导读:美国国务院3日宣布，停止对联合国人口基金会的援助，取消2017财年3250万美元的援助额。不过声明将停援归咎于“中国仍存在强制堕胎”，遭到联合国人口基金会驳斥。
The US says it is withdrawing funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more than 150 countries.
美国表示其撤出了给联合国人口基金会（UNFPA）的拨款，该机构负责在全球150多个国家和地区推行计划生育等事务。
The state department says the agency supports or participates in a programme of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilisation in China.
美国务院声称联合国人口基金会“支持或参与强制堕胎或非自愿绝育项目”。
But the UNFPA says this is an "erroneous claim", and that its work does not break any US laws.
然而，联合国人口基金会称美方这是“错误的指责”，基金会没有违反任何美国法律。
In total $32.5m in funds will be withdrawn for the 2017 financial year.
美国将取消2017财年共计3250万美元的援助额。
This is the first of the promised cuts to US financial contributions to the UN by the Trump administration.
这是特朗普政府第一次将美国财政给联合国的款项砍掉。
The UNFPA, like other UN agencies, is funded by governments voluntarily.
联合国人口基金会，和联合国的其他机构一样，由政府自愿援助。
In 2015, it received $979m in donations, with the US being its fourth-largest donor.
2015年，该机构共收到援助9.79亿美元，其中美国捐款额度排名第四。
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump reinstated a ban on US funding of any international organisation that provided any kind of abortion service or advice.
今年早些时候，特朗普表示将重启禁止向任何支持或参与实施强迫堕胎项目的国际组织提供资金援助的法令。
The state department referred to the presidential directive from January and a provision called the Kemp-Kasten Amendment in its statement on Monday.
美国国务院在星期一（4月3日）的声明中援引特朗普政府1月颁布的总统令和“肯普-卡斯滕修正案”条款。
"This determination was made based on the fact that China’s family planning policies still involve the use of coercive abortion and involuntary sterilisation, and UNFPA partners on family planning activities with the Chinese government agency responsible for these coercive policies," the state department said.
它说，“做出这一决定基于中国的计划生育政策仍然包括强制堕胎和非自愿绝育的事实，而联合国人口基金会的计生项目伙伴及中国政府机构应为这些强制性政策负责”。
The UNFPA calls those claims "erroneous" and says that "all of its work promotes the rights of individuals and couples to make their own decisions, free of coercion or discrimination".
联合国人口基金会称那些指责是“错误的”，基金会的工作“维护了个人和夫妻自主决定的权利，不涉及强制或歧视”。
It says its programmes have saved the lives of tens of thousands of women.
该机构称，他们的工作挽救了成千上万女性的性命。
