联合国粮农组织敦促南非在拒绝转基因食品前的思考
刘成渝译
约翰内斯堡，八月三十日（新华社）——在南部非洲，面对的是一个毁灭性的干旱国家再拒绝含有转基因生物（GMOs）的食品援助，应该仔细想想，联合国粮食和农业组织（FAO）星期五说。
联合国粮农组织总干事贾可迪乌夫，在新闻发布会上表示，预计在未来几个月需要粮食援助1300万人。
他指出，目前没有任何有效的国际协定涉及含有转基因生物的食品贸易和援助。
“同时，重要的仍然是所有捐赠的食品既符合捐献国又符合受捐国的国家食品安全标准，”他说。
联合国粮农组织和世界卫生组织（WHO）已经成立了一个联合食品安全机构制定适当的标准。
“联合国粮农组织，连同世界卫生组织，在世界粮食计划的基础上，从各种来源的信息和现有的科学知识，认为，提供给南部非洲国家的食品是不可能存在人类健康风险，是可以吃的东西，”迪乌夫说。
至于对转基因玉米品种进入该地区后变化的关注，理事长说他意识到有人对潜在的生物多样性与农业可持续发展风险的担心。
然而，这些潜在的风险应由各个国家在个案的基础上加以判断和管理，他说。
迪乌夫说，他将利用他参加正在进行的地球峰会来举行这些地区的政府之间的双边会议来讨论他们的粮食安全形势。
附英文原文
FAO urges southern
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Xinhuanet 2002-08-31 03:06:45
JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 30 (Xinhuanet) -- Countries in southern Africa which are facing a devastating drought should think carefully before rejecting food aid containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said here Friday.
Jacques Diouf, director-general of FAO, said at a press conference that 13 million people were estimated to be in need of food assistance in coming months.
He noted that there were currently no international agreements in force covering trade and aid involving food containing GMOs.
"In the meantime, the important thing is still that all donatedfood meets the food safety standards of both the donor and recipient countries," he said.
The FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO) have already established a joint food safety body to develop appropriate standards.
"FAO, together with the WHO and the World Food Program, take the view, based on information from a variety of sources and current scientific knowledge, that the food being offered to southern African countries is not likely to present a human healthrisk and may be eaten," said Diouf.
Referring to concern about GM maize varieties into the region, the director-general said he recognized that there were concerns about potential risks to biological diversity and sustainable agriculture.
However, these potential risks should be judged and managed by individual countries on a case by case basis, he said.
Diouf said that he would be taking advantage of his attendance at the ongoing Earth Summit to hold bilateral meetings with the governments from the region to discuss their food security situation. Enditem
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