schools and sanitation systems remain a threat to surviving children.

A spokesman for the U.N. team in Burma (Steve Marshall) has called for a bigger international effort to reach the victims.

His call comes after Burma's Prime Minister Thein Sein made a televised announcement that the initial stage of the relief effort is complete.

The country's military government continues to reject most help from foreign relief workers and has been slow to allow international relief into the country.