世界银行行长沃尔芬森就亚洲灾难发表声明

　　中广网北京12月28日消息（记者伍刚）世界银行行长沃尔芬森今天就亚洲地区周末期间发生的灾难事件发表以下声明：

　　12月26日，即星期日早晨，印尼发生严重地震，震中在苏门答腊北部西海岸的海域中。地震及余震波及孟加拉、印度、印尼、马来西亚、缅甸、新加坡、泰国等国，并引发了印度洋海啸，影响到印度、马来西亚、马尔代夫、泰国和斯里兰卡等国。

　　我们才刚刚开始掌握此次灾难在整个地区造成的人员伤亡、财产损失和经济影响的情况。但是，要完全了解这次可怕危机的影响显然还需要一些时间。

　　世界银行东亚与太平洋地区和南亚地区的高级管理层正在与受灾各国的政府进行直接联系，评估对贷款作出迅速调整以及提供应急信贷的可行性，以解决受灾国家目前的人道主义救援需要。危机工作小组每天都开会。世行常驻受灾各国的代表处和机构未受到损害，并将继续作为世行的联络点，联系协调世行为应对此次自然灾害过后可能发生的人道主义危机的救援工作。

　　我已代表世界银行集团给受灾各国政府的领导人写信，对在此次灾难中的受害者表示我们最深切的哀悼。鉴于世界银行在自然灾害过后的重建方面具有相当丰富的经验，我也提议与联合国和我们的主要合作伙伴一起为他们提供援助。

　　我们关注此次灾难造成的可怕的人员伤亡，同时我们也关注我们自己的员工及其家人的安全。我们在整个周末期间一直在工作，查询那些灾难发生时身处受灾最重地区的人员的情况。尽管与一些地区的联络很困难，但世行的保安部门相当肯定我们所有员工现在都很安全。不过，我们也了解到一些员工失去了近亲，我们为他们送去我们的关心和祈祷。

　　在一年中这个本应是节日和欢庆的时候，我们把关心和祈祷给予那些生活受到此次灾难影响的人们。吉姆·沃尔芬森附英文稿

　　World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn today issuedthefollowing statement on the tragic events in Asia overtheweekend:

　　On Sunday morning, Decr 26, Indonesia was struck by amassiveearthquake, with its epicenter off the west coast ofnorthernSumatra. The quake and its aftershocks were felt inBangladesh,India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, andThailand. Ittriggered tsunamis in the Indian Ocean which struckIndia,Malaysia, the Maldives, Thailand, and Sri Lanka. We areonlybeginning to grasp the magnitude of the disaster in terms oflossoflife, material damage and economic impact across the region.Itis clear, however, that it will take some time before thefullimpact of this terrible crisis is known.

　　Senior management from the World Banks East Asia/PacificandSouth Asia teams are in direct contact with the governments inthecountries affected. The teams are assessing the feasibilityofreallocating resources quickly within portfolios, or theprovisionof emergency credits, to respond to immediate humanitarianneeds inthe countries hit by this disaster. The crisis team ismeetingdaily. All Bank Group offices and facilities in theaffectedcountries were undamaged, and will remain the focal pointof ourefforts to respond to the humanitarian crisis that may followthisnatural disaster.

　　I have written to the leaders of the affected countries toextend,on behalf of the World Bank Group family, our deepestcondolences tothose who have suffered as a consequence of thistragedy. As theBank has considerable experience in reconstructionafter naturaldisasters, I have also offered them our assistanceworking closelywith the United Nations and our major partners.

　　While we are mindful of the terrible cost in human lives fromthisdisaster, we are also concerned for the safety of our staffandtheir families. We have been working throughout the weekendtoaccount for those known to have been in the worst-affected areasatthe time of the disaster. Though communication to some areasisdifficult, the Banks security team is reasonably sure that allourstaff are now safe. We do know, however, that several staffhavelost close relatives, and our thoughts and prayers arewiththem.

　　During this time of the year, which should be a festive andjoyousseason, our thoughts and prayers are with all those whoselives havebeen affected by this tragedy.Jim Wolfensohn来源：中国广播网责编：金风