每日听力 | VOA常速-US AID's Role in Fight Against Terrorism

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Over the past few years, the global community has dealt severe, even debilitating 削弱 defeats to some of the most high-profile terrorist organizations around the globe. Nonetheless, terrorism still poses an existential threat to many states around the world.

One of the lesser-known, but nonetheless effective tools against radicalization and terrorism is foreign aid. It’s not just about delivery of direct or humanitarian aid. Supporting global democracy and civil rights, stabilizing post-conflict areas and post-disaster areas, and helping the displaced return to their homes are all effective means of countering terrorism.

And this is where the United States Agency for International Development comes in. “Our development initiatives address conditions, which left unchecked, can lead to the kind of frustration and despair that transnational criminal organizations and terrorist groups, often try to exploit 剥削,” said USAID Administrator Mark Greene in recent testimony 证据,证词 before a House Appropriations Subcommittee.

USAID works to ease the life of displaced families and the communities that host them, countering 抵消,反击 the conditions that often drive mass migration, said Administrator Green.

“We also work to repair the fabric of countries and communities torn apart by conflict and war, in ways that will hopefully solidify 巩固 military success. In particular, we know helping the most vulnerable 易受伤害的, and the most targeted has to be a big part of this strategy,” he said

USAID cooperates with other agencies and international partners to resolve more complex problems. For example, the Agency supports the U.S. Department of Defense in its efforts to stabilize Raqqa so its citizens can return to their homes. And the Department of Defense, in return, supports USAID’s disaster relief response teams as they work to aid the victims of hurricanes, earthquakes or other natural disasters.

“USAID plays a key role in the interagency 跨部门 international strategy to prevent and mitigate 减轻,缓和 the threat of infectious 感染的,易传播的 disease outbreaks, epidemics 流行病, and anti-microbial resistance under the global health security agenda…

We help counter illicit 非法的 activities from trafficking 非法交易 in persons to trafficking in wildlife, which criminal and terrorist organizations often leverage 举债经营 to fund their operations.” said Administrator Green. 

“Because responding to the growing number of humanitarian crises is a core 核心 part…of American global leadership, we are working to elevate and refine 精炼,改进 our humanitarian assistance efforts.”

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