If we cut back on aid, we will fail to keep our promise, and poorer countries will learn, once again, that rich countries’ actions fall short of their inspiring rhetoric about reducing world poverty. That is not a good basis for future cooperation between rich and poor countries on issues such as climate change.
如果我们削减援助额，我们将会失信，而贫国将再一次了解到富国的那些激动人心的减少世界贫困的华丽的辞藻不会全部付诸实践。这样一来，对今后的穷富国之间在诸如气候变化问题上的合作来说，这不是一个良好的基础。