2022年10月28日 VOA慢速英语： 联合国对乌克兰文化场所的破坏

 
The United Nations is using satellites to follow what Russia is doing to Ukraine's historical buildings and its cultural heritage. The organization said there are more than 200 structures that have been damaged or destroyed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
联合国正在使用卫星跟踪俄罗斯对乌克兰历史建筑及其文化遗产所做的事情。该组织表示，在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰期间，有 200 多座建筑物遭到破坏或摧毁。
 
UNOSAT, the satellite agency, and UNESCO, the educational, scientific and cultural agency, announced the effort recently. The UN agencies are completing a database of places that have been damaged by comparing "before and after" images from satellites.
卫星机构 UNOSAT 和教育、科学和文化机构 UNESCO 最近宣布了这项工作。联合国机构正在通过比较来自卫星的“之前和之后”图像来完成一个受损地点的数据库。
 
These images will be used to inform experts and the public about the destruction of Ukraine's cultural heritage.
这些图像将用于向专家和公众通报乌克兰文化遗产遭到破坏的情况。
 
"It's important for us to document the damage, but also to make sure we have the information available before the recovery," said Krista Pikkat. She heads the culture and emergencies department at UNESCO.
Krista Pikkat 说：“记录损坏对我们来说很重要，但也确保我们在恢复之前获得可用的信息。” 她是联合国教科文组织文化和紧急情况部门的负责人。
 
Pikkat said early work began months ago. "We actually realized that, this wealth of information, we needed to put it on a platform for our experts so that we can monitor the situation."
Pikkat 说，早期的工作是在几个月前开始的。“我们实际上意识到，我们需要将这些丰富的信息放在我们专家的平台上，以便我们监控情况。”
 
As of Wednesday, about 205 sites were listed. None of Ukraine's seven UNESCO "World Heritage Sites" had been affected. The sites are a listing of some of the world's most important cultural objects.
截至周三，大约有 205 个站点被列出。乌克兰的七个联合国教科文组织“世界遗产”都没有受到影响。这些网站列出了一些世界上最重要的文化物品。
 
The process is like the one used in Syria where the country's civil war has destroyed many historic sites, monuments and artifacts. UNESCO said it first follows Ukrainian culture ministry warnings about damage to cultural places. Then, it tries to confirm those findings using social media and other sources. If necessary, UNESCO calls on UNOSAT to try to get satellite images.
这一过程就像在叙利亚使用的那样，该国的内战摧毁了许多历史遗迹、纪念碑和文物。联合国教科文组织表示，它首先遵循乌克兰文化部关于文化场所受损的警告。然后，它尝试使用社交媒体和其他来源确认这些发现。如有必要，教科文组织呼吁 UNOSAT 尝试获取卫星图像。
 
Places with confirmed damage are marked with red dots on a digital map and are included in a searchable database. Areas like Mariupol in the south, areas around the capital Kyiv, and eastern Donetsk were filled with red dots.
确认损坏的地方在数字地图上用红点标记，并包含在可搜索的数据库中。南部的马里乌波尔、首都基辅周边地区和顿涅茨克东部等地区布满了红点。
 
In time, cultural experts from UNESCO and other groups will try to visit the area to see the damage for themselves, which is not easy during a war. UNESCO experts also cannot enter areas held by Russian forces or Russian-supported separatists, such as in Mariupol.
随着时间的推移，来自联合国教科文组织和其他团体的文化专家将尝试访问该地区，亲眼看看受到的破坏，这在战争期间并不容易。教科文组织专家也不能进入俄罗斯军队或俄罗斯支持的分离主义者控制的地区，例如马里乌波尔。
 
The effort is the latest by the U.N. to understand the effects of the war on Ukrainian soil and to document the damage on lives and livelihoods.
这是联合国为了解战争对乌克兰土地的影响并记录对生命和生计造成的损害所做的最新努力。