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 | Translate: 翻譯：               Big bankings’ military activities大bankings的軍事活動 Thursday, October 30th, 2008 星期四， 08年一十月30日 By通過 Ruth Tanner露絲坦納 | 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.該國政府決定採取的控制股份，一些最大的英國金融機構來作為一種新的戰爭想要報告顯示有多高街道串通銀行在全球軍火貿易。 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.我們譴責報告揭露如何英國五大高街銀行-巴克萊銀行，哈利法克斯蘇格蘭銀行， 匯豐銀行，勞埃德銀行和蘇格蘭皇家銀行-投資，提供銀行服務，使貸款的軍火公司。 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.政府必須利用其新說，在借貸行為，以保證標準的落實，以確保銀行終止其與軍火部門。 Faith in the banking sector is already at an all-time low.信仰在銀行部門已經處於歷史低點。 The revelation that these banks are investing in weapons companies will add to this public mistrust.這個發現，這些銀行投資的武器公司將增加公眾的不信任。 They are financing an industry that sells arms to countries committing human rights abuses, such as Israel, Colombia and Saudi Arabia.他們籌資的行業銷售武器的國家犯下侵犯人權的行為，如以色列，哥倫比亞和沙特阿拉伯。 Money from our savings and current accounts is being used to fund companies that produce pernicious weapons such as depleted uranium and cluster bombs.錢從我們的儲蓄及往來帳戶是用來資助企業生產有害的武器，如貧鈾炸彈和集束炸彈。 The arms industry profits from producing the machines that kill, maim and destroy.軍火工業利潤從生產的機器，殺戮，殘害和毀滅。 Britain has exported more than £30 billion in arms in the past five years.英國出口了超過300億英鎊軍火在過去的五年中。 It last year had the dubious honour of topping the list of global exporters.它去年的可疑榮譽高於名單全球出口商。 With a record £19 billion in orders, Britain is the third largest exporter of arms to developing countries.隨著創紀錄的190億英鎊的訂單，英國是第三大軍火出口國向發展中國家。 The United Nations Development Programme has named military expenditure by developing countries as a major barrier to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.聯合國開發計劃署已任命軍事開支發展中國家作為一個主要障礙是實現千年發展目標。 War on Want launches its new report as UN Disarmament Week starts.戰爭的需要推出新的報告，聯合國裁軍週啟動。 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.利用數據庫尚未見過金融界之外，該報告揭露的事實，所有五大銀行的持股在英國最大的軍火公司。 Four hold shares in all of this country’s leading arms companies.四持有股票的所有這個國家的主要軍工企業。 The Royal Bank of Scotland has a stake worth £36.4 million.蘇格蘭皇家銀行擁有的股份價值3640.0萬英鎊。 Halifax Bank of Scotland and HSBC have vast holdings, worth £409.5 million and £483.4 million, respectively.哈利法克斯蘇格蘭銀行和匯豐銀行擁有廣泛的財產，價值4.095億英鎊和48340.0萬英鎊，分別。 With £717.5 million in shares, Lloyds TSB ranks as the British banking industry’s second largest shareholder.隨著英鎊七萬一千七百五十○點零零萬的股票， 勞埃德 TSB名列英國金融業的第二大股東。 Barclays’ investments in the arms sector total £1.39 billion, the highest total among Britain’s banks.巴克萊銀行投資部門的軍火總額13.9億英鎊，最高總額之間的英國銀行。 Barclays holds, by far, the largest amount of shares in the global arms sector, with £7.3 billion invested in total.巴克萊銀行認為，到目前為止，最大數額的股票在全球軍火部門，以73億英鎊的投資總額。 Both HSBC and Barclays invest in companies that produce cluster munitions and depleted uranium.雙方匯豐銀行和巴克萊投資公司，生產集束炸彈和貧化鈾。 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 ，所有的銀行給予貸款，至少有一個集束彈藥的生產在過去的十年。 Most high street banks are violating their own corporate social responsibility statements.大多數高街銀行違反了自己的企業社會責任聲明。 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.舉例來說，有一個不可調和的矛盾，蘇格蘭皇家銀行的聲明的承諾，人權和可持續發展，支持軍火工業。 One bank, HSBC , has gone much further than just producing a corporate social responsibility ( CSR ) report.一位銀行，匯豐銀行，更進一步不僅僅是生產企業的社會責任 （ CSR ）報告。 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年以來，它已自公開承諾“避免某些類型的業務，如融資武器的製造和銷售” ，並產生了這一政策“完全到位”為兩年。 However, since 2000, there has been no significant downward trend in HSBC lending to the arms sector.然而，自2000年以來，一直沒有顯著下降的趨勢， 匯豐銀行貸款的武器部門。 In 2005, there was a major rise in HSBC’s lending. 2005年，是一個重大的上升匯豐銀行的貸款。 As a voluntary approach to good practice, CSR cannot make companies accountable for their actions.作為一個自願的辦法，以良好的做法， CSR公司無法做出公司對自己的行為負責。 Government control of banks has given us a perfect opportunity to make them responsible for their behaviour.政府控制的銀行為我們提供了一個絕好的機會，使他們負責他們的行為。 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.我們敦促帳戶持有人寫信給他們的銀行，要求他們停止資助軍火貿易和要求的透明度，所有的投資。 Have Your Say: Big bankings’ military activities 你說：大bankings的軍事活動 Please read our請仔細閱讀我們的 posting guidelines before posting張貼在發布前的指導方針 . 。 Alternatively或者 you can discuss this report here你可以討論這份報告在這裡 . 。 Related News 相關新聞
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