国際救助委員会(IRC)によるとアフリカのコンゴ民主共和国では９８年より５４００万人が紛争が原因で死亡しており、さらに毎月４万５０００人の命が奪われていると言う。これは調査によれば第二次世界大戦以来最大規模の危機であると言う。近傍に在住して奮闘している友人の安否も気にかかる。無事でいて欲しい。[下記はオリジナルの記事]
Dear Friend:A major mortality study released Tuesday by the International
Rescue Committee revealed shocking information about the ongoing
humanitarian crisis in Congo.
The study, which is being reported by major media outlets around
the world, found that conflict and humanitarian crisis in Congo
have claimed the lives of 5.4 million people since 1998 and
continue to leave as many as 45,000 dead each month - making it
the world's deadliest crisis since World War II.
An article about the study in the New York Times this week
highlights comments by Dr. Richard Brennan, health director for
the IRC:
"The Congo is still enduring a crisis of huge proportions... the
international engagement has to be sustained and committed for
years to come... Is it possible that as few as five million
people died? It's much more likely that 5.4 million died. But
the exact number isn't as critical. This data can help us
understand the scale of the problem and target our solutions to
save lives."
For complete text of the New York Times article, click here:
http://ga3.org/ct/jpsqj5E1I42H/NYTimes
MSNBC offers a multimedia report on the IRC's Congo mortality
study: http://ga3.org/ct/j7sqj5E1I42T/MSNBC
Also, we encourage you to take a look at this BBC News photo
essay by the IRC's Peter Biro:
http://ga3.org/ct/jdsqj5E1I42Y/BBC
To access the IRC's full report, Mortality in the Democratic
Republic of Congo - An Ongoing Crisis, click here:
http://ga3.org/ct/m1sqj5E1I42G/CongoCrisis
Thank you,
The International Rescue Committee
Dear Friend:A major mortality study released Tuesday by the International
Rescue Committee revealed shocking information about the ongoing
humanitarian crisis in Congo.
The study, which is being reported by major media outlets around
the world, found that conflict and humanitarian crisis in Congo
have claimed the lives of 5.4 million people since 1998 and
continue to leave as many as 45,000 dead each month - making it
the world's deadliest crisis since World War II.
An article about the study in the New York Times this week
highlights comments by Dr. Richard Brennan, health director for
the IRC:
"The Congo is still enduring a crisis of huge proportions... the
international engagement has to be sustained and committed for
years to come... Is it possible that as few as five million
people died? It's much more likely that 5.4 million died. But
the exact number isn't as critical. This data can help us
understand the scale of the problem and target our solutions to
save lives."
For complete text of the New York Times article, click here:
http://ga3.org/ct/jpsqj5E1I42H/NYTimes
MSNBC offers a multimedia report on the IRC's Congo mortality
study: http://ga3.org/ct/j7sqj5E1I42T/MSNBC
Also, we encourage you to take a look at this BBC News photo
essay by the IRC's Peter Biro:
http://ga3.org/ct/jdsqj5E1I42Y/BBC
To access the IRC's full report, Mortality in the Democratic
Republic of Congo - An Ongoing Crisis, click here:
http://ga3.org/ct/m1sqj5E1I42G/CongoCrisis
Thank you,
The International Rescue Committee
