One Response to “Irish politicians back calls for universal arms trade treaty” 1回应“爱尔兰政客回到呼吁世界军火贸易条约”

1. ajit8 ajit8 Posted: Sep 18th, 2008 at 12:49 am 发布时间： 9月18日， 2008年在上午12时49分

   Published on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 by One World.net发表于周三， 2008年9月17日由一world.net Worldwide, Civilians Demand Arms Trade Treaty世界各地的，平民的需求，军火贸易条约 by Haider Rizvi由海德尔rizvi UNITED NATIONS - Driven by concerns over the continued loss of civilian lives in armed conflicts, a coalition of rights groups and aid organizations is calling for a worldwide crackdown on the illegal trade in guns.联合国-驱动的关注不断丧失，平民的生命，在武装冲突中，一个联盟的人权团体和援助组织呼吁全球打击非法贸易的枪。 In kicking off its week-long campaign last weekend, the coalition known as the Control Arms Campaign said its activists would hold public meetings and events around the world to urge governments to endorse the proposed United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.在开始其长达一周的活动，上周末，该联盟被称为控制军火运动活动家表示，其将举行公众集会及在世界各地举办活动，以敦促各国政府赞同拟议中的联合国武器贸易条约。 Diplomatic negotiations on the proposal to create an effective arms control treaty are scheduled to take place during a General Assembly meeting on disarmament and security early next month.外交谈判，就有关建议建立一个有效的武器控制条约，是计划在大会会议上，裁军和安全问题在下个月初。 Studies show that at least a third of a million people are killed every year with conventional weapons, many of which are used by human rights abusers due to the poorly regulated international arms market.研究表明，至少有三分之一的100万人死亡，每年与常规武器，其中有许多是用人权的滥用，由于不善规管国际军火市场。 The United Nations says “small arms” include assault rifles, pistols, sub-machine guns, light machine guns, mortars, portable anti-aircraft guns, grenade launchers, anti-tank missile and rocket systems, hand grenades, and anti-personnel landmines.联合国说， “小型武器” ，包括冲锋枪，手枪，冲锋枪，轻机枪，迫击炮，便携式防空枪，榴弹发射器，反坦克导弹和火箭系统，手榴弹，和杀伤人员地雷。 The London-based rights watchdog Amnesty International said this week’s events to promote an arms trade treaty include football matches in Mali, a street march in Tanzania, a film screening in Edinburgh, a parade in Mongolia, and a stunt outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Spain.总部设在伦敦的人权监察国际特赦组织说，这周的活动，以促进军火贸易条约，包括足球比赛在马里，一街3月在坦桑尼亚，放映电影，在爱丁堡，巡游在蒙古，和特技以外的部外交部在西班牙。 The week-long campaign coincides with the sixtieth anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights as well as the release of a new Amnesty report on rights abuses entitled “Blood at the Crossroads: Making the case for a global arms trade treaty.”长达一周的运动，刚好与六十周年之际，联合国人权宣言以及释放了一个新的大赦国际的报告对人权的行为题为“血液处于十字路口：使案件为全球军火贸易条约” 。 In recent years, a vast majority of UN member states have expressed interest in creating the treaty to tighten arms control, but the United States and some other major arms manufacturers and suppliers have continued to say no.近年来，在绝大多数联合国会员国已表示有兴趣在创造条约，以加强军备管制，但美国和其他一些主要的武器制造商和供应商有继续说没有。 The United States is estimated to have an over 35-percent share in the global market of light weapons.美国估计有超过35 ％的市场份额在全球市场上的轻武器。 This year, the UN held several meetings on the treaty proposal, which were attended by a number of government officials from dozens of member countries.今年，联合国召开了几次会议，对条约的建议，参加了一些政府官员从几十个会员国。 Observers say that discussions leading to the negotiation of the treaty could continue into 2009.观察家说，讨论的领导，以谈判的条约可继续到2009年。 The proposal to create such a treaty was first adopted by the General Assembly in 2006 after more than 150 countries voted in its favor, 24 abstained, and one — the United States — opposed.建议建立这样一个条约是第一次大会所通过的在2006年后超过150个国家投了它的青睐， 24人弃权， 1 -美国-的反对。 Civilians, Generals Support ‘Turning Off the Tap’平民，将领支持'关掉水龙头' Gun control campaigners say last year they gathered more than 1 million signatures on a petition supporting a global treaty to regulate the arms trade.