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 | Translate: 翻译：               Big bankings’ military activities大bankings的军事活动 Thursday, October 30th, 2008 星期四， 08年一十月30日 By通过 Ruth Tanner露丝坦纳 | The Government’s decision to take a controlling stake in some of the largest British financial institutions comes as a new War on Want report reveals how high street banks are complicit in the global arms trade.该国政府决定采取的控制股份，一些最大的英国金融机构来作为一种新的战争想要报告显示有多高街道串通银行在全球军火贸易。 Our damning report exposes how Britain’s top five high street banks – Barclays, Halifax Bank of Scotland, HSBC , Lloyds TSB and the Royal Bank of Scotland – invest in, provide banking services for and make loans to arms companies.我们谴责报告揭露如何英国五大高街银行-巴克莱银行，哈利法克斯苏格兰银行， 汇丰银行，劳埃德银行和苏格兰皇家银行-投资，提供银行服务，使贷款的军火公司。 The Government must use its new say in lending behaviour to guarantee standards are put in place to ensure banks end their links with the arms sector.政府必须利用其新说，在借贷行为，以保证标准的落实，以确保银行终止其与军火部门。 Faith in the banking sector is already at an all-time low.信仰在银行部门已经处于历史低点。 The revelation that these banks are investing in weapons companies will add to this public mistrust.这个发现，这些银行投资的武器公司将增加公众的不信任。 They are financing an industry that sells arms to countries committing human rights abuses, such as Israel, Colombia and Saudi Arabia.他们筹资的行业销售武器的国家犯下侵犯人权的行为，如以色列，哥伦比亚和沙特阿拉伯。 Money from our savings and current accounts is being used to fund companies that produce pernicious weapons such as depleted uranium and cluster bombs.钱从我们的储蓄及往来帐户是用来资助企业生产有害的武器，如贫铀炸弹和集束炸弹。 The arms industry profits from producing the machines that kill, maim and destroy.军火工业利润从生产的机器，杀戮，残害和毁灭。 Britain has exported more than £30 billion in arms in the past five years.英国出口了超过300亿英镑军火在过去的五年中。 It last year had the dubious honour of topping the list of global exporters.它去年的可疑荣誉高于名单全球出口商。 With a record £19 billion in orders, Britain is the third largest exporter of arms to developing countries.随着创纪录的190亿英镑的订单，英国是第三大军火出口国向发展中国家。 The United Nations Development Programme has named military expenditure by developing countries as a major barrier to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.联合国开发计划署已任命军事开支发展中国家作为一个主要障碍是实现千年发展目标。 War on Want launches its new report as UN Disarmament Week starts.战争的需要推出新的报告，联合国裁军周启动。 Using databases which have not been seen before outside financial circles, the report exposes the fact that all five big banks have shareholdings in Britain’s largest arms companies.利用数据库尚未见过金融界之外，该报告揭露的事实，所有五大银行的持股在英国最大的军火公司。 Four hold shares in all of this country’s leading arms companies.四持有股票的所有这个国家的主要军工企业。 The Royal Bank of Scotland has a stake worth £36.4 million.苏格兰皇家银行拥有的股份价值3640.0万英镑。 Halifax Bank of Scotland and HSBC have vast holdings, worth £409.5 million and £483.4 million, respectively.哈利法克斯苏格兰银行和汇丰银行拥有广泛的财产，价值4.095亿英镑和48340.0万英镑，分别。 With £717.5 million in shares, Lloyds TSB ranks as the British banking industry’s second largest shareholder.随着英镑七万一千七百五十○点零零万的股票， 劳埃德 TSB名列英国金融业的第二大股东。 Barclays’ investments in the arms sector total £1.39 billion, the highest total among Britain’s banks.巴克莱银行投资部门的军火总额13.9亿英镑，最高总额之间的英国银行。 Barclays holds, by far, the largest amount of shares in the global arms sector, with £7.3 billion invested in total.巴克莱银行认为，到目前为止，最大数额的股票在全球军火部门，以73亿英镑的投资总额。 Both HSBC and Barclays invest in companies that produce cluster munitions and depleted uranium.双方汇丰银行和巴克莱投资公司，生产集束炸弹和贫化铀。 With the exception of HBOS , all the banks have given loans to at least one cluster munitions producer in the past decade.除了HBOS的 ，所有的银行给予贷款，至少有一个集束弹药的生产在过去的十年。 Most high street banks are violating their own corporate social responsibility statements.大多数高街银行违反了自己的企业社会责任声明。 For instance, there is an irreconcilable contradiction between the Royal Bank of Scotland’s stated commitment to human rights and sustainable development and its support for the arms industry.举例来说，有一个不可调和的矛盾，苏格兰皇家银行的声明的承诺，人权和可持续发展，支持军火工业。 One bank, HSBC , has gone much further than just producing a corporate social responsibility ( CSR ) report.一位银行，汇丰银行，更进一步不仅仅是生产企业的社会责任 （ CSR ）报告。 Since 2000, it has since stated publicly its commitment to “avoid certain types of business, such as financing weapons manufacture and sales” and to have had that policy “fully in place” for two years.自2000年以来，它已自公开承诺“避免某些类型的业务，如融资武器的制造和销售” ，并产生了这一政策“完全到位”为两年。 However, since 2000, there has been no significant downward trend in HSBC lending to the arms sector.然而，自2000年以来，一直没有显着下降的趋势， 汇丰银行贷款的武器部门。 In 2005, there was a major rise in HSBC’s lending. 2005年，是一个重大的上升汇丰银行的贷款。 As a voluntary approach to good practice, CSR cannot make companies accountable for their actions.作为一个自愿的办法，以良好的做法， CSR公司无法做出公司对自己的行为负责。 Government control of banks has given us a perfect opportunity to make them responsible for their behaviour.政府控制的银行为我们提供了一个绝好的机会，使他们负责他们的行为。 And we urge account holders to write to their bank, demanding that they stop financing the arms trade and call for transparency on all their investments.我们敦促帐户持有人写信给他们的银行，要求他们停止资助军火贸易和要求的透明度，所有的投资。 Have Your Say: Big bankings’ military activities 你说：大bankings的军事活动 Please read our请仔细阅读我们的 posting guidelines before posting张贴在发布前的指导方针 . 。 Alternatively或者 you can discuss this report here你可以讨论这份报告在这里 . 。 Related News 相关新闻
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