国际英语资讯:Mekong River Commission ministerial council approves 5-year strategy to fight drought
<p><span word="PHNOM">PHNOM</span> <span word="PENH">PENH</span>, <span word="Nov">Nov</span>. 26-- <span word="Ministerial">Ministerial</span> <span word="delegates">delegates</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mekong">Mekong</span> <span word="River">River</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span> (<span word="MRC">MRC</span>) <span word="Council">Council</span> <span word="approved">approved</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="drought">drought</span> <span word="management">management</span> <span word="strategy">strategy</span> <span word="for">for</span> 2020-2025, <span word="allowing">allowing</span> <span word="Cambodia">Cambodia</span>, <span word="Laos">Laos</span>, <span word="Thailand">Thailand</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Vietnam">Vietnam</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prepare">prepare</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="manage">manage</span> <span word="drought">drought</span> <span word="collectively">collectively</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="MRC">MRC</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="approval">approval</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="council">council</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="council">council</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="ministerial">ministerial</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="MRC">MRC</span> <span word="composed">composed</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="resources">resources</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="environment">environment</span> <span word="ministers">ministers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="member">member</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="approved">approved</span> <span word="strategy">strategy</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="undergoing">undergoing</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worst">worst</span> <span word="droughts">droughts</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mekong">Mekong</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="levels">levels</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lowest">lowest</span> <span word="points">points</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="memory">memory</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> 60 <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>"<span word="As">As</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="gear">gear</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="drought">drought</span> <span word="preparedness">preparedness</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mitigation">mitigation</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="strategy">strategy</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vulnerability">vulnerability</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="resource">resource</span> <span word="systems">systems</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="droughts">droughts</span>, <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="adaptive">adaptive</span> <span word="capacity">capacity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="governments">governments</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="advance">advance</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="sharing">sharing</span>, <span word="forecasting">forecasting</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="systems">systems</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Lim">Lim</span> <span word="Kean">Kean</span> <span word="Hor">Hor</span>, <span word="Cambodia">Cambodia</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="minister">minister</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Water">Water</span> <span word="Resources">Resources</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Meteorology">Meteorology</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="minister">minister</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chair">chair</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="MRC">MRC</span> <span word="Council">Council</span> <span word="for">for</span> 2019, <span word="added">added</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="strategy">strategy</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> "<span word="MRC">MRC</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="ongoing">ongoing</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="assist">assist</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="member">member</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="combat">combat</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="present">present</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="droughts">droughts</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="transboundary">transboundary</span> <span word="impacts">impacts</span>."</p><p><span word="Recent">Recent</span> <span word="MRC">MRC</span> <span word="studies">studies</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="drought">drought</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lower">lower</span> <span word="Mekong">Mekong</span> <span word="basin">basin</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="frequency">frequency</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="severity">severity</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="decades">decades</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="drought">drought</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2016, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="serious">serious</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="losses">losses</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Thailand">Thailand</span>, <span word="estimated">estimated</span> <span word="at">at</span> 1.7 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span>.</p>
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