GENEVA (Reuters) May 18 - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday delayed for at least four years any decision on when to destroy the world's last known stockpiles of smallpox, a deadly virus eradicated nearly 30 years ago.
There is no treatment for the virus that was killing millions of people a year as recently as the 1960s and left many more blind and scarred. In 1979, it became the first disease officially stamped out after a worldwide vaccination campaign.
But the United States and Russia, which hold the only known stockpiles of the virus in high-security laboratories, have long resisted calls to destroy them in case smallpox is found to exist elsewhere.
The 60th annual World Health Assembly, the top decision-taking body of the United Nations agency, reaffirmed a previous commitment to getting rid of the remaining stockpiles but agreed to postpone any decision on when this should happen until its 2011 meeting.
In 2010, the WHO secretariat will carry out a review of all research undertaken and still planned in order that the "64th World Health Assembly may reach global consensus on the timing of the destruction of existing variola virus stocks."
A previous 2002 deadline for destroying smallpox had been waived by the WHO until new vaccines or treatments for smallpox were found, after the United States said it would keep stocks on hand to combat any re-emergence of the disease.
That decision was taken in the wake of the Sept. 11 suicide plane attacks on the United States which stirred fears that deadly viruses could fall into the hands of terrorist groups.
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UN Again Delays Destruction of Smallpox Virus
联合国再度推迟天花病毒的消灭时间
GENEVA (Reuters) May 18 - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday delayed for at least four years any decision on when to destroy the world's last known stockpiles of smallpox, a deadly virus eradicated nearly 30 years ago.
日内瓦5月18日报道（路透社）：本周五世界卫生组织（WHO）将何时最终消灭世上现存的天花病毒(一种约30年前就被消灭了的致死性病毒)库存的时间至少推迟了4年。
There is no treatment for the virus that was killing millions of people a year as recently as the 1960s and left many more blind and scarred. In 1979, it became the first disease officially stamped out after a worldwide vaccination campaign.
近在十九世纪六十年代，每年有百万余人死于这种病毒，致盲和留下瘢痕的更多，但目前还没有相应的治疗方法。在大面积接种疫苗后，1979年天花成为第一种被正式消灭的疾病。
But the United States and Russia, which hold the only known stockpiles of the virus in high-security laboratories, have long resisted calls to destroy them in case smallpox is found to exist elsewhere.
但美国和俄罗斯始终抵制消灭这些病毒以防止扩散的呼声，在其高度安全的实验室中保留着这种仅有的病毒库存。
The 60th annual World Health Assembly, the top decision-taking body of the United Nations agency, reaffirmed a previous commitment to getting rid of the remaining stockpiles but agreed to postpone any decision on when this should happen until its 2011 meeting.
虽然联合国顶级决策机关-世界卫生大会在第六十届年度会议上重申了早先做出的消除残存病毒株的许诺，但同意将决定何时消灭天花病毒库存推迟至2011年的会议。
In 2010, the WHO secretariat will carry out a review of all research undertaken and still planned in order that the "64th World Health Assembly may reach global consensus on the timing of the destruction of existing variola virus stocks."
到2010年WHO秘书处将检查正在进行的和计划进行的所有研究工作，以实现到64届世界卫生大会时就现存病毒株的消灭时间达成全球一致。
A previous 2002 deadline for destroying smallpox had been waived by the WHO until new vaccines or treatments for smallpox were found, after the United States said it would keep stocks on hand to combat any re-emergence of the disease.
在美国声称保有这种病毒株以与天花复发作斗争后，WHO在发现天花的新疫苗或新疗法以前，放弃了先前提出的2002年为消灭天花最终期限的决议。
That decision was taken in the wake of the Sept. 11 suicide plane attacks on the United States which stirred fears that deadly viruses could fall into the hands of terrorist groups.
美国911自杀式飞机袭击事件使人们害怕这种致命性病毒落入恐怖团体手中，所以人们采纳了这项决议。
编译：
据路透社5月18日日内瓦报道，本周五世界卫生组织（WHO）将何时最终消灭世上现存的天花病毒(一种约30年前就被消灭了的致死性病毒)库存的时间至少推迟了4年。近在十九世纪六十年代，每年有百万余人死于这种病毒，致盲和留下瘢痕的更多，但目前缺乏相应的治疗方法。在大面积接种疫苗后，1979年天花成为第一种被正式消灭的疾病。
但美国和俄罗斯始终抵制消灭这些病毒以防止扩散的呼声，在其高度安全的实验室中保留着这种仅有的病毒库存。
虽然联合国顶级决策机关-世界卫生大会在第六十届年度会议上重申了早先做出的消除残存病毒株的许诺，但同意将决定何时消灭天花病毒库存推迟至2011年的会议。到2010年WHO秘书处将检查正在进行的和计划进行的所有研究工作，以实现到64届世界卫生大会时就现存病毒株的消灭时间达成全球一致。
在美国声称保有这种病毒株以与天花复发作斗争后，WHO在发现天花的新疫苗或新疗法以前，放弃了先前提出的2002年为消灭天花最终期限的决议。美国911自杀式飞机袭击事件使人们害怕这种致命性病毒落入恐怖团体手中，所以人们采纳了这项决议。
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" in the wake of" 仿效，尾随。
快点消灭天花病毒，痛苦的病毒，我手上的牛痘很难看