枪支管制运动说，去年，他们聚集超过1万人签名的请愿书上支持一项全球条约以规管军火贸易。 A number of former UN military commanders also signed the petition.一些联合国前军事指挥官还签署了请愿书。 “It is very significant that these generals are supporting the treaty,” said Jeremy Hobbs, director of Oxfam International, an international aid group that is part of the Control Arms Campaign. “这是非常重要的是，这些将领都是支持该条约，说： ”杰里霍布斯，主任国际乐施会，一个国际援助小组，这是部分的控制武器运动。 Oxfam and other groups contend that the proposed treaty would help prevent small weapons transfers if they are used, or likely to be used, in violation of international human rights law.乐施会和其他团体争辩说，拟议的条约将有助于防止小武器转让的，如果他们使用，或可能被利用，这违反了国际人权法。 “It’s about people. “这是与人有关。 It’s about their struggle for life,” says Janine di Giovanni, a well-known European war reporter who has covered various bloody conflicts around the world for well over 20 years.它的关于他们的斗争生活，说： “ janine迪乔瓦尼，一家著名的欧洲战争的记者谁已涵盖各种流血冲突在世界各地为超过20年。 “These weapons destroy entire societies.” “这些武器摧毁整个社会” 。 According to UN and Oxfam researchers, in 2005, small arms alone were responsible for the deaths of over half a million people — 10,000 per week on average.据联合国及乐施会的研究人员，在2005年，小型武器，仅负责的死亡超过50万人-万每星期就平均水平。 The former UN military commanders who support the arms control campaigners hold that strict and comprehensive international rules against the illegal gun business is a must to save innocent lives.前联合国军事指挥官谁支持武器控制运动者认为，严格而全面的国际规则，打击非法枪的业务是一个必须要拯救无辜生命。 In a past statement, Patrick Commaert, who has led UN forces in several parts of the world, said that even as his troops were disarming warring parties, he knew the flow of weapons would not stop.在过去的声明，帕特里克commaert ，谁导致联合国维和部队在世界若干地区，他说，即使他的部队被解除交战各方，他知道武器的流动不会停止。 “It was like you are mopping the floor, but the tap is on,” he said “这是你一样是扫荡地板上，但塔是对他说： ” Illicit Trade No Small Concern Either非法贸易不小的关注，无论是 Currently, about 25 percent of the $4 billion annual trade in small arms is either illicit or not recorded, according to the Small Arms Survey, an independent research project at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.目前，约有25 ％的40亿美元，年均贸易额在小武器是非法或不入账，根据小武器调查组，一个独立的研究项目在国际问题研究所在瑞士日内瓦。 Research shows that arms dealers in several African countries continue to violate embargoes — whether imposed by the United Nations or the United States — by using false documents or bogus certificates.研究表明，军火商在几个非洲国家继续违反禁运-是否施加由联合国或美国-先用伪造的证件或假证书。 Such violations, according to the United Nations, are mostly carried out by middlemen involved in the illicit brokering of small arms.这种侵权行为，根据联合国，大多是所进行的中间人，所涉及的非法中间商交易的小型武器。 Most of them are operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Liberia, Somalia, Sudan, and Cote d’Ivoire.他们大多是经营在刚果民主共和国，安哥拉，利比里亚，索马里，苏丹，和科特迪瓦。 But, as many independent experts have noted, these middle men are able to operate on such a large scale only because they have the tacit support of certain powerful governments and arms manufacturers.但是，正如许多独立专家们指出，这些中东男子能够运作，这样大规模的不仅是因为他们有默契的支持，某些强大的政府和军火商。 “This trade is very lucrative,” said Dr. BS Malik, former chief of staff of the Indian army’s western command, in an interview with OneWorld last year. “这个行业是非常有利可图的，博士说： ”第BS马利克，前参谋长，印度陆军的西部指挥，在接受记者采访时，与寰宇一家去年。 “The industry makes money out of peoples’ difficulties.” “工业，使钱出来人民的困难” 。 In Malik’s view, many governments are still more interested in their defense needs while the industry cares only about economic gains.在马利克的看法，许多国家的政府仍然是较有兴趣在其防御的需要，虽然业界只顾经济收益。 The Control Arms Campaigners hope their efforts this week will help ensure the views of another interest group are heard in the negotiations over whether or not to regulate the sale of weapons: innocent civilians.控制武器运动，希望他们的努力，这个星期将有助于确保的意见，另一个利益集团是听到在谈判中是否或不规范出售武器：无辜平民。 Reply回复 | Quote selected text引用选定的文本 | Link to this链接到本