Next, an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government.
接下来是一篇反映美国政府观点的社论。
After more than six years of civil war, the warring parties in South Sudan agreed in late February to form a Transitional Government of National Unity.
经过六年多的内战，南苏丹的交战各方在2月下旬就组建民族团结过渡政府达成一致。
This is a long-delayed, but necessary step toward ending a conflict
这是一个拖延已久的，但也是结束冲突的必要步骤，
that has left some 400,000 people dead and well over 4 million others displaced inside and outside of the country.
这场冲突已造成约40万人死亡，还有400多万人在国内外流离失所。
South Sudan is a fragile state that is struggling with several challenges.
南苏丹是一个脆弱的国家，正面临着多重挑战。
Chief among them are a serious shortage of food that has pushed more than 9 million people into food insecurity
其中最主要的挑战是严重的粮食短缺，导致超过900万人陷入了粮食无保障的境地，
and a sharp spike in the number of COVID-19 cases that has overwhelmed the country’s health care system, one of the weakest in the world.
而且国内新冠肺炎确诊病例激增，压垮了南苏丹的医疗体系，使南苏丹成为世界上最脆弱的国家之一。
To add to these problems, the parties to the February agreement are struggling to agree on solutions, and the political impasse could be costly.
问题还不止如此，2月份进行协议的各方正努力就解决方案达成一致，而解决政治僵局可能付出高昂的代价。
According to Caroline Sekyewa, South Sudan Country Director at the International Rescue Committee, “community violence is raging in several states where the government is unwilling and unable to exercise political and administrative control.
The political standoff is preventing the formation of critical institutions, including the appointment of state leadership required to lead a COVID-19 response at the local level.”
政治僵局阻碍了关键机构的形成，包括任命必要的国家领导人来应对新冠肺炎疫情，发布地方一级响应。”
The key to begin fixing South Sudan’s problems is political stability, and the key to political stability is strong, democratic governance.
解决南苏丹问题的关键在于政治稳定，而政治稳定的关键是强有力的民主治理。
On June 9, the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Norway -- also known as the Troika -- issued a statement
6月9号，美国、英国和挪威三国政府（也叫三国集团）发表声明，
urging South Sudan’s fledgling Transitional Government of National Unity to take the next step and fill vacant positions in local and state governments.
敦促南苏丹刚刚成立的民族团结过渡政府采取下一步行动，填补地方和州政府的空缺。
The Troika noted that the increasing violence is causing immense suffering for the people of South Sudan.
三国集团注意到，暴力事件的增加正在给南苏丹人民造成巨大的痛苦。
It hinders humanitarian access to those most in need and impedes the country’s COVID-19 response.
它阻碍了对受困的人进行人道主义援助，并阻碍该国应对新冠肺炎。
“Now is the moment for the President and Vice Presidents, supported by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and the guarantors of the peace agreement,
“现在，总统和副总统受到政府间管理局以及和平协议保证人的支持，
to agree on the selection of governors and to move forward to govern together for the benefit of the people of South Sudan,” said the Troika in a statement.
要就州长的选举达成一致，并为了南苏丹人民的利益进行共同执政，”三国集团在一份证明中表示。
“Any further delay creates uncertainty that undermines the transition process, slows the fight against COVID-19, and holds back efforts to end the violence that now threatens the hard-won peace.”
