translate English to French: While the Mission was aware that the potential for a massive complex emergency, not unlike that which is consuming the Great Lakes region, has heightened significantly over the last six months, the urgency of this situation was widely and repeatedly stressed by the Mission's interlocutors.
La Mission savait que le risque d'une situation d'urgence complexe massive, comparable à celle qui existe dans la région des Grands Lacs, s'était sensiblement accru au cours des six derniers mois, et ses interlocuteurs n'ont cessé de souligner sa gravité.